January 29, 2008
January 28, 2008
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This is a picture of me, doing what I love to do, whenever the chilly Minnesota air permits. Camping! Anytime I can squeeze in a camping trip around my very busy schedule, I do. I love everything about the outdoors; the smells, the quiet, roasting marshmallows and hotdogs around a roaring campfire, and being able to clear my mind of all the busyness that I have left behind at home. There is nothing more awe-inspiring than lying on my back in the middle of nowhere, looking at the millions of bright stars that I would never be able to see if I were in Minneapolis. It never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Anyways, my name is Christina and I will be graduating from the U after this semester. I am an English major and a GWSS minor. I love school (I know, I’m a nerd) and hope to teach high school English when I graduate. Eventually though, I would like to become a professor. I work 2 jobs and go to school full-time, so I am a very busy bee! I obviously love camping, but I also love to read, write, rock climb, scuba dive, take pictures, and play with my cats! I am very interested in politics and love to listen to Minnesota Public Radio. I am very liberal and am hoping that Barack Obama becomes the next president. I’m very chatty once I get going, which is why this entry is getting to be so long.
Week 1
I remember sitting in the car as a young girl, annoyed with my father for listening to boring talk radio and bothering him to change the station. He and my mother loved listing to Rush Limbaugh, and consequently I was left bored with the assumption that something important was being discussed. Ironically enough, I myself am now addicted to listening to talk radio. Kerri Miller’s show on Minnesota Public Radio is one of the highlights of my morning. I love listening to the interesting guests that she always has on. She always provides her listeners with very stimulating and intellectual conversation, and is probably one of the smartest women I have ever heard speak. The stark contrast between these radio personalities is almost a bit shocking to me. I can’t believe that my mother would listen to (and like) someone who would refer to a feminist as a “feminazi�. I have, since high school, identified myself as a feminist. I believe that most people should refer to themselves as such as well. Most people do not, however, because of the media ploy (that Jennifer Pozener refers to in her article as False Female Death Syndrome or (FDDS) to associate extremism with the word feminist. To Be Continued…