I went to the “Rally to Recall Judge Persky” at the San Jose Hall of Justice on September 2nd. It was the first rally I’d…
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Ridiculous conversations with housemates
I have tons of things I should be writing and reading and painting and training and cleaning and organizing and researching and blah blah blah……
Continue ReadingThe Magicians by Lev Grossman, pt. 2
Okay, finished the book; ready to give a few more thoughts on it. Some notes: Same trigger warnings as before (i.e: rape, able-ism, & thoughtless…
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Trigger warnings for rape, able-ism, & thoughtless misogyny. My bookclub read this book this last month. It has a nifty (and for nerds, self-aggrandizing)…
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Now, admittedly I was just taking quick glances at small photos on google, and the author does state up front that these are just the…
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When I read the title — Intellectual Shamans: Management Academics Making A Difference by Sandra Waddock — I really, really wanted to like this book,…
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…
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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 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 ReadingDissertation blues in a majorly cheerful key, pt. 3
Last three titles of my ten most influential books and articles which helped shape my thinking regarding feminism and the human community — woo! Got…
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