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This week is the last week of classes....
My time in the GCS program at Simmons is coming to a close....
So two weeks ago (that long already???) I attended the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association national conference in DC....
Random book recommendation: Rosemary's Baby Even if horror isn't your thing, read the book through a feminist/gender studies lens. Check out the movie too, because it's brilliantly acted, but pirate online or something so that you're not contributing any money...
Because it's admissions season, some advice for today regarding housing: Visit the neighborhoods around campus and take a walk. Management companies often post their phone numbers on the sides of their building complexes, and you can save some money by...
Random book recommendation of the day: all of the Witches novels in Terry Pratchett's Discworld...
Look at these Dalek Valentine's cookies someone made...
Random book recommendation of the day: Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow An epic poem about werewolves in Los Angeles....
Fun Tumblr of the day: fat birds!...
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Fun Tumblr of the Day: Cabin Porn (Safe for work!)...
Fun Tumblr of the Day: Cephalopods Gone Wild...
Witch of the Day: Miss Hardbroom...
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Witch of the Day William Mortensen, 1936, "Preparation For The Sabbat" (NSFW)...
As a kind of countdown to Halloween, how about a Witch of the Day. Is that lame? Whatever....
Dalek of the Day The summer really seemed to fly right by....
So I am now the graduate student assistant in the office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and today my mini Cthulhu plush from Squishable helped me out at work....
So far, my summer has felt simultaneously busy and relaxed....
I know very little about New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and from what I do know I have no interest in defending his politics. But back when he first ran for governor there was a nasty smear campaign from his...
Well, maybe not quite. It may be a fantasy about witches, but Gregory Maguire's Wicked is transgressive, crushingly dark, and definitely not for kids. It also defined my adolescence....
"Every person, Aspergian or not, has something unique to offer the world," gushes the cover flap of Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian, the latest book by John Elder Robison and the follow-up to his best-selling memoir Look Me...
I'm working hard on my final papers! Well, right this instant, "hardly working: is more like it, as I'm taking a break right at the cusp of my deadlines to do a little bit of spring cleaning. For a while...
Dalek of the Day...
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Dalek of the Day My presentation for the GCWS class the other week went quite well, I think. My classmate and I both have some background in fat studies and we were both really invested in the material, and I...
THURSDAY - MARCH 22, 2012 MIT - 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, RM [4-270] 7PM THE FAT BODY (IN)VISIBLE Director: Margitte Kristjansson What happens when women decide to love their bodies, no matter what size? This documentary short by fat acceptance activist...
Dalek of the Day...
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(Hipster) Dalek of the Day...
...or a good time Occupying Valentine's Day. Dalek of the Day...
Dalek of the Day Just about all of the comments on this blog so far are from spammers......
Dalek of the Day Where is winter? I'm not enjoying the unseasonably warm weather. :(...
Dalek of the Day So should I just retire Free Response Friday? I think so, for now at least. The new semester begins in just a couple days!...
Phew! It's a pretty rapid posting schedule, but at least I'm getting some good visibility. (And getting paid. A little.) My latest post briefly addresses autism and asexuality, and acknowledges that I actually know very little about asexuality. Which I'll...
A second post? Already!? Yep, because I have to write three per week. There's going to be yet another tomorrow....
Dalek of the Day My first post is up over at Bitch. I hope the series will live up to readers' expectations! I'll certainly do my best....
Apparently there is actually a blog called Daleks of the Day. This past weekend was a blur of travel as I returned from Hawai'i with my family. I'm currently at my parents' house in western New York, where I feel...
Dalek of the Day A (maybe not so) quick note on my use of the word "fat": I am politically aligned, for the most part, with the fat acceptance movement. I don't use words like "big," "larger," etc. because they...
Dalek of the the Day (If you are not also a nerd and don't watch Doctor Who, here is the scene to which that comic refers, for context.)...
I think it's time to switch to Dalek of the Day...
No time for ponies today!...
Pony of the day Finished and handed in my Feminist Media Studies final. Rather than comparing and drawing conclusions from two films, I ended up analyzing Adam, a 2009 romantic drama whose title character has Asperger syndrome....
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Pony of the day I hope that everyone who had off for Thanksgiving had a pleasant break....
Pony of the day I missed Free Response Friday!...
Pony of the day I'm way too stubborn to stop doing "Free Response Friday" even though this blog so far hasn't generated any comments....
Pony of the day There hasn't been a single comment posted to this blog, and the Movable Type platform doesn't seem to keep track of page views, so I have no idea if anyone even reads it. I imagine that...
As I've noted a couple times before, Gregory Maguire's Wicked is my favorite book. In my opinion, it should have remained a stand-alone work, but it spawned a series of sequels, and the fourth and final book, Out of Oz,...
Pony of the day As a disabled adult, I prefer to use that term: "disabled." This is based on my (albeit limited, since I'm only 22) experience with disability rights rhetoric and activism. I don't use the phrase "people with...
Pony of the day This post contains spoilers for the film Paranormal Activity 3....
Pony of the day As part of their "On Our Radar" posts, Bitch Media asks their readers to share what they're reading and thinking, and over at Resist Racism they have "Lurker Wednesdays." (For those unfamiliar with the term, to...
Pony of the day Over on Racialicious, a post interrogating the hatred leveled at black women characters in popular television fandoms....
If you spend any significant amount of time on the Internet, or at least on sites like Memebase, Digg, Reddit, or that cesspool from which all memes spring, 4chan (a gender studies major who frequents and posts on /b/ would...
I'm very excited to finally be able to start blogging. I am online almost constantly (for good or ill) so you can expect to see a lot of comments and analyses of articles and media I encounter around the web....
Meet our new student blogger for the 2011-2012 academic year, Caroline Narby!...
Today's laugh: Handling bratty children Today's song: The Gothic Archies - Shipwrecked It's been exactly a month since my last post. I've been swamped....
Today's laugh: It's always the smart ones... Today's song: Kokia - Chowa Oto (With Reflection) There's something about Milo....
Today's laugh: Freud Today's song: Smash Mouth - Disconnect the Dots I've been neglecting my blogging, I know. And despite Jackie's demand for me to get back on it, it was actually a lost email that provoked me enough to...
Today's laugh: "This is Why I'll Never be an Adult" Today's song: Alan Cumming and the Kit Kat Girls (Cabaret: NBCR) - Money Some working days are more interesting than others....
Today's laugh: The Alot Today's song: The Used - The Bird and the Worm Yeah okay, so I was too busy being bored to blog. And then once I found a cure for my boredom--reading a book a day--I was...
Today's laugh: European See n' Say Today's song: Oomph! - Labyrinth American Education Services...gotta love 'em, right?...
Today's laugh: The definition of "edgy" Today's song: The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) On January 3rd, 2011, at exactly 3:45pm, I had my new birthday. I became a big boy....
Today's laugh: Best of Jaywalking (Actually, this is a little painful.) Today's song: Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care I just received quite possibly the most important internet page for transpeople. No, seriously. I've digested a lot of information...
Today's laugh: Russell complains Today's song: My Chemical Romance - Mama Not too long ago the excitement of getting on T finally overrode virtually all other aspects of my life. Nothing else matters anymore. I try my best to remember...
Today's laugh: G-G Today's song: Thunderpuss - Welcome to My Head My semester has been over as of this past Tuesday evening. I can proudly say that I bent it over my knee and spanked it. Who's your daddy, Fall...
Today's laugh: "Our pets' heads are falling off!" Today's song: Hans Zimmer - Discombobulate I seem to be having a very bad week. The entry point to the rest of my life has been manhandled, my emotions have been toyed...
Today's laugh: An articulate young man Today's song: Maximum the Hormone - What's Up, People?! Hopefully blogging will get enough of the rantiness out of me so that I can sleep, but I doubt it....
Today's laugh: Eddie Izzard's view on technology Today's song: Blur - Boys & Girls I JUST GOT MY LETTER FOR T! My therapist had promised I'd get it before my hormone consultation, and now I finally have it. The actual,...
Today's laugh: Facebook breakup graph Today's song: My Morning Jacket - Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Part 2 (shortened version) My apologies in advance if the following post comes off somehow hostile or accusatory. I'm simply stating fact in...
Tomorrow is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Here in Boston, it's going to be held at 6pm by the Park Street T stop. I wanted to embed this in relation, but it seems student blogs have their ability to change...
Today's laugh: Om nom nom Today's song: Aerosmith - Spider-Man Theme Yes, dear reader, your Milo is a web head. How much of a nerd am I? I'm one of the people that got angry when they canceled "Spectacular Spider-Man."...
Today's laugh: "We're going to need another Timmy!" Today's song: Panjabi MC - Mundian To Bach Ke So I'm sitting here with Manic Panic seeping into my scalp. I resisted up to this point with the simple excuse that it...
Today's laugh: Dale's falcon Today's song: Shinedown - What a Shame I finally succeeded in my original aim for 2010: a completely stealth license. Name, gender, photo, the works. Everything I could possibly do with it without yet being on...
Today's laugh: How many licks? Today's song: King Missile - Detachable Penis Since my past news, I feel every moment now like I'm waiting to get a puppy for Christmas; only replace "Christmas" with "January" and "puppy" with "shot in...
Today's laugh: Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist Today's song: Les Miserables (OBCR) - Overture/Work Song A quick announcement: Not that I intend to use my school-appointed blog as an advertising device, but if anybody knows anybody looking for an...
Today's laugh: Annoying orange Today's song: Kaizers Orchestra - Tokyo Ice Til Clementine Bah. I've been up since 3am worrying about such itty-bitty problems as how the hell I'm going to live the rest of my life on T when...
Today's laugh: National language Today's song: M - Les Triplettes de Belleville Heh...'tis the season for scholastic episodes. Since I'm already beginning to see it around me, I feel compelled to share my own master's initiation occurring around 3am this...
Today's laugh: Dysphoria Today's song: All-American Rejects - Move Along Let it be known across the land that October 27th, 2010 is the best day ever. But since I'm on overload, I shall try to keep it brief....
Today's laugh: "He's an amazing mimic, your bird." Today's song: Paul Mac and Bertie Blackman - The Only One Took on my first master's midterm week and lived to tell the tale! All the while I was freaking out and...
Today's laugh: Big cat vs. little cat Today's song: Mariam et Amadou - Senegal Fast Food Is there something going on with the MBTA that I'm not aware of? To be fair, I can only complain about the E green...
Today's laugh: "Look at me like a human boy!" Today's song: Dionysos Ft. Olivia Ruiz - Tais Toi Mon Coeur Today's topic(s): The Intro of Big M Welcome to the blog of the Almighty Milo. Think of me like a...
