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Tag Archives: education
I fangirl so hard
I mentioned this before, but I’m at a week-long national conference right now, and I presented my research yesterday as a poster. I was just hanging out, talking to a slow trickle of passers-by who were vaguely interested in what … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, My life, Uncategorized
Tagged academia, celebrity, conferences, education, excitement, fangirl, life, lifestyle, poetry, professors, social, social anxiety, travel
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I wear my stomach problem like a badge of honor
Why do I do that? I mentioned this briefly before, but I really want to dive into how mega fucked up this is, so let me quickly recap. Last semester was incredibly stressful for me due to a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Mental Health, My life, Uncategorized
Tagged education, grad school, health, inspiration, life, lifestyle, mental health, motivation, self care, stomach problems, stress, wakeup call
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People can also be really nice to kids
My last post got me feeling really miserable because I had to dig into some really unpleasant childhood memories that haunt me to this day. To counteract that post, I’m going to write one now about times that people were … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, My life, Uncategorized
Tagged childhood, education, emotion, famiily, feelings, happiness, kids, life, memories, reflection, teachers
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People can be really mean to kids
I was randomly thinking about this recently. People can be really mean to kids. Unnecessarily mean. And this is a huge problem because kids are incredibly impressionable and they internalize everything. There are so many encounters where a person was … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Uncategorized
Tagged childhood, education, elementary school, hurt, life, memories, reflection, sadness, school, teachers
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What even is virginity?
Someone said this word to me today and ugh, the word alone is so cringy. It’s so unbelievably outdated that I have no idea why it’s still being tossed around when we no longer barter wives for cows. It’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Gender and Sexuality, Life in general, Uncategorized
Tagged education, feminism, identity, life, sex, sexism, sexuality, terminology, virginity, words
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