Category: Reviews
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Why I YA: In preparation for my new book review series
In preparation for my new book review series I thought that I’d share a little bit about why I read YA (young adult) novels. All too often the genre is looked down upon for its trivial stories and terrible character development. Let me just point out that there are lots of YA novels that have…
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First Product Review!
Compiling my review portfolio for Kenyon Seminar I realized that I haven’t done a beauty product review on my blog yet. So here it goes: Product: Benefit Erase Paste Price: $26.00 Packaging: The bottom is a good quality glass and the top is sort of aluminum-like. The color scheme is a little too girly for…
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“I’ll keep you my…..”
All American Rejects, “Dirty Little Secret” While I’m generally not a fan of the All America Rejects, their song “Dirty Little Secret” perfectly describes what I’ve been reading lately. No, it’s not something as terrible as what you’re imagining….it’s worse. To get me through finals week I’ve been indulging in YA Fiction. Terrible, I know.…
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The Education of Shelby Knox
After hearing Shelby Knox speak at NCCWSL last week (post on that conference coming soon), I knew that I had to see the documentary about her life. She fought the school board in Lubbock, TX in an effort to institute sex education in the public schools. Here’s the trailer: Wow. If I thought she was…
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The Children’s Hour
Warning: Non-fashion post below! I promise a re-cap of my London weekend is coming sometime this week (when the weekend is actually over and I have pictures uploaded!) However, I feel the need to write about the performance I saw today ASAP: The Children’s Hour (starring Keira Knightley and Elizabeth Moss) For a play whose…
The Library of Alexandra 