December 2010
15 posts
I love my dad.
My dad is absolutely my favorite person ever. I woke up this morning to the cutest hug and “Happy Birthday” from him. He then proceeded to making me the best noodles for breakfast. As the clock hit 8:00 AM, he stated ever-so-nostalgically, “This is about the time you were born! Around 7:50ish… I remember holding you in my arms and you smiling right back at me. You just kept...
November 2010
31 posts
Women Prevent Women Prettier Than Themselves From... →
Over the summer, a brave if not entirely articulate or trustworthy young woman named Debralee Lorenzana attracted a lot of attention by standing up in her too tight skirt and proclaiming that she was fired from her job for being too good-looking. Now, a pair of social scientists from Israel appears to back her up. Of thousands of job applicants whose résumés contained a head shot (this is more...
“Whoever coined the phrase “stuck between a rock and a hard place”...”
Fuck Yeah, Gender Studies!: Hermione Granger vs.... →
thescarletwoman:
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the ‘supergirl syndrome’ that Hugo Schwyzer mentioned in his article for Jezebel that I linked to a day or so ago. The supergirl syndrome is basically a perfectionist complex that has taken over this generation of adolescent girls. Two…
Generation Why? →
One of the best analysis of The Social Network I’ve read in a while.
“The best teachers don’t give you the answers. They just point the way and let...”
– Will Schuester; Glee
(via quoteswithlove)
Even though it’s a Friday night and Thanksgiving Break has officially started, I’m still at the school library doing homework. Ugh, I’m so square! Haha, but I’m trying to get everything out of the way so I can enjoy my break without feeling like I have so much homework to catch up on. Anyway, I’m doing a project on Unilever right now for my Public Relations class and...
humans
Human beings are the most complicated species to ever come in existence. It’s funny how we work and what stimulates our thoughts and actions to be a certain way. I guess that’s the beauty of it all, though. The fact that we’re so different but attest to reach the same goal in life — to find acceptance and love. It’s also funny how one small misstep, one leak of the...
7 Essential Skills You Didn't Learn in College →
