FeelingElephants

Here's the story behind my blog's title.

I use the power of the internet to take human trafficking offline for my day job, but what I say here is mine, all mine.

Abusing the passive voice means zombies to me

I have a new way of making bad writing more entertaining and keeping my own writing from being bad*.

If you see a phrase that uses the passive voice, or, heaven save you, you’re about to use the passive voice to obfuscate, add the phrase “by zombies” to the end and reconsider.

President [...]

My FanFiction Module is Up!

I spent this summer posting an intellectual property law syllabus on the H2O Project’s website, which was incredibly informative if a little dry (you can see what I did if you sign in as an Anonymous user, or you can request an account). But the joy of my summer was researching, designing, and building a [...]

Snow!

Inspirational Quote:

“If you want to be a part of history as a judge, then you know what lasts is the force of ideas, and the strength of your expression of them.”–Justice Sonia Sotomayor, on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show.

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The 4 things you need to read

A friend from Qatar asked me for suggestions on what feminist texts she should read. I gave her 4, and they aren’t the 4 most famous, or the 4 most cited, but they are the 4 I use nearly every single day. They teach 4 frames to understand how women are often treated in the [...]

Knock-On Effects of Reading FanFiction

This summer I picked up my yearly installment of a favorite horror series. I started reading it when I was around 12, and have faithfully bought the author’s newest book every June since I had spending money to do so.

This is the first year I haven’t finished reading the newest edition.

I still love [...]