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On Settling, continued

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Mistress of Philosophy at Minor Arcana has published her views on Lori Gottlieb’s article, “Marry Him!” She references my previous post on the article, which represents my 2 cents on Sophia’s take on Gottlieb. Confused? It looks like Ms. Gottlieb has really touched a nerve amongst unmarried late 20-somethings…

Tags: Internet · Media · NYC · New York · News · Personal

[AVAAZ] Food Crisis

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Dear friends,

Rocketing prices threaten to starve millions and make us all less secure — sign the emergency petition for action to stop the world food crisis
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Have you noticed food costing more when you shop? Here’s why — we’re plunging headlong into a world food crisis. Rocketing prices are squeezing billions [...]

Tags: Activism · Avaaz · Campaign · Food · Human Rights · Media · Video · YouTube

Grad School

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m going back to school!
I have been accepted into the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). I will be starting the two-year Masters of Professional Studies (MPS) program in September 2008. According to their website, ITP is:
A graduate department dedicated to creativity and [...]

Tags: Art · Avaaz · Design · Education · ITP · Internet · Media · Music · NYC · New York · News · Personal · Technology

Commentary on the Olympic Torch Protests

April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Human Rights Watch Asia Advocacy Director Sophie Richardson on The Newshour.
Human Rights Watch Media Director Minky Worden on Democracy Now!
The Olympic Torch Relay dates back to the Nazi Olympics in 1936.
Minky Worden:
There is a wonderful new academic book called Nazi Games, which gives a concise history of this. The torch relay itself is essentially [...]

Tags: China · Human Rights · Media · Politics · Tibet · Video

The Wine Trials

April 4th, 2008 · No Comments

The Wine Trials is an upcoming book that describes of a series of blind tastings that I took part in last year. The tastings were great fun. We were encouraged to come up with creative, uncensored descriptions of wines. I thought one of the wines tasted like cat pee. [...]

Tags: Media · Uncategorized · Wine · Writing