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Support for Feminist Frequency
Are you part of the internet who has heard about this? Anita Sarkeesian runs Feminist Frequency, a website and YouTube channel where she posts smart, well-researched, critical video commentaries about...
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Fandom, Criticism, Korra, Brave
Being Fan and Critic In my post about Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency, I forgot to mention an important idea her series is based on–that she is an avid fan and can simultaneously enjoy and...
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Semantics Part 1: Re-understanding my introversion
This past week, I’ve had some experiences where thinking deeper about labels and categories have led to a deeper understanding of myself. Oh, the beauty of semantics. Where I am on the...
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Semantics Part 2: Social Impact vs. Social Innovation
This past week, I’ve had some experiences where thinking deeper about labels and categories have led to a deeper understanding of myself. Oh, the beauty of semantics. Where I am on the Social Impact...
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“Human Sexuality is Complicated”
[via Kate Leth] This video by Hank Green is so good! Seriously, a lot of pre-conceptions we have about people, the boxes we try to put ourselves in, and the hate that exists in our world stems from...
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A Happy List
Marian Call is re-releasing her album, Something Fierce, today. I love it, I love her, and I love following her adventures across the world. (She’s very good about taking her fans along with her...
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Monday Inspiration: Holstee Manifesto
The Holstee Manifesto has resonated with lots of people, and you’ve probably seen the iconic poster by now, but it’s always good to have a little reminder. Bits of the manifesto are resonating with me...
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Science of Productivity
Good reminders! Can’t rely on willpower alone, as it’s an exhaustible resource. Must build habits and new mindsets. Just get started. Deliberate practice > More practice. (See all successful...
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Lightning Strike
Lightning, recorded at 7000+ frames per second. Via Paul Pew on Facebook, who said “The cute little forks of the lightning search for the group, and when they find it, wow.” My metaphorical mind can’t...
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Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stoke of Insight
This TED talk by Jill Bolte Taylor did not go where I thought it would. But it encapsulates my current struggle with “balance” — Who are you? Moment to moment? The left hemisphere’s “I am” separate...
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Inspiration: An Undertaking
This is beyond touching. And pretty much fits my mood today. “You can’t hear about this project and not think ‘death’ immediately to some degree. But it is about life because this entire process is...
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The Problem with Facebook
This video from Veritasium explains why Facebook’s business model makes interactions on the site feel scummy sometimes. It’s sad for a lot of independent creators, businesses, and organizations whose...
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Brainpicker: “I write for me.”
I wrote this Thursday, April 10th…and then never posted it! Ironic, considering its contents. Here it is. My biggest personal takeaway from the conversation with Maria Popova, AKA the force behind...
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Mother’s Day Truths
Mother’s Day was never a big deal in our household — low-key when we were growing up, and merely a nuisance after mom passed. But this year, it’s been on my mind a lot more because of The Dinner Party...
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#YesAllWomen
The hashtag #YesAllWomen is trending on Twitter tonight in response to the shootings in Santa Barbara. (If you’re not on Twitter, here are two good recaps and starting points, though the live thread is...
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Part of a whole
I’ve been thinking about systems a lot lately.* I keep having moments of realization that we’re all just tiny, tiny parts in a complex system which we can never fully see nor comprehend. This leads to...
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On asking for what I want
Do I believe in Magic Lists? Yeah, maybe. I buy her idea that we have layers: the Shallows, the Ring of Fire, and the Core of Peace…That the wishes we make from the Shallows hold no power. And that...
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How we talk to girls
I’m always skeptical of advertising and marketing from big companies. It’s all too easy for them to co-opt activists’ messages to try to sell us something, and insidiously it might even make us all...
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Personhood
["Guide to Personhood in America" by Sarah Baker via Boing Boing] So I guess #SCOTUS is saying that women need to incorporate, if they want to have things like “rights” and “freedom”. — Wil Wheaton on...
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