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Monthly Archives: November 2012

Anxiety

26 Monday Nov 2012

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Until I was 12, I didn’t know other religions taught about hell. I’d been raised in midland South Carolina, where everything was hot and Baptist and deeply conservative. I was well acquainted with evangelical teachings about the lake of fire. But it was a tiny, insular religion I’d been around, and I’d thought hell was our idea and ours alone.

The night I learned differently was in the middle of a stifling hot summer. Church had just ended, but I’d left my bag inside. As I searched through the youth room for my purse, I came upon a small slip of paper. It was a chart, probably thrown together for a lesson I’d missed, that described crucial differences between three religions — Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Continue reading →

Tonight when I rang up your order, I got one step closer.

25 Sunday Nov 2012

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I’m tired tonight.

My legs hurt. I smell like a restaurant. My own nice-but-mechanical phrases are ringing in my head. Thanks for coming to see us, sir. Did you enjoy your meal today, sir? Are you finding everything okay? 

My collar’s been blue since I was 15. I’ve changed diapers, flipped burgers, stumbled into bed after night shifts. I’ve never really minded it. Continue reading →

Tina Brown’s best media one-liners, as told to New York Magazine

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

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If you’re interested in media, Michael Kinsley’s Tina Brown Q&A is exactly what you think it’d be: a fun, juicy, slightly schadenfreude-y must-read. It’s also full of a bunch of really excellently-phrased throwaway sentences that are a good reminder of why magazine writers mattered for so long. Here are my favorites: Continue reading →

Because the point is to learn.

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

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Everyone is a screwup, really.

Everyone has flaws. Everyone makes mistakes. And I would have to assume that everyone finds themselves, sometimes, in that place where your flaws have taken over — where you’re surrounded by tangles of your mistakes and being a good person again seems impossible.

I’m in my place. Continue reading →

Grace

18 Sunday Nov 2012

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I would like to sit in the back row of a church.

I know I’ll feel scared, nervous, worried about sitting in the wrong place or intruding on a clique, unsure of the etiquette after so long.

I know I’ll feel acutely all the pieces of me and my lifestyle that come into direct conflict with the things preached here, the things these people lobby and vote against. Continue reading →

The one with the mouse in my house.

08 Thursday Nov 2012

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Tonight, my best friend and I were casually sitting in my living room, recapping our days, when a mouse* ran across the living room floor.

Neither of us have ever been so terrified. Ever. We both sat there paralyzed on our chairs for a solid three minutes saying (screaming) “What do we do? We can’t move, we can’t stay! We can’t move, we can’t stay!”

Then we started calmly but quickly leaving the house, at which point the mouse started CHASING US DOWN THE STAIRS. Okay, maybe it wasn’t sentient enough to chase us. But it was following us. It was getting closer and closer and we couldn’t get the door open, and we were just running in circles and screaming and we got out JUST before it got to us. Continue reading →

Assorted tips on social for student journalists.

05 Monday Nov 2012

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Whether you’re overseeing a branded account or just reporting, not engaging fully with social media while you’re working at a college news outlet is a mistake. So is sticking to Facebook, Twitter, and pushing out links. Not sure where to get started? Here are a few ideas I’ve picked up along the way. Continue reading →

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