Sunshine and Bagels -- The Little Miss Thinks

Had lunch with a friend today, received a present, yayyy! Translated, it means, large wafer with goat milk caramel... I'll let you know how it goes! Off to write a 4-5 page paper due tomorrow :)

Through mulling about online as I always do, I came across this article, that I found extremely thought-provoking. I identified with his story: Some excerpts: The following day, I attended a workshop about preventing gender violence, facilitated by Katz. There, he posed a question to all of the men in the room: "Men, what things do you do to protect yourself from being raped or sexually assaulted?" Not one man, including myself, could quickly answer the question. Finally, one man raised his hand and said, "Nothing." Then Katz asked the women, "What things do you do to protect yourself from being raped or sexually assaulted?" Nearly all of the women in the room raised their hand. One by one, each woman testified: "I don't make eye contact with men when I walk down the street," said one. "I don't put my drink down at parties," said another. "I use the buddy system when I go to parties." "I cross the stree...

I apologize for the incompleteness of my last post. I was quite upset when it happened suddenly. Sigh. Oh well, life goes on. Word of warning, most likely, I don't have your (or anyone's) phone number. Please text/call me sometime :) ___ Regarding: It Gets Better We had a discussion on Chela Sandoval's differential consciousness in class on Thursday. In the most simplest terms, differential consciousness refers to the "practitioner’s ability to read the current situation of power and self-consciously choosing and adopting the ideological stand best suited to push against its configurations, a survival skill well known to oppressed peoples." It is the ability to think and operate in different gears because of the limitations inherent in a singular mode of thinking. My professor then proceeded to briefly discuss the "It Gets Better" Project that derived out of the suicides of teenagers who had been bullied because of their sexual orientation a...

I haven't blogged in quite a while, sorry young readers! I've been caught up in exams and homework, etc. Not much to update about except that I applied for and am waiting for the Gilman Scholarship. Since embarking on my healthy adventure, I've started exercising too! I'm down almost 10 pounds! Whooot! What else is new? Ummm, I splurged on some clothes the other day... I also said goodbye to some dear friends. We celebrated Young Janice's birthday this weekend. It was hilarious. This is ridiculous. I tried to sync my phone to my laptop and it erased everything. WTEFFFFFFFFFF? This is ridiculous. I'm too upset for words.