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  • Living in the “Physical Real”… Or not

    Response to Turkle’s Alone Together, Chapters 8-10: Of all the reading I am doing for my graduate studies, and trust me, that’s a lot of reading, Alone Together is the most interesting and engaging. Turkle uses anecdotes of individuals she interviewed in order to illustrate particular concepts about new media and culture. For me, what… Read more

  • I Read Other Things Too – My First News Digest

    I’m a journalist by trade, technically, and I do spend a lot of time each day reading articles and  newsletters from my favorite outlets. I’ve decided to compile a collection of news I think is interesting, relevant, and/or problematic. I’m basically making a digest each week. It’s new. Just go with me. The Washington Post’s,… Read more

  • #SharetheLoad

    In the last year, I’ve become more sensitive to feminist language and themes in (or absent from) popular culture. I’m preparing to participate in a panel later this month at #ACES2016 about feminist language and when I saw this commercial for Ariel — called Tide in the U.S. — I was floored. I almost cried at… Read more

  • Grammar Nerd Heaven aka American Copy Editors Society Conference

    But — for three glorious days — we are engulfed by people who get it. For three days, we didn’t have to defend our nerdiness. For three days, we didn’t have to explain what “decompress” means or why we need to do it every day. We were free to love language and punctuation and there… Read more

  • January #24in48 Readathon Wrap-Up

    #24in48 was amazing! Here’s my original stack: Midnight Taxi Tango The Rogue not Taken All the Bright Places The Night Wanderer I Thought It Was Just Me Feminism Unfinished (finished) Career of Evil Beastly Bones The Round House Fences On my e-reader I also have: Giant Days: Vol.  Giant Days: Issue 5 Giant Days: Issue… Read more

  • *Updated* #24in48 Hour 12 Check-In

    The Readathon is going strong. We are 12 hours in.  I got one hour of reading in this morning before life (read: mother and siblings) got started. I made some progress on Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel Jose Older. It is completely creepy in the best way. Also, full of badass heroines, beyond the one… Read more