January 2011
24 posts
NYR2011
Be adventurous - be ambitious - succeed
December 2010
13 posts
Farm Animals Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in... →
Most important to note: Most of the drugs used in animal agriculture and in human medicine are functionally identical. That’s one reason why the overuse of antibiotics in animals is such a concern: When organisms become resistant on the farm to drugs used on livestock, they are becoming resistant to the exact same drugs used in humans.
Just sayin’
Dream Act dies in Senate →
“Senate Democrats came up five votes short of the 60 needed to advance the House-passed bill, which would provide a path to citizenship for up to illegal immigrants brought to the country as children if they attend college or join the military for two years. The 55-41 vote was mostly along party lines, though a handful of Democrats — perhaps fearful of their 2012 election outlook —...
AMOA sells downtown lot - not the one they are... →
This article makes me very sad. I remember when I interned there as I went through the archives I’d always see references to this lot and their intentions and attempts to build a new building on it for the last three decades. They really need a new building as the one they are in now does not allow them to become a fully respected museum.
Yes, feminism is a good thing.
Lastly, I just want to say that real feminism has been the single most important discovery in my college career. It has given me the confidence to believe in my abilities and intelligence and while I still struggle with the “good girl,” timid mentality I believe I can eventually overcome this.
“Could a woman ever
know what the heroes felt
what spurred them to war and...”
– H.D., Helen in Egypt
I’ve been writing my thesis on a singular printed woman figure from Nancy Spero’s works, but now I’m wondering if I’d rather write it on movement in Spero’s works. There are just too many possibilities and I don’t know which one to pick, but I’ve already started writing, so I need to decide now. I picked Spero because her work has so much depth, but all...
“The museum should pull the exhibit and be prepared for serious questions come...”
– Rep. Eric Cantor, a Republican, calling on the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to remove an exhibit on gay and lesbian identity, calling it “an outrageous use of taxpayer money.”
Though the Smithsonian does receive federal funding, the exhibit itself was funded by donors. The National...