February 2012
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Tonight/today:
My professors let me out of class early to attend a fashion show because, as I quote, “This is important to you and this is special to you.” I love you, Columbia.
The editor in chief of Vogue China, one of my absolute childhood heroes, bumped into me and smiled at me.
I had a really good conversation with my former editor at Vogue, who told me she’d love for me to intern there...
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“One day I happened to be in Lerner Piano Lounge passively eavesdropping on a...”
– What my friend wrote about me. I’m embarrassed by myself.
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Fast Company: The Women of Twitter →
Vogue’s Jacob Weisberg wrote a great piece about the women behind Twitter.
“Whether it’s something as dark as Osama bin Laden’s assassination or as playful and wonderful as the Oscars, you join with the world to experience that together,” she says, slowing herself down for a few seconds to reflect. “It’s that hook, that addictive moment of knowing you’re truly connected to other...
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I have ambivalent feelings about The Help but this...
Mr. Blackly [interviewing Skeeter for a job at the newspaper]: Murrah High Editor, Ole Miss Rebel Rouser Editor, double major. Woohoo. Junior League editor. Damn girl, don't you have any fun?
Skeeter: Is that important?
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I had to write an op-ed in defense of true love...
I’m not really good at defending love (be still, my cynical heart), but I tried. However, just as I finished writing my agonizing piece on why love still exists for young people, I found this advice column on Spectrum, Columbia Spectator’s blog:
Dear Emily,
I am totally interested in having a boyfriend right now, but afraid of the time commitment it may involve. School work alone...
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paris wine&tea: One last tumblr moment before I go... →
pariswineandtea:
Noel Duan is an incredible writer. Some of you may recognize her from her blog, Miss Couturable. And others may recognize her as the passionate Columbia University student, fearless in her pursuit to achieve her dreams and her passions in the often-seen-as-not-lucrative publishing and writing industries. I really admire her and her writing.
I’m beyond belief angry at...
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“Americans do not hate their cities. Rather, they are ambivalent about them, and...”
– Robert Beauregard, How America Became Suburban
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Disgustingly racist anti-Asian Michigan campaign →
The 30-second ad opens with the sound of a gong and shows the Asian woman riding a bike on a narrow path lined by rice paddies.
Stopping her bike, the woman smiles into the camera and says, “Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow. Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie...
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Amy Astley of Teen Vogue, on Valuing a Work Ethic →
I also find that if you ask someone in an interview, “Are you a morning person?” the truth always flickers across their face, no matter what they say.
(via The New York Times)
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Feelings feelings feelings
I am deeply frustrated because my generation did not break this economy but every day, I see my peers working themselves to death trying to do everything possible to compensate. We’re told that it’s harder to find jobs in this economy so just-accept-this-unpaid-internship-and-move-back-home-with-mom-and-dad. We’re told that we’re ungrateful and lazy and unrealistic, but how...
An education
I feel that there are few careers that allow you to directly spark and shape the world (yes, yes, I’m sure you, brilliant reader, could name quite a few, but still…), which is why I become sick to the stomach when teachers from my high school die. When you’re 16 years old and you just got in a fight with your parents because you crashed the car and your SAT score doesn’t...