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Working In Groups

Raise your hand if you hate group projects. Raise your hand if you always take over a group project -or- do all the work because no one else will. Me? I’m both. I don’t play well with others because I do have a dominate personality, a strong idea of what…

The Strange Emptiness of Success

You wouldn’t think there was a sadness attached to success. There should be elation. Perhaps celebration. There should be parades, and trumpets, joy! But as I clean my desk tonight and tuck away the notes and scraps and post-is associated with DECOHERENCE I realize I’m burying the corpse of Jane…

Playing The Privilege Game

I had an experience today that highlighted something that we’ve been discussing on Twitter a lot, to wit, Privilege. I was at a mostly empty grocery store with two cashiers, myself, a pair of frat boys buying Sobe, chips, and beer (presumably in preparation for finals), and an elderly couple…

You Say “Angry Feminist” Like It’s A Bad Thing

Last week I was in an awkward conversation where a woman said, “She’s one of those Angry Feminist types, you know?” and I couldn’t pull the lady to the side for an explanation. Was she upset about someone wanting gender equality or was she surprised that in this day and…

Where Mother Gothel Went Wrong

Mother Gothel and Rapunzel from the Disney movie Tangled. The Disney movie TANGLED came out in 2010 and at this point I feel it’s fair to say Mother Gothel is the dumbest villain ever added to the villain pantheon. Not the bumblingest or the silliest or even the least frightening,…