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Second, Third, and then Just Too Many: More Thoughts About Style

Second, Third, and then Just Too Many: More Thoughts About Style

Blogging is an interesting activity, having some of the spontaneity and fluidity of an oral conversation but with the fixity of writing. If I were trying to write an essay on my reservations about fashion-blogging,…

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First day back survived, check

First day back survived, check

Today’s class went well, but I felt absolutely obliterated by the time I got home. I’m walking to and from campus again this year which shouldn’t be a big deal since I’ve been running 25-30kilometres…

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Reading Jane Gallop’s Anecdotal Theory

Reading Jane Gallop’s Anecdotal Theory

My friend Tanis recommended Jane Gallop’s Anecdotal Theory to me this summer, and I’m so glad she did. I haven’t read Gallop for years. I first discovered her in a grad course on The Politics…

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Back-to-school shoes

Back-to-school shoes

A colleague (at another university) was telling me this summer that she and her female teaching cohort advise their new academic sisters to wear some kind of a “power heel” for their first forays at…

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Bon voyage, my friend (in your new sweater)

Bon voyage, my friend (in your new sweater)

I finished the red mohair sweater I made (from this Dropps pattern) for my friendAlison who will be leaving this week for a year-long sailing adventure with her husband Kim. They’ll sail down the Pacific…

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