I am a creature of habit. Every morning, I get up, go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, and then check my email. My morning email always includes my horoscope, because I love horoscopes. I don’t leave my house without checking my horoscope. Doesn’t mean I believe it, but it’s an entertaining little habit. Sometimes [...]
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For over a week now, I’ve been reading responses to this post, both on my blog and on other blogs and online forums. I wrote that post to try to gain a better understanding of why some people want biological children so badly that they would put themselves through the expense (financial, physical, and emotional) [...]
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Posted in Random Ramblings on July 25, 2007 | 113 Comments »
OK, so I need some help, and I’m turning to you, dear readers, for your opinions and guidance. I do my best to be pretty understanding of all kinds of people and their perspectives. But there is something that I really don’t have much tolerance for, and I think it’s kind of callous of me. [...]
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Posted in Random Ramblings on July 15, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I’ve been blogging for 2 years now.
time flies when you’re having fun!
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Okey-dokey, I got hit up twice today for the 8 things you don’t know about me meme, once by defenestrated and again by Kevin. it’s been a while since I’ve done a meme, and I don’t feel like doing any real blogging right now, so I’m happy for a light bit of fluffy memery. here’s [...]
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Posted in Random Ramblings on June 27, 2007 | No Comments »
ha ha, just kidding. but I do have a new post up over at Slant Truth, for your reading pleasure.
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found a new site that I quite like: Objectify This, a site dedicated to calling out objectification of women in popular culture. Also, I wrote another post over at Slant Truth this week that I forgot to provide a link to here. Also, my friend Matthew, as well as Jill over at Feministe, weigh in [...]
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when I was a little girl, there were fewer pleasures more dear to me than my Nanny’s garden. She was British, a war bride, and her gardens were true English Country style - very organized but made to look haphazard, and lush without being overgrown yet still retaining some wildness. She had all the flowers [...]
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Max just wrote an interesting and challenging post about identity. I responded, but my comment was becoming mammoth, so I decided to just make it into a post and link it back. So here goes.
for me, identity is a constant struggle, to find who I really am among the multiple pressures: who my friends and [...]
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Posted in Random Ramblings on February 28, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Wow, I am very honoured to announce that Aspazia of Mad Melancholic Feminista has chosen me as one of her Thinking Blogger Awards this morning. I’m most pleased and flattered, since Aspazia is a philosophy professor! Thanks so much, Aspazia!
The idea is to name 5 blogs that make you think. Here are the rules [...]
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