Monthly Archives: February, 2013

The Danger of a Single Story

I just watched this video for my “Contemporary African Politics” class and had to share it. I think we are all guilty of telling or knowing a “single story.” “The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become …

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Five Things I LOVE This Week

1. Yogi Bedtime Tea – I have been drinking this tea a lot before bed and it helps me fall asleep in no time! 2. The Silver Linings Playbook. I just saw this movie and loved it. Jennifer Lawrence can do no wrong. 3. Seven seasons of Liz Lemon eating. Oh how I will miss her. …

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