http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:402213 I give thanks for this woman. To all of my friends: take the time to watch this amazing interview. Her insight and her humanity are astounding. I remember when she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize she said that she…
Category: just me
. Part One: A Perspective from March 2010, Finding Myself in Words As I work on my dissertation I’ve been reading essays by some of my favorite authors. Most of them are women. One of them is Alice Walker. For…
For the past months I have not only taken a hiatus from blogging but also, to some extent, life. It’s been a difficult time for me, both in body and in mind. I’ve experienced a host of problems in all…
…but I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth. I don’t have much time to post semi-polished blog entries, so I thought I’d just go with a little personal update. I’ve been insanely busy and stressed. For some reason…
At this point most of us in academia* know about the tragic events at University of Alabama last week when Amy Bishop, professor of Biology, opened fire during a Friday afternoon faculty meeting killing three professors and injuring three others.…
The following set of questions come from David Allen, developer of the Getting Things Done system of organization. I’ve been thinking of making resolutions and to do so well, it seems prudent to start with a reflection of what I’ve…
In my 2007 New Media class, I posted a blog entry that I felt compelled to repost here: My grandmother never had her own social security number. When she was born they weren’t issued at birth and the only time…
I have found, that living under circumstances of chronic traumatization, of sustained abuse, has made me a better critical thinker and has increased my ability to understand the needs, emotions and motives of other. But this could be a mythos…