06/ 25/ 2017
When I go for a long walk or run, I’ve taken to playing podcasts instead of music. My last post mentioned that I am about to be laid off, and that I am still looking for my next job. Needless to say, it’s been stressful.
As I was applying sunscreen in preparation for a walk, I started to scan the list of unplayed episodes in my podcast app. According to their website, one of my favorite podcast, On Being, seeks to open up the animating questions at the center of human life. I find the episodes both curious and insightful, which are two things I value in life.
11/ 20/ 2016
I enjoy gift giving, but I do find the holidays hard! I’m one of those gift givers who likes to buy the perfect thing when I think of it. Around the holidays, that doesn’t always happen for me. So I often turn to gift guides for help.
Unfortunately, gift guides do not always take budget into account. I looked at one that had a designer apron listed at $100 and a French Press for $85! I don’t have the monthly income to support this level of gift giving, which is what inspired me to put together a list of gifts I love that are under $25.
09/ 18/ 2016
I’m a little behind on reviewing the six books I committed to reading over the summer. I simply haven’t made time to sit down and hash it out! I read three intense books, a couple lighter ones and another that’s nothing short of magical. So, to report back more efficiently, here’s a quick review on the last three novels on my list.
08/ 28/ 2016
Bad Feminist is a book of essays written by Roxanne Gay. The title explains it all. Gay says she is a feminist, but often times a bad one. She listens to music with lyrics that are anti-woman and doesn’t desire to be placed on a Feminist Pedestal. She says it best in her own words. The passage below appears in a slightly edited version of the introduction to her book on Buzzfeed:
“I disavowed feminism because I had no rational understanding of the movement. I was called a feminist, and what I heard was, “You are an angry, sex-hating, man-hating victim lady person.” This caricature is how feminists have been warped by the people who fear feminism most, the same people who have the most to lose when feminism succeeds. Anytime I remember how I once disavowed feminism, I am ashamed of my ignorance. I am ashamed of my fear because mostly the disavowal was grounded in the fear that I would be ostracized, that I would be seen as a troublemaker, that I would never be accepted by the mainstream.”
