As froshlings arrive on campus at MIT, I wanted to create a list of movies that can give a sense of MIT’s campus, both as it is and as we wish it was. MIT As It Is These movies present a view of MIT and the surrounding Boston/Cambridge area. Good Will Hunting A real story … More MIT in the Movies
I was listening to the Slate Political Gabfest “The Amabots and Amholes Edition.” I’d really encourage you to go listen to the episode. Political Gabfest Symposium I really enjoy the Political Gabfest. They, or perhaps more broadly Slate, are hosting the Slate Academy : The History of American Slavery. The Gabfest describe this symposium event … More Getting “People” Talking about Slavery
I know that I seem to constantly come back to my goals and attempts to improve myself. I hope that it’s helpful to see how much of a task it is, something that must be constantly brought into awareness with purpose. Part of being the best version of yourself is curation. I mean curation in … More Becoming one’s best self : Curation
I am so sick and tired of people calling my generation entitled. You know what, I am entitled. I don’t think that people should be fired (or worse killed) because they aren’t sufficiently subservient to power. I do think that if you work hard, you should have enough money and stability to live comfortably. These are … More Millennial Entitlement: Meet Reality, Old People
My biological mother passed away. Although my relationship with her is complicated, I’m going to miss her. She was my link to my grand parents who loved me dearly. My mother gave me a lot, a strong sense of justice and a desire to understand the complex patterns that make up the world. Well, that … More Motherhood
I’ve realized that there are a lot of blogging features that I don’t use. And that’s stupid. Really what I do is create good content that interests me. It’s pretty narrowly focused; I think I do have something of an established type or style of post here. The content is good and I put a … More Blogging Update
No post bc I am party hyped for my birthday!
I’ve been trying to sketch more. These are from one of my larger sketch books. I also really want to work on capturing people’s forms and liveliness more. I always wish I could capture the particular essence of a person. But I do find these bust sketches to be quite beautiful themselves. Working from images, … More Colorful Sketch Dump
There are certain subjects where the facts don’t rhetorically matter. The rhetoric that we produce, our discourse within a specific culture, shapes the way that we perceive things to be. Discourse, especially normative and dominant, leads us to perceive the world as unchangeable. Discourse and the standards of normative behavior and relationships produces measurable effects. The … More Rhetorically Speaking
