Musings

Vaccinated

October 13, 2011
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Every Tuesday, I spend my afternoon volunteering at Georgetown University’s Teaching Hospital. Most of the work I do is in pediatric oncology and hematology, though I also spend time in the transplant unit and working for the hospital’s child life program, which ensure sthat the hospital’s younger patients have the most comfortable hospital stay possible. [...]

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Zucchini Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash and Creamy Garlic Sauce

October 4, 2011
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Glad everyone liked the looks of my curried carrot and red grape slaw!!! This week, temperatures plummeted for the first time since I’ve lived in DC. In a span of only a few hours, it seemed, we’d gone from swampy heat to the distinctive chill of autumn. Fall is my favorite season, and so I [...]

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Eating Disorders and The Executive Woman

September 29, 2011
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The other day, Valerie sent me a link to this article, entitled “Eating Disorders and the Executive Woman.” She sent it to me because we’re both fascinated by the fact that so many overachieving and type A women—some of the same women Val went to law school with, and I’m doing my post-bacc with–are also [...]

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Talking About Your Food Choices

September 23, 2011
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In the last few weeks, I’ve posted about both activism (from the perspective of someone who is new to it) and about the confusion of veganism and deprivation diets. Both of these posts prompted a lot of questions about how I talk to people in my life about my veganism. Do I ever get uncomfortable [...]

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Media Buzz: Veganism is Not a Crash Diet

September 18, 2011
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(source) Hey all! Hope you’ve had lovely and relaxing weekends so far. Late last week, my friend JL called attention to some recent media buzz about vegan diet on her brand spanking new website, Stop Chasing Skinny. For those of you who don’t know, JL—who is the author of JL Goes Vegan—created Stop Chasing Skinny [...]

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What Does it Mean to be An Activist?

September 12, 2011

A few weeks ago, in my recaps of Vida Vegan, I mentioned that I’d attended—and would have more to say about—the activism panel, which took place on the last day of the conference. The theme of this panel was to approach activism from a newcomer’s perspective: what does it take to create a successful campaign? [...]

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Wedding Weekend, Part II

September 7, 2011
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After a delightful evening, I woke up well rested and ready for a spectacular ceremony at Blue Hill Stone Barns. Those of you who don’t know of the restaurant/farm/center for agriculture should check out the Wikipedia page, because it explains a lot about the way the institution works and what its founder, Dan Barber, is [...]

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