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I’ve always wanted to consider myself adventurous and courageous. But unlike intelligence, which I have no doubt I fully possess, the jury is still out on adventure and courage. The barrier to these qualities, I know, is all in my head (like most things), and throughout life I’ve tried to break the barrier [...]

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From the Male Privilege Checklist:
#44 Complete strangers do not generally walk up to me on the street and tell me to “smile.”
I read this last night, and it happened to me this morning (as it has many times in the past.) I used to think I was being uptight when I was bothered by [...]

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I’ve always been entirely incapable of following through with activities, and even commitments, that I don’t enjoy and don’t feel intrinsically compelled to complete. In college I quit a job after being trained because I just couldn’t bring myself to work there despite feeling guilty about being paid for training hours. I struggled with On [...]

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I’ve been seeing fliers around campus for a panel (since passed) entitled “Can Women Have It All.” Around the third time I saw one of these signs it hit me: I’m a woman. One day I might have a baby, and I might have to make choices about family and my career – a choice [...]

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Refreshing Criminal Advice

We received some refreshing advice on course selection today from our Criminal Law professor. Though the presentation was as good as the content, I can only reproduce the latter here. A and R both probably think I’m crazy for scribbling furious notes about this.
Note: much is paraphrased to capture the follow up comments.
Course [...]

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