FeelingElephants

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In Defense of Fighting

In middle school, I decided I was afraid of too many things. The dark, loud noises and cooking raw meat (ever gotten a bacon burn? It hurts.). I felt I owed it to my heroes (Kel, Alanna, Anita Blake, V.I. Warshawski, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) to trim down the list of things of which I [...]

Hopper 2011–Where I’ll Be

I have the honor of moderating a panel on twenty-first century movement building:

I’ve been researching how to moderate a good panel:

I am thrilled and intimidated by my incredible panel. In case you’re in Portland in the first week of November, come check it out:

Abstract: We can make women’s lives safer, smarter, and brighter in [...]

A Fun, Simple, Geeky Game

Even with all of the exciting stuff that going on with #endsextraffickinginpgh, I still have classwork and friends and a brain that needs to chillax. A certain someone sent me this yesterday. It hints just the right notes for the math/music geeks in the crowd, but it is also visually compelling and aurally pleasing. Here [...]

I am 1.29326996 × 10^14 miles Old

I’ve been bribing myself into studying and working out these past few weeks. For three weeks now, I’ve worked out 4 days a week, every week. Since Wednesday, I’ve spent at least an hour a day working on my French or Arabic vocabulary. My prize for working out is that I get to listen to [...]

Culling My Following (or, 5 tips to limiting who you follow on Twitter)

My room may be messy, but I know where everything is.

Sometimes this is true.

Mostly it is a cover until I have the time/a trigger to clean it up. Twitter is my digital room, but instead of last semester’s Arabic homework and drug law handouts crumbled and unstackable in the corners, I have unique [...]