Last night was a civic forum panel (organized by the fabulous Harward Center for community partnerships) entitled Women’s Rights and Women’s Activism: An International Perspective. You can read more about it HERE. There were three speakers on the panel, one woman was a domestic and global feminist activist, one worked for an organization in Portland, [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Why Nietzsche Would HATE Hipsters
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged "god is dead", American Apparel, Bates College, Facebook, feminism, hipsters, Nietzsche, PBR, Renaissance man, ubermensch on January 21, 2009 | Comments Off
This semester every Tuesday night at 7:30 I have my 300-level religion seminar entitled “Nietzsche and Religious Imagination.” Now I’ve only had two classes thus far but we’ve already read one book and a few articles on the man (that’s a Bates 300-level seminar for those who are unfamiliar) but I feel as if I’m [...]
The Harward Center: You should come in here!
Posted in Bates Opportunities, tagged Bates College, Bates Opportunities, Bates staff, college life, Harward Center on January 15, 2009 | Comments Off
So today I was working at the front desk of the Harward Center for Community Partnerships- a house on campus that is dedicated to bringing together Bates and the surrounding community. You can read more about them HERE.
Anyway, an afternoon seminar was being held in here. I’ve had one here before and I believe it [...]
Nostalgia
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Bates College, Facebook, nostalgia, Outing Club, pictures, roommates, senior year, the quad on January 15, 2009 | Comments Off
Walking back from the Outing Club dinner in Commons the other night I exclaimed to two of my roommates “I need to take some pictures of this place before I leave! I have no pictures of anything here!” It was surprisingly extremely distressing. I never take pictures. Sometimes I try meaning I get my camera [...]
Ice skating is like writing a thesis (if you’re me)
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Bates College, Chicago, childhood, falling, ice, ice skating, razor blades, thesis on January 15, 2009 | Comments Off
So before this winter vacation I had ice skated once before and I remember it clearly. My mother had dressed me in this sweater, scarf, hat trio, hand knitted out of itchy yarn. Based on the fact that my mother dressed me I can say that I was pretty young. Young enough that in the [...]
