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TBL Book Review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
I suppose it provides some insight to this little thing called love: we don’t really know why we love something, we just do. And so Wonderland is enjoyable, even though taken apart it is the furthest thing from wonderful. Overall, it’s not just a little bit mad.
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Quote: Ella Minnow Pea
Six big devils from Japan quickly forgot how to waltz. – Mannheim, Ella Minnow Pea
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Imagination in health and medicine? 11 fresh ideas from the TEDMED stage
Constantly innovating in the field of health and medicine. Over and beyond, humanity!
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Books: Delta of Venus
At least three people over the weekend have asked me: “What are you reading?” Without a wince, unapologetically and unashamedly I replied: “Porn.” Or perhaps more accurately I should have said erotica. Because that was what it was. Anaïs Nin’s Delta of Venus was a journey into the hot and bothered, into the sexual deviances and discoveries of…
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Also technically an unscheduled holiday because #MarioPH came and ruined all of my plans. I have done nothing the whole day but sleep and maybe study. A little bit.
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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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