Category: Life
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TBL Book Review: The Giver (1993)
The Giver (1993) follows a boy named Jonas through the thirteenth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to “Sameness,” a plant that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of Receiver of Memory, the person who stores all the past…
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There are days when I wake up wishing I was a boy: less overt sexism, easier commute, more mobility. But then I imagine living under the pressure of both privilege and the machismo ideal, and I take it back. I like wearing dresses and rallying against oppression too much to give it up.
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The Book List
These books are ones I associate with turning points in my life: my foray into the rebellious, my love affair with the nonsensical, my enduring hunger for the philosophical. Some of the books here are so loved that I have two copies, one to read and one to cherish. Some of them aren’t even with…
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UPMDC Vibes!
Prepping for a lot of things, stressed out for a couple of reasons. But I am a super woman! So –time to study, pack my things and study some more!
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NTU UADC 2014 Part 2!
Remembering the good times! :)
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4AM Thoughts (on Intersectional Representation)
I have no idea where this all came from last night, but it was a stimulating self-directed discussion nevertheless. But waking up 6 hours after my last 4AM comment, I still have the same questions. I feel conscious now. Should I check my privilege? Do we have the right to feel insulted and to go…
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Third year Biology + BS Org work = a lot of moments reluctantly executed in the dark of the night. In the future I would like some sleep, food and time in the spa. Look at that mess (the backdrop, not my face. I think).
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You know the words. The baby’s a bastard, you’re a whore. But there’s no word for the man who doesn’t come back. -Polly to Ada, Peaky Blinders E02 xx
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Current Events :)
It pays to be informed. In a move critics call “policing femininity,” recent rule changes by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the governing body of track and field, state that for a woman to compete, her testosterone must not exceed the male threshold. If it does, she must have surgery or receive hormone…
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