I love learning new skills, and it’s a big reason I created a blog in the first place. My newest new skill to tackle: the animated gif.
Category Archives: Featured
RIP Selfie: Are TV Romcoms An Endangered Species?
While trying to keep my craving to re-watch The Office at bay, I size up the fall season’s new crop of romantic TV sitcoms, most of which have already been canceled.
They’re Not Teens, They’re Women: Get Lit
I just discovered this Get Lit video yesterday from The Queen Latifah Show, and it blew my mind. I was not this self-assured when I was a teen.
Nothing Like Kittens After a Long Day
Thoughts about exhaustion should always be remedied with kittens.
Don’t Worry, Be Confident!
Today’s NaBloPoMo prompt asks a deceptively difficult question: If you could permanently get rid of one worry, what would it be?
It’s a tricky question because it’s so easy to come up with answers. But one answer holds the key to many of the other problems…
Go To The Wood!
Finally! There’s lots of new promotional material for the upcoming movie adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical Into The Woods, and I couldn’t be more excited (and scared)!
In Defense of: The Newsroom
Aaron Sorkin’s latest series The Newsroom returns tonight for its final season on HBO, and I, for one, am excited. The Newsroom faces a lot of scrutiny and has had some pretty not nice things said about it, some of which I agree with. And yet, I still love it and I’m looking forward to its return.
Success Story: Chatting with a Friend
I mentioned my friend Nicole Dieker the other day, a freelance journalist who developed her niche writing about finances for The Billfold and other publications. She asked me Thursday if I’d like to have a chat with her for her column. I of course happily agreed, though I wasn’t exactly what she was looking for at first.
The Slow Road to Professional Non-Academic Blogging
I’m following NaBloPoMo’s prompt from yesterday and thinking about whether I am a professional blogger, and what exactly that means. It certainly differs from my previous life in academia… a little.
I’m Not Asking For Your Approval
I tend to shy away from hot-button topics, but I wanted to say a little about the recent street harassment video that’s gone viral—especially since I’ve found the perfect response to when someone catcalls. [video]
