January 2012
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More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers...
(via whitepajamas)
I think so far in 2012 I may be single handedly upholding this statistic. As best I can tell there have been six shark attacks so far this year, and I have definitely bitten people at least six times. Does it count if it’s all the same person?
On average there are 65 shark attacks a year. I don’t know if I could bite that many people and get away with it… but...
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I need a little less imagination and a little more...
I’ve been home alone for two days (well, except for the dog), and my mother and sister are coming back in a few hours, and now is when I finally freak myself out that there is an alien/burglar/thing in the house. Watching a Sherlock/Dr. Who marathon was maybe not the best idea. I had a shower and then I heard bumping and thank God I’d already rinsed my hair because I was out of there...
travelnerd asked: What's your major?
Anonymous asked: Bahahaha! I think I love you, you crazy pants! Keep up the good work girlie. :)
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Forth Eorlingas!
So I’ve still not met Mary, the woman my father lives with. BUT I’ve met their dog Callie, and I’ve been in their house. The other day I was sitting on their couch talking to my dad and my sister and petting Callie and for some reason I started thinking about Brangelina, and then I was all ‘Oh what would YOUR portmanteau be, Dad?’ and then I realized that Mary+Callum=...
December 2011
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Doula Love
Everything I’ve written about being an abortion doula is from experiences I’ve had volunteering for the New York Doula Project. I’ve been interning here all semester, and it’s been a completely amazing experience. Please consider donating this holiday season to help us continue our vital work! Even $5 helps. Here is the donation page. And here is the appeal from our...
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LOOK AT MY HOLIDAY CARD!
http://www.zazzle.com/emo_holiday_card-137157005617949886
You should probably buy these to send to all your friends and family.
November 2011
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How to Make Your Family Uncomfortable
Bear with me for a minute while I share uncomfortable personal information; it’s necessary back story so we can get to the good stuff. Don’t worry, I’ll be brief. Uncomfortable is kind of the name of the game here, anyway- I’m aiming for that sweet spot between Wednesday Addams and ‘There’s Something Wrong With Esther’.
Disclaimer: I do not actually...
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The misogyny here is unreal →
Everything about this is horrifying. Using their backgrounds and financial histories to invalidate their sexual abuse accusations is awful enough, but it goes even further. I think the bit that pushed me over the edge was when Rush Limbaugh referred to them as ‘babes’. How demeaning can you get?
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Story that deserves better than a flip title
Warning: this is a seriously heartbreaking story about a woman I worked with recently, who had to end a highly desired pregnancy. Don’t feel like you have to read it. Also, don’t be an asshole. Give your empathy muscles a workout.
As you may know, I’m an abortion doula. I accompany women through their abortions- see this post for more about that. I recently worked with a woman,...
October 2011
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Texts about a gorgeous medical student: (also...
Me: I am in a state of insanity and desperate lust and we've barely spoken and I don't know what to do!!!!! Except possibly stalk him forever and leave dead animals in his bed?
Cousin: What's his name. What's he look like. What dead animal would look best tenderly placed beside his sleeping form?
Me: Dr. xxxxxxxxxx, gorgeous and tall and strong and tan with dark hair and huge muscles, and a dead cat. Or an antelope.
Cousin: If you really want to impress, definitely go with the antelope. It speaks of determination.
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Oh Rookie, You Just Described Me From 9-14 (at... →
My friends and I were totally convinced for years that we were magic. Actually, I was totally convinced and power of persuasion and awesomeness had everyone else half playing along and half agreeing. Of course, I branched out and decided that it was cooler to be a god than a witch, because not only could I control stuff but people would have to obey me and sacrifice cookies to appease me. I wonder...
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“I entreat you, I implore you, I exhort you, I challenge you: To speak with conviction. To say what you believe in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it. Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to simply QUESTION AUTHORITY. You have to speak with it, too.”
-Taylor Mali, from the poem ‘Totally like whatever,...
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I'll Take a Side of Audience Participation With my...
You know what’s weird? How when you ride the subway in the morning and everyone’s jammed in like sardines but totally off in their in little worlds you hear about 20 different songs at any given time, because they are all plugged into their ipods like life support and everyone’s deaf so they’ve got the volume maxed out. I was jamming along to a combination of techno, Taylor Swift, rap and Lady...
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http://www.observer.com/2011/09/occupy-wall-streets... →
I want to be able to support Occupy Wall street, and I do conceptually, but what are their goals? I don’t understand what precisely they want. Are they just going to stay there forever?
They are complaining about the elite, but all they are saying is that they want this fixed. It seems like they are saying that they are mad, so do something about this politicians! AKA, they are asking the...
September 2011
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Because Rookie is the best thing ever →
“I want the guys who regularly perpetuate the same bullshit that the list was made of to know that, congratulations on your high self-esteem, but you are mistaken if you think anyone is interested in your opinion of their body parts. I want them to know that I don’t have to smile, or react at all, to their backhanded compliments. I want them to know that I don’t exist for them to look...
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http://rookiemag.com/2011/09/hands-off/ →
This is such a great story, and I admit I actually teared up reading it. What an amazing and brave thing to do.
Also how much do I love Rookie for telling young girls things like this? I just missed Sassy, and that still bums me out. I found my own way, but it was an awkward process. I would have loved to have things like this to read about for inspiration.
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Abortion without shame →
This is a wonderful article. They are very much preaching to the choir, but they do a beautiful job of saying it. Over the past few weeks of working with women having abortions I have been thinking a lot about the dramatic differences in how women approach it. There are women who are heartbroken at losing a highly desired pregnancy, whether because there is a severe fetal abnormality or because a...
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I bet Lucrezia Borgia would've been a beast with a...
I’m standing in a costume store, and the song playing seems to be repeatedly advising me to ‘hit that bitch with a bottle’. I’m having a personal epiphany. This is what I’ve been doing wrong- fuck communication and manners and restraining negative emotions. Who needs to be able to negotiate when she can hit that bitch with a bottle? Indeed. Perhaps I have found a new...
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Revolution Girl Style, 20 Years Later →
loveyourrebellion:
From NPR
There’s a ton that is great in this article, but it was the bit about recycling culture that most made me think. We live in the internet age, so unless what you come up with is really staggeringly different chances are it already exists in some form, and you can easily find it. People make their own versions of preexisting culture, but in essence most of us...
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Please, for the love of all that is sacred,
tell me what makes a shade of nailpolish ‘the next big thing’? I saw an article today that gleefully told women they could finally retire their ‘greige’ nail polish, because ‘navy is the shade of the season!’ What changed? WHY????? WHO DECIDED????
I mean, those icky grey-brown shades have been ugly from the beginning, but there were at least a few years where...
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Handlebar Mustaches and Abortions
Last night my roommate and I went for burgers as my ‘welcome to the neighborhood’ meal. The specialty drink was called ‘The Handlebar Mustache’.
That is all.
Also I’m off to start another three day process of second trimester abortions shortly. Today and tomorrow with the women while they get lams, Thursday in the OR all day. I love what I’ve been doing so...
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My Hipster Song
I’m moving into the city today! Basically one street down from the heart of the hipster nation. I’m trying to work on saying “I live in Williamsburg” in such a way that people really hear “I’m better than you, and also more ironic”. I’m not quite there yet.
I know it’s the fashion to claim to be not a hipster, but I really am not. I’m...
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Disclaimer: Please do not actually sodomize...
So in the Bible, two angels go to Sodom and Gomorrah and end up as guests in Lot’s house, and the men from the city show up are are all “Please bring out your guests so we can have sex with them” and Lot’s like “No, you can’t do that. Take my virgin daughters instead!”
So what I’m wondering is, did literally no one else in the city have guests then?...
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Way to crush my dreams, Prince Harry
WHICH REMINDS ME, Prince Harry never responded to the letter I wrote him this summer. See if I ever ask poignant and insightful questions about what would happen if he decided to kill his brother and take over the throne again. Seriously, it’s like they don’t want us to be involved in the monarchy. I also asked some very pertinent questions about British law, like whether it actually...
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More abortion... might be triggering
I spent this week working at a public hospital, assisting women through late second trimester procedures. At this point in the pregnancy the one day procedure is no longer possible- it takes 2-3 days, depending on how far along she is. One or two days before the procedure she comes in and has laminaria inserted, which are seaweed sticks that dilate the cervix. It is really not a fun experience,...
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The rest of that abortion post
Shit, I accidentally deleted what I had already written.
Recap:
I’m working as a doula in abortion clinics, which basically means that I’m trying to bring the things that are usually the realm of birth doulas (information about pregnancy, pain management and relaxation techniques, physical and emotional support, etc.) to women having abortions. So far I’ve barely been in the...
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April 2011
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Hur hur hur
I laughed.
Witty insults by famous people:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/21-scathingly-witty-insults-by-famous-people
The standard cows of international capitalism, but a particularly good version:
http://www.interag.co.uk/jha03.htm
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Argh Feminism
So I’ve been having an ongoing debate (which is a pleasant word for it) with my women’s studies class and teacher. We’re talking about science and gender and the tone of the class has been so violently anti science that I keep waiting for someone to jump up and start burning the Origin of the Species. I’m the head of the (small) pro science part of the class, and my...
March 2011
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You should really really read this.
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/
This is an excellent and really challenging article about the upper echelons of our education system. I’ve been having the sort of week where it’s harder than usual to tell myself that it’s worth slogging through the next two and a bit years to get a degree with ‘Tufts’ on it, and this article...
February 2011
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Yesterday I went to the planned parenthood rally in NY and it was amazing. I also met Kathleen Hanna.
Greatest. Day. Ever.
Open minded man realizes how much life he's wasted... →