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Beyonce Betrays Her Feminist Mission With Her Performances
This post was inspired by the “Girls Gone Anti-Feminist” article in the course textbook. It is, what I would call, a “rant” from Susan Douglas about how the feminist movement is going backwards. She describes the new generation of young …
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What’s a guy supposed to do when dating?
What’s a guy supposed to do when dating?
And what’s a grad student supposed to do with the following dilemma?
I’m taking an incredibly interesting class this semester called Communication in Close Relationships. I feel like I keep getting …
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Hipsters value independent thinking and hipsters all think like this:
Hipsters are a subculture of men and women typically in their 20’s and 30’s that value independent thinking, counter-culture, progressive politics, an appreciation of art and indie-rock, creativity, intelligence, and witty banter.
Urban dictionary defines a “hipster” and I can’t …
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Grad school is awesome. Grad school is evil.
Life is best as a grad student when I get to take a mental health evening and fill it with seemingly endless streaming episodes of Gossip Girl. Because when the time comes for me to need a night of escapism …
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Just do it. Vote.
I voted from the luxury of my sofa last night. It was fabulous snuggling under my red blanket around midnight and simultaneously being a responsible American. Plus, I’m happy I had time to decipher al four pages. It’s as if …
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How will you react knowing I’m trying to persuade you?
I knew I was being manipulated.
My body went into shock and began to fight it… but I gave in.
The only reason I motioned like a zombie from the classroom, to the car, to my sofa, to gawking at …
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Debate topics important to this college girl
Turning on the New York debate, the feminist inside did a happy dance when the facilitator was announced as the first ever woman to fill that role during a presidential debate. Congratulations. You’ve got my attention.
Beyond that, two other …
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How appealing does the experience have to be before you’ll get off your sofa to watch a movie?
“Get in my trunk.”
Amber and Cami get in giggling and we drive to the movie theater. We pull up to entrance and hush them before we see the guy at the gate. He peers into our car to tell …
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Social media can be dystopian because people make it that way
In my class today, a woman was talking about how appalled she is when she sees how her teenaged son talks to people online. She described something I’m sure we’re all familiar with this for many reasons:
- Teenagers are awkward
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I’ll consider this blog post an outlet for catharsis
So much about grad school surprised me. What–I have to take statistics? But I’m a Communication student. Now we’re talking about numbers? I didn’t understand, but I faked it and did perfectly fine in Statistics during my first semester here.…
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