jari m

Tag: life and other tales

  • Look Up – Spoken Word by Gary Turk

    My sister linked this video to me, and for a crystal clear moment I felt my life change.

  • Top Notch: Performances to Ponder

    I’m only human. I go up the stairs and feel a bit short of breath afterwards. I play tennis and I can only last for two hours. Basically, I have the stamina of an exhausted college student and the performance level of an average achiever. These solo artists put me to shame (and they should. It’s…

  • I’ve known many people now lost to the sea Not unvigilant, or unskilled But human. and as such inherently weak to this force of nature

  • My love of fountain pens, explored.

    I am (unapologetically) fixated on stationery and notebooks. A lot of my feelings about notebooks can be found here [1], but my love for stationery (specifically nib pens) have never really made it to this blog. Until now. I can’t really post pictures of all the pens I’ve collected through the years, since it feels vaguely more braggart-like…

  • In No Regrets, women writers talk about what it was like to read literature’s “midcentury misogynists.”

    This isn’t just about the books. When young women read the hypermasculine literary canon—what Emily Gould calls the “midcentury misogynists,” staffed with the likes of Roth, Mailer, and Miller—their discomfort is punctuated by the knowledge that their male peers are reading these books, identifying with them, and acting out their perspectives and narratives. These writers…

  • NTU UADC 2014: Part 1 :)

    NTU UADC 2014: Part 1 :)

    Time to take a break from rallying against sexism and racism and non-representation.

  • Ah.

    I’m only happy when I’m on the run I break a million hearts just for fun I don’t belong to anyone Marina ♥♥♥

  • An Update: End Sexual Violence in Conflict

    Me with Secretary Deles, the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, earlier this evening during the cocktail hosted by the British and Australian ambassadors. The reality of sexual violence in conflict and how it pervades areas of armed conflict around the world would take more than just a status to write about and more than…

  • An Interlude

    The road to the UADC 2014 Championship ended two days ago for me, but when all has been said and done, there’s not a lot to be sad about the experience. Even right now and later and tomorrow, I am collecting moments, defining places and creating friendships. It was fun (to be beaten by three…