Posted in blogging, political, tagged 100 most informative blogs, allen chen, austinist, cmu study, gothamist, matthew odam, the war, veterans on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Cool: CMU did some magic math and came up with the 100 most informative blogs. Austinist, which I used to contribute to, made it into the list as #67. I am still technically on the staff, but I have not been very active because, well, I’m in grad school. And as much as [...]
Posted in deep thoughts, personal, tagged california fire, fire, news, sad on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
This morning as I was making breakfast, I took stock of my kitchen. My home. I then imagined living in San Diego, having to leave my home, and wondering from afar if some fireman was busting in the door. I do not think I could possibly accurately imagine what it would [...]
Posted in texas on October 23, 2007 | No Comments »
First let me just say: I have nothing interesting to write about today. I’ve been transcribing interview data and entering grades, and I am now rushed to polish off a writing asignment that’s due in an hour. However, I will tell you that I just ventured out to get a coffee. We are having a [...]
Posted in academia on October 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Ten years after Rosalind Franklin’s death, James Watson described her thus in his best-selling book The Double Helix. When a friend of Franklin’s tried to console her mother that at least Franklin would always be remembered, her mother’s answer was, “I would rather she were forgotten than remembered in this way.”
The web page that [...]
Posted in academia, tagged "academic freedom", "james watson", racism on October 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I say he’s racist. I’ve already commented on my feelings about academic freedom over at Jeremy’s, and I just found a Wired article that follows up on the actual science behind some of Watson’s comments:
The science, however, does make him wrong. As neurobiologist Steven Rose told the Daily Telegraph, “No evidence that claimed to [...]
Posted in feminisim on October 19, 2007 | 7 Comments »
The company filed an amicus brief in Roe v. Wade, was the only corporate sponsor of Masters and Johnson’s groundbreaking sexuality research, and has come out strongly in favor of gay marriage. Both the company and [their foundation] provide large-scale support for civil liberties, sexual health, reproductive freedom, gay rights, and women’s rights.
The company in [...]
Posted in graduate school on October 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
OK, I have never given birth. However, I would like to say that when I write something relatively long, especially if I have had little epiphanies along the way, I feel like I have given birth at the end. I guess my papers will be my little academic babies. They are the only babies I [...]
Posted in random, tagged aids, dc, education, HIV, washington on October 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Um. I just heard on NPR that the rate of HIV AIDS cases in Washington DC is 1 in 20. I came home and looked it up:
…the rate of HIV in the District of Columbia is higher than in many African countries: One in 20 people in D.C. are infected with HIV.
HIV Education [...]
Posted in personal, tagged technology aol jobs on October 16, 2007 | No Comments »
My neighbor just dropped by and reminded me that today was the big AOL layoff. She said that there were some incriminating pictures on Valleywag that has apparently caused quite a stir (that link isn’t the pictures in question. i can’t find them.). I’ve just verified that everyone I know that works there still has [...]
Posted in feminisim, tagged homedepot herdepot feminism bullshit patriarchy on October 15, 2007 | No Comments »
bitch phd says all that needs to be said on this topic. that is all.
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