Woo! Just finished my first interview for my dissertation research — and it went swimmingly, I think! Feeling much relief here, as well as some…
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Collie
Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!
Women & STEM
I’m starting to become somewhat unhappy with a current trend I’m seeing on-line: increasingly indignant or strident calls for women to “step up” and start…
Continue ReadingTrigger warnings
I’ve had some fascinating discussions recently with a few friends about things like privilege and trigger warnings and such. I’m writing my thoughts down because…
Continue ReadingMoar diss bluuuuz! (e.g.: cultural ritual change)
Up to this point in my life, when I wrote papers for school I could usually hold the whole thing in my head as a…
Continue ReadingScarcity mindsets
Most of the time in my life I don’t have to deal directly with the social effects of living in a culture based on a…
Continue ReadingThings that make me smile
I’m currently struggling with stress headaches caused by my accidentally pinching a nerve in my neck or head — which, according to my doctor, are…
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I’m reading my email & letting my brain wander idly in a train-of-consciousness writing… and it occurs to me that the question one of my…
Continue ReadingHoliday joy and greetings to all! :)
It’s three days after Solstice and Christmas Eve and well after Hannukah… and I have a ton of things to be thankful for. First and…
Continue ReadingA Love Letter to Dickens Faire
(Author’s note: according to the website, Dickens Fair is “A Victorian Christmas Card Come to Life!” Located just south of San Francisco, Dickens Fair runs…
Continue ReadingWOOHOOOO! :)
Just got the news: after a month more deliberation than required by my actual dissertation committee, the HRRC Committee (that is the committee that determines…
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