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In another life

Yazan: Candace | 08 November 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Academia, Aging, Life, School, Technology

In another life I wanted to be an aerospace engineer. This was back in grade 11 physics, which I loved. My teacher recognized that and talked to me about engineering, and I was drawn in to aerospace. I wanted to make rockets. I was sure that this is what I would do until I discovered […]

Driving too slow

Yazan: Candace | 06 November 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Academia, Life, School

I went to a grad school workshop today (not inspiring). And then I read this from Joel Spolsky, posted a week and a half ago on Joel on Software. The combination of the two is pretty bad. You see, if you can’t whiz through the easy stuff at 100 m.p.h., you’re never gonna get the […]

Environment(s): Women’s Studies vs. Philosophy (or choosing classes again)

Yazan: Candace | 07 September 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Ecofeminism, Environment, Feminism, Life, School, Women's Studies

I signed up for more classes than I need, figuring I’ll check them all out, get a feel for the profs’ attitudes, take a look at the reading and assignment lists and then make my decision of which to take. My degree requirements are pretty much filled, save for a feminist research credit, a programming […]

summer at last

Yazan: Candace | 19 April 2006 | No Comments
Categories: Family, Happy, Life, Photography, School

This summer is much needed. Classes are over finally and my exams are done. I have two final papers due next week that I will have to write sometime but I’m not thinking about that right now. I need a break. I have been a full time student for 8 semesters straight now. I got […]

Sleep

Yazan: Candace | 20 February 2006 | Comments Off on Sleep
Categories: Activism, Bodies, Feminism, History, Life, Relationships, School, Women's Studies

It was only last year that I wouldn’t call myself a feminist. I felt the word was too narrow to describe all the issues that fall under the umbrella “feminism”. Now I feel more like, yes, I am a feminist, and I am also whatever that other word is that describes all those huge and complicated issues that take on every social justice issues you can name. To refuse to claim the name ‘feminist’ means to reject all that feminism stands for. If you’re not a feminist you’re not a feminist. See what I’m saying?

Binary Opposites

Yazan: Candace | 20 July 2005 | Comments Off on Binary Opposites
Categories: Feminist Theory, Language, School, Women's Studies

Examples of Binary Opposites Young:Old Happy:Sad Awake:Asleep Up:Down Alive:Dead Hot:Cold Open:Shut White:Black True:False Shout:Whisper Fast:Slow On:Off Smart:Stupid Pretty:Ugly Skinny:Fat Tall:Short Soft:Rough Clean:Dirty Chocolate:Vanilla Rich:Poor Treasure:Trash New:Old Wet:Dry Virgin:Whore This paper will examine the following pairs of binary opposition: Young/old, hot/cold, true/false, on/off, and clean/dirty. Young and Old In Western society, youth is valued above age. […]

Use of Language in My Fair Lady

Yazan: Candace | 20 July 2005 | Comments Off on Use of Language in My Fair Lady
Categories: Bodies, Language, School, Women's Studies

In the film My Fair Lady, Professor Higgins endeavours to transform Eliza from a common person to a gentlewoman completely trained in the language and etiquette of the gentry. Professor Higgins is a linguistic purist. He feels that people who do not speak as he does, (i.e. as a proper English gentleman), have “no right […]