March 2012
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I was just thinking about how grateful I am to be at this school: learning so much about the world and being surrounded with other people engaging critically in discussions. Arguing from a place of openness and valuing knowledge over ignorance. And more importantly valuing people over principle.
I was reminded about a teacher I had in high school who I overheard say (in front of a group of...
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He told us, with the years, you will come to love the world.
And we sat there...
– <Graduation>
Dorothea Tanning
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You’re going to discover that conversations are best at 4am. The heavier the...
– Jeff Stuckel.
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This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are...
– Gary Provost (via qmsd)
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“you would never in a museum!”
“…but it’s Not a museum”
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Nothing is permanent about our behavior patterns, except our belief that they...
– Moshe Feldenkrais
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No Longer Empty at the Andrew Freedman Home →
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We’ve ‘admired’ the problem long enough
– Mellody Hobson
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After thanking Streep for her glowing introduction, Clinton addressed the eager...
– Meryl Streep Breaks Out Oscar to Introduce “Real Deal” Hillary Clinton at Women in the World Summit (via apsies)
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Women in the World Summit: Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee
I am SO grateful to be at the Women in the World Summit this weekend. So many amazing speakers yesterday: articulate women advocating for women’s rights:
Nancy Pelosi, Tzipi Livni, Gloria Steinem, Cheryl Mills, Leymah Gbowee, Bibi Hokmina, Valerie Jarrett, Rosi Orozco and Sylvia Gereda, Masha Gessen, Lynsey Addario amongst many...
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Obama is the speaker for my commencement in May…. !!
Shut up, Rush Limbaugh →
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"The Blunt Amendment" :Why is this even allowed to... →
Since people don’t seem that interested on hearing what women have to say about their own health choices, something from Frank Lautenberg “When it comes to women, they don’t get rights. They get restrictions… I have five daughters and eight granddaughters, and the one thing I worry about more than anything else is their health. I like to see their happy faces. I like to see them feeling...