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Bookman's Heaven
Note: This short piece has the rather unusual (for me, anyways) distinction of having achieved a grade of 100% in my journalism class, which I’m very proud of and happy about, so I hope you enjoy it...
View ArticleAlternative Student Break: Helping Rich Kids Feel Good About Themselves Since...
This is my column for the Daily Northwestern this week. This week, students from all over Northwestern will be applying for Alternative Student Break, a program that sends students to other parts of...
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I Won’t Write About the Conflict; Or, What I Think Of When I Think Of Israel
My hometown, Haifa I won’t write about the conflict. Yes, I know I’m from there. I know I must have Such Interesting Perspectives on that whole…situation. I know I have friends in the IDF. I know I...
View ArticleHow It Feels To Shed Your Skin
Being a young and mobile person is a bit like having a never-ending case of whiplash. I don’t have a single identity or home or social circle; I have many, and I’m constantly leaving one for another...
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[blogathon] Top Ten Reasons I Can’t Wait for Women in Secularism 2
This is the second post in my SSA blogathon! Don’t forget to donate! This post comes from a reader’s request. In less than two weeks, I’ll be off to Washington, DC for the second Women in Secularism...
View ArticleOn Memories Of Former Homes
The market is swarming with people on Friday afternoon. Tables covered with piles of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs, bread, and household goods beckon as their owners shout their prices into the...
View ArticleYou Remember The Weirdest Little Things
My routine begins with stripping off whatever uncomfortable, poorly-fitting clothes I was wearing to make myself presentable, and replacing them with athletic shorts and a tank top. Then plain white...
View ArticleMiri’s Survival Guide to Moving Across the Country Alone in a State of Terror...
I have known I was going to write this post ever since I first stood in my stifling Chicago apartment looking at a bunch of empty boxes and thinking, “Wow, moving is going to be difficult! I’d better...
View ArticleCamping Trip Mornings
My favorite moment of any camping trip is the first morning. I wake up in my tent having finally made it through a spooky and often uncomfortable night–air mattresses and sleeping bags are not my...
View ArticleHousekeeping & Open Thread
Hello! I’ve been too busy to do very much writing that isn’t for pay (that is, the Daily Dot). I haven’t even had a chance to do any proper link roundups, so I haven’t shared these two things with you:...
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