May 2013
11 posts
The thing about cultural appropriation is that the appropriator does not have to...
– - Turbans on the Runway: What does it mean for Sikhs? by Sonny Singh Brooklynwala (July 10th, 2012)
Always this.
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I'm so bored of writing my thesis that I've had to...
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27 is the year that I legit stop taking shit.
My friend said to me that she saw saw turning 27 as an opportunity to say to herself “I am a grown-ass woman and I’m not putting up with this/that any more” and this is something I will be fully embracing.
I am 27
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April 2013
23 posts
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When you find out that you are going on holiday to...
Are you fucking kidding me?
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Conversation I had with a colleague I'd never met...
Her: I heard this is where the spare clocks are
Me: I would have been really easy to mishear what you said then
Her: ...
Making a booking for this evening's feminist...
Me: would it be possible to reserve some tables this evening for a discussion we're having?
Manager: sure, can I ask what sort of discussion you're having, we just need to know if you're terrorists or not
Me: well sort of, we're feminists
I just had a supervisory meeting and I DID NOT...
Lordy lordy.
kcla:
I don’t think I’ve ever felt as helpless as I do right now.
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Conversation with man on train
Him: You look like you're studying an interesting course
Me: I'm teaching it actually
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Making the decision to take a friend out of my life, a friend that was destructive, abusive and really bad for my emotional health was probably the hardest decision of my life. I’m still living with that decision and I’m living with a space where I can’t forget about it. I wish some people could realise that group cohesion can’t exist when there’s an unequal...
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logistically single = wondering how to spend my...
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OH MY GOD THE UNIVERSITY HAVE APPOINTED A WOMAN AS...
THE MAYANS MUST HAVE BEEN RIGHT.
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I am finally excited about the prospect of...
I can’t wait for the possibility of finally leaving Norwich. This place is so muggy with politics.
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Male is 3/4 mal
which, if you speak Spanish, you’ll know is not good.
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I’ve got the titles of the MA dissertations that I’ll be supervising.
Got me some sweet ass feminist media analyses.
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Stayed off the internet all day to avoid spoilers...
BECAUSE NOTHING HAPPENED.
March 2013
24 posts
Prepping a sick as fuck Easter egg hunt for my...
Remembering Daiso.
Me: I haven't shaved anything since October
Friend: I didn't need to know that
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The utter humiliation of being an advanced analyst but failing a basic excel skills test.
I love that there is an academic on the national media studies mailing list called ‘Mel Gibson’.
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What the fuck is femininity?
Just tidying my desk, found a note that read: “respond to Christmas dinner”
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Why did I have to make my thesis about taste logics? They’re too confusing.
I got this amazing new desk and I pretty much just want to look at the picture of me sitting at it all of time.
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I think my singing style can be best described as ‘Cameron Diaz’.
That awkward thing where you are liaising with someone from Peterborough and keep calling him Peter.
When his name is David.