I don’t think they were X. But they seemed annoyed that I was writing about women’s rights as a policy issue and women as policymakers, so…

Something along the lines of: “The author could rework this book to be more like X’s [title], but I doubt she has the intellectual capacity to do that.” Yup, called me stupid. But then I won one of the top awards in my field for my scholarship, so I guess I’m not THAT stupid.

ardening (food), bread baking, cooking, pickling, and riding/training/caring for horses and care for other animals. Creative cheeseball sculpting. Plus very basic bookbinding skills, wall painting, drywall & spackle, embroidery, make cocktails, sing, brew beer 🍺

Completely normal. I really love the Rockefeller Archive Center and the archives at LOC. Such a great researcher experience at both.

Dude

The Challenger explosion

…it breaks my heart to see them suffer even more now. They just want to live in freedom and dignity. They don’t deserve this. And for Netanyahu to call on them to rise up against the IRI - seriously, dude? Most Iranians want nothing more than to replace the Islamic Republic, but how are they…

… between their own much-hated regime, which has oppressed them for the past four & a half decades, and an increasingly emboldened Israel. The Iranian people have had no say in this situation, but they are dying in strikes and fleeing their homes in fear. They’ve already suffered so much that…

Don’t forget “trope” 🙄

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