November 2012
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Cameron Diaz on the Objectification of Women
In a recent UK Sunday Times interview, Cameron Diaz raised eyebrows, ticked off feminists, and otherwise got people questioning the star’s understanding of her own vocabulary. In the midst of, like, prattling on, like, a 14-year-old girl, like, would, she managed to cogently express: “I think every woman does want to be objectified. There’s a…
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Separation of Work and Family
A good friend called the other day when I was walking my dog and she was driving her morning commute to work. It was a Thursday in a week from hell for her. She’s in a new position that was taking up more of her time and attention than she had expected. She had worked…
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A Taste of Autumn Cocktail
My sister-in-law and I had both been haunted by the concept of pumpkin-flavored vodka. We kept seeing it on the liquor store shelves over the past month or so and were both equally intrigued and nauseated. We’re huge fans of pumpkin. And we love our vodka. But there was something about the idea of pumpkin-flavored…
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Geometry in Daily Life
After a few months of struggling with the concepts of Deductive Reasoning and trying to stay awake as I plundered through if . . . then . . . statements in an 8th grade Geometry class too many years ago, I challenged my teacher, Mr. Moore. “How will I ever use this in real life?…