by Dahlia | Aug 7, 2017 | Journal
I recently came across the following quote by Tom Robbins from Jitterbug Perfume: “The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the...
by Dahlia | Apr 29, 2017 | Journal
Ever since the election in November, I’ve had several friends mention that they were going to ration their Facebook time, or cut it out all together. “Facebook is just too difficult these days,” they would say. “I blame Trump,” they would...
by Dahlia | Apr 18, 2017 | Journal
A recent episode of the HBO television show Girls threw audience members into a frenzy. Specifically, it threw audience members affiliated with academia into a frenzy. The cause of the uproar? At the end of the sixth and final season, Hannah Horvath (the...
by Dahlia | Jun 13, 2016 | Journal
By now, most people have heard of the horrific tragedy that occurred late Saturday night in the Orlando, Florida nightclub. My social media has been full of people mourning the deaths of people who were executed for no other reason than their sexuality, for no other...
by Dahlia | Jun 9, 2016 | Journal
Almost two decades ago, I saw a little movie called Office Killer. When I say “little,” I don’t mean that it lacked style or attitude or impact. When I say “little,” I mean that it only grossed $76,000. By no means should this paltry sum indicate empty theaters, Molly...
by Dahlia | Mar 11, 2016 | Journal
This has been one hell of an election season, with outrageous claims and promises spewing from all sides of the aisle. I’ve felt, many times, like I was trying to keep my balance on a tiny boat in a huge turbulent sea. People speak in sound bytes and...
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