Tag Archives: university

Your degree is worthless

By Julie Laurin | Published: September 21, 2010

Ouch.  I’m going to piss off a lot of academics with this post.  But I have to write it – it’s been brewing inside of me for far too long.  I’m writing for the students.  I’m writing for the kids these days who keep on saying “why am I doing this again?”.  I’m writing it [...]

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Women’s studies, feminism and life as a girl

By Julie Laurin | Published: February 4, 2010

I’m a human being who happens to be a woman.  Because I was born this way, some people look at me differently.  Some people can’t look me in the eye at all. Some people only look at my chest.  Because I was born this way, it’s assumed that I like boys and that I like [...]

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101 in 1001: A Look to the Past

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 22, 2010

I’m in the midst of creating my list of 101 things to accomplish in 1001 days.  It’s taking me longer than I thought it would take to create it!  While thinking of new things to try, I couldn’t help but look back at all of the things that I have already done in my lifetime.  [...]

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