2015.

One of the quotes that changed 2015 for me popped up on my Tumblr dashboard again. Take chances. For one thing, it’s the reason why I took Speech 11 (even though it made no sense for me to take it), why I now set aside more time to revise notes, and why I’m trying to…

It’s a matter of definition.

The phrase cultural appropriation is gaining weight in the criticism of popular media, a provocation brought about by hipster smokers dancing to music festivals while wearing First People attire, by the music videos of the likes of Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift ostensibly mocking the ways of African Americans and ghetto communities. And now –which…

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…

my tumblr is such a depressing place (all romanticism, regret and repression) but at least my blog theme is pretty swell. i want to change my wp theme soon but change should be accompanied by a boom in posts but nope, not going to happen going on a 3-day, 4-night trip to Ilocos Norte soon,…