Family is Family
I am not particularly close to my blood relatives. The distance has become so ingrained and so natural that I was actually, honestly suprised when my parents very easily said that they would fly across…
The time has come… part III- jealousy and rings
One ring to rule them all. What is a ring? In my paper on the symbolism of modern weddings I am briefly examining the modern abstraction of the ring. I take the ring off my…
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The Time Has Come… part II- weight
It is just a number, I know, and I have struggled as most girls and some boys do, against the opression of that number. The ideal weight. Ideal to whom? Where do we get these…
The time has come… (part I- Academia)
The time has come, my soul has said, To write of many things, Of weights and scales and social acts, Of jealousy and rings. Of construction of realities And the madman’s right to sing. There…
Fear of the unknown
The most attractive thing to me is the unknown. There is something about making eye-contact with a complete stranger that thrills me. In mere seconds an entire lifetime of possibility passes between you, and the…
DIY turns me on
For quite some time my mac has been having some issues, from the fans not working in any positive way to the battery no longer holding a charge. An issue that I should have taken…
Brains in Vats
Today I was in my communication’s class and I was reminded of the “brain in a vat” theory commonly used in philosophy and science fiction. (You know, neo is a body in a vat… but…
In defense of marriage…
I have long been the type of girl who thought that she was never going to get married. No, not one of those desperate, forever-alone girls stuck on self-pity and thirsting for a man, but…
Intimacy
What is intimacy? Is it the vulnerability associated with nudity? Is it sharing your shame, or your dreams that you fear may never come true? Or perhaps it is less to do with vulnerability of…
Fall in Istanbul
I have never been very impressed by fall. In fact, I have been known to be downright hateful towards any season that was not summer. However, leaving the safe haven of my eternal summer deep…