Get a clue, Facebook

I’ve been playing around with Facebook lately (if you want to get in touch with me there and play some Scrabble, email me about it), and tonight I got a “gift” from a friend through Poetry Stuff. This giving stuff is not really my thing, though I thought it was mostly harmless. Until the Poetry [...]

Racism & Sexism Glory Road review

Glory Road Buena Vista University Phil 361 Summary Glory Road begins in 1965 in El Paso, Texas. Girls’ high school basketball coach Don Haskins is recruited by Texas Western College to take over the men’s basketball program. Because of a small recruiting budget, Haskins is unable to successfully attract good white players to his program, [...]

Racism & Sexism paper #7

Reaction Paper #7 Buena Vista University Phil 361 Prejudice is deeply rooted in the American psyche. Stereotypes based on race, sex, class, and sexual orientation abound, with expectations not only affecting the dominant group but also the group being stereotyped. In Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes (Snyder, 1982), the author explores the connection between stereotypes and prejudice, as [...]

Now I lay me down to sleep

After my bipolar diagnosis, one of the hardest things I had to do was learn to recognize when I was cycling. At the time, I’d been locked in mania for 3 months, not sleeping, writing page after page of nonsensical drivel that I was sure was spectacular, and so steeped in paranoia that I called [...]

From the smart-ass generation

http://isperldeadyet.com/ Hey, I still run a few scripts, even if they were written 10 years ago ….

Picture perfect

I didn’t watch the Oscars last night–my favorite movie of the year, Australia, was deemed a bomb–but I’ll confess that this morning I did go through all the glamor photos. The men had it easy; all they had to do was show up in a tux. The critics were merciless with the women. I really [...]

Racism & Sexism paper #6

Reaction Paper #6 Buena Vista University Phil 361 The horror of slavery is a taint on the entire history of the United States. From when it was first codified in 1620 until it was outlawed in the states seceding from the Union by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, African Americans were held in bondage from [...]

Racism & Sexism paper #5

Reaction Paper #5 Buena Vista University Phil 361 Introduction: In the supposedly pluralistic society of the United States, white Anglo is still considered the default status. Any variation from this is at best misinterpreted and at worst, punished and forced to conform. Womanhood must exist within tight parameters of white European culture and be perfect [...]

Second hand is better than not at all

Yesterday, Meredith called my parents to tell them she’d been accepted by Minnesota, Emory and Yale for grad school. It makes them happy when she calls, so she does it once a month or so. It’s such a lift for them to talk to her, and this news will give Dad something to brag to [...]

Long tailed cats and rocking chairs

The anxiety is back. I’m fighting obsessive thoughts again. Before you get alarmed, I don’t hear any voices other than my own. But my own is bad enough. The same things running through my head, cycling like an 8 track tape, telling me over and over that I’m fat, I’m ugly, I’m disgusting and unlovable. [...]

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