So I am the Girl Talk of the thesis world. I do mash-ups. That’s my thing. I make my living off of taking other people’s work and smushing it together into something on which I put my name (not without giving due credit of course). But really, I am taking the thought of a 13th [...]
Archive for November, 2008
I’m the Girl Talk of Philosophy
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Bates College, Donna Haraway, feminism, Girl Talk, mash-ups, thesis, zen buddhism on November 6, 2008 | Comments Off
Great Speeches
Posted in Bates Opportunities, tagged Bates College, Bates Office of the Chaplain, opportunities, phyllis shafley, post secret, speeches on November 3, 2008 | Comments Off
Michael Pollan came to speak at Bates last week in the Chapel and the place was absolutely packed. He was a very engaging speaker and he raised some important issues. In his discussion on health and nutrition and our (rather dysfunctional) relationship to food as Americans a lot of questions were raised on the information [...]