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  • Gold Star for the Internet: Everlane

    Now that you guys know all about my aversion to shopping in a store, I’ll tell you about my new favorite (online) retailer: Everlane. Everlane’s claim to fame — which all started with one t-shirt, by the way — is that there’s no middleman between it and the customer. The price you pay for something in…

  • Undergrad Adventures: Anthropology via the Internet

      I’m one of those senior students who waited until her last year to finish her last lower division general education class, so here I am in ANT 112: Anthropology via the Internet. The name is kind of misleading, because I originally thought that it was going to be looking at the Internet through an…

  • Link Party: 2/16-2/20

    This week was not a good one for me, creatively or academically. But I’m bouncing back, and will have more posts next week. But here’s what I  was able to read: 1. I like to think that this profile of The New Yorker query proofreader Mary Norris is a projection of my future. 2. Ruth Bader…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Whiplash

      I’m dreadfully behind on newer television (I really need to get it together for Better Call Saul and Broad City), but I saw a fantastic movie I’ve been thinking about all week: Whiplash. Whiplash has been getting a lot of awards buzz lately, and it’s well-deserved. The semi-autobiographical movie is about a young music student, played…

  • Link Party: 2/2-2/6

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. An incredible feature on Annie Dillard. 2. The future of cursive handwriting. 3. What happens when pockets of the Internet evaporate. 4. A very interesting take on cohabitation, and what happens to your books. 5. The book that is truly the master class in hailing Satan. And a bonus: Valentino’s…

  • Undergrad Adventures: Showcase of Excellence

    I’ve been a part of the honors college at Cal Poly Pomona since my first year at the university, and on Saturday I was lucky enough to be part of the Showcase of Excellence. I volunteer at the outreach event every year, as the program needs its students to help run it.  This year, however,…

  • Link Party: 1/26-1/30

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. W. H. Auden‘s syllabus is incredible. 2. An interesting conversation between a man and his parents about what to do with their social media presences after they die. 3. A sweater-wearing squid is a real thing. 4. You probably shouldn’t use that exclamation point. 5. A review on a…

  • Think Tank: Brick-and-Mortar Shopping

    There are two things I need to tell you about myself before I keep going with this post: 1. I am one of those weird people that runs errands alone, goes to the movies by herself and would go to any corner of the Earth even if she didn’t have someone to do it with, so…

  • Culture Connoisseur: Sleater-Kinney’s “No Cities To Love”

    I’ll admit that the only reason I know about Sleater-Kinney is because of Portlandia. Carrie Brownstein is just so damn rad that I had to do some research, and that brought me to the riot grrrl band. Hailing from the Pacific Northwest, the band was highly influential in their scene and managed to go mainstream. Last…

  • Link Party: 1/19-1/23

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. A very interesting conversation about people who don’t have parents and how they figure out finances. 2. Typewriter emoji is a thing, apparently. 3. The life of a Karl Lagerfeld muse is crazy. 4. Life lessons from Georgia O’Keeffe. 5. A new typeface, designed by algorithms. And a…