This morning, I woke to find an email titled "Five Feet Apart." My CF clinic had felt it important to pass along information from the CF Foundation clarifying or providing context to the film (which isn't even out yet. We CFers like to be on top of things!) A version of that email can be found hereThe link above leaves out some things that the one ( Read more... )

I decided to do one of those "Why I Need Feminism" stories, since the phenomena is still going strong in spite of administrators' efforts to dampen it.

So:
I need feminism because…

...as a young, single woman whose friends are busy tonight, I had to stay in of be called a bitch. Because a woman going out to a bar or party or club alone is ( Read more... )

Why do you watch the news? I can practically guarantee something related to information gathering will be on your list of reasons. Especially when it comes to politics, people don’t know as much as they could, and so they rely on other sources to give them that information. Because many members of the press are familiar with the workings of ( Read more... )

This entry, edited slightly from its original form, was included in my 2013 Sophie Kerr Prize portfolio. The portfolio earned me finalist status.State politics this time! The national stuff is a mess, but I’ve always been rather proud of my state government and how it operates. I mean, we’ve got damn good schools (aside from the inner city), a AAA ( Read more... )

Earlier this year, I was so disgusted by the legislature because they refused to even vote on the same-sex marriage bill. The House just shunted it back into committee right near the end of the session, which killed the bill. What a total cop out! At least have the guts to take a vote one way or the other! Or, hey, put it to a referendum if you ( Read more... )

Where, oh where, have the moderates gone ( Read more... )

Dear Writers of House,

I hate you.

Very, very much.

Sincerely,
AmayaSora

No, but seriously: WTF. What the FRACK was that? How can you... just... I... no. My mom called it. My mom- the Huddy shipper- called it waaaay back, years ago. She said that she couldn't really see House in a relationship with anyone without it ruining the show. Guess what ( Read more... )

If we define "winning" as getting a nice, stable, beneficial outcome for the country, I'm not convinced.

That being said, I am ready to do what I can for the lesser of two evils. We have GOT to help the Democrats with this election. There are 11 days to go.

If we don't do something, we'll have people like this is power:

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Things That Annoy Me
By Emily BlacknerNot being able to fall asleep at night, and then waking up ridiculously early because you can't stay asleep either ( Read more... )

This entry has honestly been in the works a while (if by "in the works" you mean "tumbling around in my head"). It originated with a conversation with my Dad a (few?) week(s?) ago, and got me really fired up. I had meant to blog about it that day, but as usual got caught up with other things ( Read more... )