photography as powerful mimicry and authorship/ (re)producing and (re)writing public narratives of self and (other) -- ! I'd love to write/research about crowdsourcing, the viral nature of sealfies, selfies, awareness photo campaigns, and boundaries and space re imagined. blah, blah, blee, let's nerd out! http://feministing.com/2014/03/31/photos-of ( Read more... )

late-night confessions of an anthropologist for life: I have massive urge to do research/continued work on 1. crowdsourcing & social justice campaigns 2. public memorials and community-based healing practices 3. spoken word/writing and storytelling as form of political and personal expression for women 4. performing parenthood and queer ( Read more... )

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When I read the excerpt for the first time, a little mind-bomb went off ( Read more... )

http://www.northernwomansbookstore.ca
November 30th marks the closing of the Toronto Women's Bookstore which makes the Northern Woman's Bookstore the last of its kind in Canada. We are deeply saddened by the loss of so many great spaces across the country and our event on Friday will be a celebration of feminist book stores and our relationships to ( Read more... )

“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?”
― Bell Hooks

“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”
― Bell Hooks, Communion ( Read more... )

The idea of permanence and impermanence -- 
and the thought of not being able to understand someone you love no longer physically exists blows my mind.

Anderson Cooper asked a mother to tell everyone a bit about her daughter who was one of the people killed in the shooting. Her daughter was in the military and was a translator, has two very young ( Read more... )

It's been 3 years now since I've graduated and completed my thesis - Dammit. Give my professor tenure.
According to my friend and now also fellow comrade of my former advisor, he has a new job title.

Whenever I see Ben, we talk about babies, mothers, and his wife and his baby, Simon. I tell him how much I want to conceive a zine from the thesis. A ( Read more... )

Proceed then, by seeking out the edges, the inner walls, the passages. - Jacques Derrida

Fragments of writing from October. I write a lot about my parents...

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Time-traveling! Labyrinth of books and interiors of the mind! Quirkiness! Dreamy boys! Heartbreak and breaking hearts! Friendships! Being true to yourself! Toronto love! Post-graduate life! Making decisions! Terrible puns! Over-analyzing! Inner voices! Being single! Job-hunting! Ultra-charming leading lady ( Read more... )