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  • What actually is cultural appropriation anyway?

    August 4, 2018Culture
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    How do you define cultural approriation? It's a lot harder than the arguments on social media make it look.

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  • Tales of Smuggling Alcohol into the United States

    July 28, 2018July 28, 2018Culture
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    I love hearing local family lore. Being in Blaine, on the US/Canada border, I learned of smuggling alcohol into the United States.

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  • Did they really say that?

    July 7, 2018July 7, 2018Culture
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    I asked for well-intended but terribly rude questions. The ones that leave you in shocked silence while wondering “Did they really say that?”

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  • Border Town Life: It’s Quirky

    June 24, 2018June 24, 2018Culture
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    Have you spent time in a border town? They are a little quirky with things you don't see in other places.

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  • I feel betrayed by my brain

    May 26, 2018May 30, 2018Culture
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    I thought I knew Kitty Genovese's murder as being a textbook example of bystander apathy, except I was wrong. My brain betrayed me.

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  • Why I don’t want Donald Trump impeached

    May 12, 2018May 25, 2018Bianca's Life, Culture
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    It's controversial but I don't want Donald Trump impeached. The consequence would be President Mike Pence and from his track record, America would be worse off.

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  • There are Heroes Among Us

    March 24, 2018May 28, 2018Culture
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    Earlier today millions of people marched across the United States for gun control. Marches were in cities and towns. And...

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  • Why we shouldn’t be Grammar Nazis

    January 13, 2018October 10, 2018Culture
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    Grammar nazi is a horrible term for so many reasons but the biggest is we need to encourage language use, not criticize those learning.

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  • Johnny Depp, Grindelwald and #MeToo

    December 16, 2017December 11, 2020Culture
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    Update: this post is getting a lot of attention because of Johnny Depp’s name in the title. At the time,...

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  • Celebrating the Women of NASA

    November 24, 2017May 28, 2018Culture, Lego
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    I’ve been well-behaved lately and not adding to my Lego collection. Sure it helped that the recent minifig collections are...

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  • What Would You Give to End ALS?

    October 15, 2017May 28, 2018Culture, Sponsored Posts
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    As a marketer, I questioned the effectiveness of the ALS Association’s Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014. Sure it raised heaps...

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  • Visiting the Funko HQ in Everett

    September 30, 2017June 4, 2022Culture, Seattle
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    Oh my god! It was like walking into Hogsmeade. That’s if wizards were all cute animated characters immortalized as vinyl...

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  • Why Even Neo-Nazis Have the Right to Free Speech

    August 21, 2017May 28, 2018Culture
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    I’ve been mulling over this post for a couple of days now. I want to write about how the right...

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  • Introducing Ada Lovelace

    August 13, 2017May 28, 2018Culture
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    Last night a friend and I were discussing last weekend’s Google gender equality issue and their treatment of the male...

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  • How We Can Help Refugees… Today

    June 22, 2017May 28, 2018Culture
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    Yesterday I listened to this Ted Talk by David Miliband. David talks about how the crisis with the refugees is...

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  • Occupy and the 99 Percent

    November 7, 2011May 28, 2018Culture
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    With all the arguments of right and wrong and effective or waste of time, I have three quotes to share....

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  • Why do hit songs need to be serious?

    November 28, 2010May 28, 2018Culture
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    Really, why are most hit songs all the same? Is the music-buying public really that narrow and shallow? Here are a...

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  • Darren Criss – Before He Was Famous

    November 13, 2010May 28, 2018Culture
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    After this week, it’s hard not to know who Darren Criss is. His debut song on Glee is already on...

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  • Halloween Costumes

    October 5, 2010May 28, 2018Culture
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    Just overheard the cutest thing. A three or four year old was asked what she was going to be this...

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