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“I don’t give a shit about the environment”

During FYS today we were talking about the environmental movement and the polarization thereof. At one point, we’d broken off into smaller groups to discuss a reading. And then a girl in my group, who didn’t really talk much prior, had this to say. “I don’t give a shit about the environment. I’m not really that kind of person. I just don’t give a shit.” Continue reading ““I don’t give a shit about the environment””

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Vlogvember day 5- Dropping out?!

Post in question: HERE!

Also, my meal plan glitch seems to have worked itself out… I bought lunch today and it was fine. I forgot to mention this in the video because I am an idiot. See you tomorrow for a PORTLAND vlog!

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Sensitivity.

Ever since I wrote that post about “true love”, I’ve been thinking a lot about romanticism and my own past relationships, of which there haven’t been many. And then I started thinking about kissing. It’s kind of a bizarre concept when you first think of it; when did someone decide that putting the place you consume food on someone elses? But on a physiological level, your lips are much more sensitive than any other part of your body, which is why we do it. And then I started thinking about my own experiences with kissing. Continue reading “Sensitivity.”

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In Defense of Bella

Note from 2020: I won’t be editing this post but since it’s been getting a handful of views recently, please do keep in mind it was posted in 2010. I was 18 years old. I do not care about your opinions on Twilight and I barely care about my own. This lives on as an archive, not as a stated continued opinion or interest. If you want to know what my current interests are, check out my portfolio here.

A few months ago, I wrote a post in defense of Twilight. Then I made a video about it. And on that video, I got a comment from a friend of mine regarding my lack of depth on my analysis. She went on to say “I dislike Twilight because of the inappropriate themes it is teaching my younger sister: a teenage girl’s [extreme] reliance on a male figure and willingness to do anything for that male (feeling of impending death without that male present), flippancy of pregnancy, etc.”
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