January 2012
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In high school, I decided to take AP Art History but my school did not offer it. I took an online course instead, and basically taught myself art history, going through a book that was almost my size. It was my favorite class, and I felt a deep satisfaction at the end. I remember taking the final exam, alone in dark a room, someone clicking through yellowed slides.
I love studying medieval...
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This is so beautiful: The Debate between the...
Pippin. What is a document?
Alcuin. The preserver of history.
P. What is a word?
A. The revealer of the mind.
P. What generates the word?
A. The tongue.
P. What is the tongue?
A. The winnower of the breath.
P. What is breath?
A. The preserver of life.
P. What is life?
A. A delight to the blessed, a grief to the unhappy, an experience of waiting for death.
P. What is death?
A. An...
“There’s a professor at Harvard named Jesus who teaches a class on...”
– someone’s FB status hahahaha
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watching COSMOS by Carl Sagan
ugh whatever idk. he’s dropping knowledge from the 80s and it’s awesome.
See Effie's Style In Action
thecapitolcouture:
SEE EFFIE’S STYLE IN ACTION
From head to stylish toe, Effie is an expert at mixing party-perfect with on-the-job chic.
I am in love with the concept for this Tumblr. Good job, Hunger Games.
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it's my last time shopping classes
and I already skipped a class. That was at 1pm. -_-
HASHTAGWINNING
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Today in Important Questions My BF Asks Me
BF: Do you think Beyonce faked her pregnancy?
I wrote this for Forbes: "How Women Are Getting... →
This does not mean however, that I have completed writing my thesis. Sad face.
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alisha ramos: What I Realized From Demoing My... →
alisharamos:
I’m going to try and make this post seem less like a whiny, over-sensitive complaint, and more of a constructive “lessons learned” type post. Here we go.
First, some background. Some of you may know this, but I’m a co-founder of a website called Eventplease that launched at Harvard last April….
Wrote this. Read it. No clue when I became such a “feminist” but -...
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let's see if I can get through watching the GOP...
Santorum: I have 7 children.
Bachmann: I have 5 children. And 23 foster children.
Gingrich: * something about Obama *
Romney: I have 5 kids. That’s 16 grandchildren.
Paul: I delivered 4,000 babies but that’s nothing because I’m the mothereffing Defender of Liberty.
Pawlenty: I have 2 kids. And I’m a neighbor?
Cain: *something unmemorable *
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The perks and setbacks of being really, really,... →
I wrote this in response to a question on my other “longform” blog.
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