May 2011
8 posts
congratulations, you have greeted uncertainty with...
“this week has been hard in spite of me trying to remain as disconnected as i realize i have always come to feel when my biggest decisions are to be made
instead i have begun to feel panic and frustration and helpless and questionless
my life has changed too many times without my control or permission that it is hard to know how to fight or how to feel either way the decision goes”
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“Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks...”
– bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody, page 1 (via bearbearpdx)
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Research Update - achievement motivationsche...
In the midst of all the madness recently surrounding the AV referendum on Thursday, I have been busy getting to grips with what I’ll actually be studying. I was interested to see if Tim Urdan and Sarah Cafasso’s work on developing an Implicit Association Test (IAT), which they presented at AERA last month, was the first attempt by achievement goal researchers since Paul...
it should not be like this →
About a French journalist who goes undercover into work as a night cleaner. Book written about her experience has become a bestseller in France. The article then goes on to talk about the feminization of these precarious and depersonalizing jobs and the tremendous stresses they impose. I especially liked the bit about Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier, which I haven’t read yet but would...
