i want them all

pretty please?

thank you friend tom for thinking of me and sharing this coolness. i want to go read contact now and complain to the universe that i was not born into carl sagan’s gene pool. 

Astronomy Posters - Simon Page

things i'm thankful for lately

+ my camera

+ getting the apartment organized … slowly but surely

+ jobs and opportunities

+ free trials

+ squarespace (i’m working on a small photography portfolio!!)

+ free “tasting” lunches at noodles & co

+ a growing sense of possibility 

a lowry hill walk

i took a walk the other day through lowry hill, which included a stop at the walker art center (photos of that later?). it was a lovely day, and one of the few days without rain in recent memory. i am thankful to have spent some time with the fall leaves before they are gone. 

productive weekend

this weekend, jeff and i went to his parents house. his mom taught me how to knit and sew (you’re looking at my very first pillow and a future scarf potholder). also, i started reading great expectations. it’s a thrifted copy (20 cents!) that was printed in the 60s and i’m pretty sure it has never been read as the spine isn’t cracked. it also occurred to me that the beginning chapters are a timely read around halloween. 

halloween

this inspiration board from bash eco events is exactly how i want to decorate for halloween once the boy and i have the proper space for it. take note people. it will be glorious. also check out the sister board over at yes, please.

this cat has it made

True to the defining characteristics of a feminist researcher, Makdisi posed a series of pertinent questions that she saw the conference as attempting to answer. Among them are questions like: what is the rightful place for feminism in a part of the world such as ours, where many of our populations have continued to suffer in the face of wars, sieges, violence, security states, debilitating poverty, and overcrowded cities? Where is the place of feminism in societies where radical religious fundamentalisms are making greater advances into the ordinary lives of people, where our land and our culture is continuously under relentless attack and subversion?

Makdisi spoke to the worries and challenges of many of us young feminists when she stated the conventional arguments used to silence us: Can we or should we, as women, make separate women’s rights demands in our societies? “We are often told to wait for the right moment,” she said, “and that now is not our time. We are told to be patient and our moment will come when “this” or “that” crisis ends. We are also constantly told to stop copying the “West.” We are accused of complicity with cultural imperialism or of undermining the family and its warmth. They – and sadly sometimes “they” includes other women – address us feminists as if we were children with no mind of our own, no history or culture of our own.”

Keynote Address of the Arab Feminisms Conference: What do Women Want? « Arab Feminisms Conference via igather

northeast

can someone tell me about northeast minneapolis? like what areas are decent to live in, and what places should i know about? anything to avoid?