It’s grading season, and just like there’s five stages of grief, there’s five stages of grading too.
A modest proposal for the PhD: the degree IS the job.
Librarian Hey Girl. Perfection.
Stephen Lewis, as always, knocks it clean out of the park in his speech at an AIDS conference this week.
Everyone knows that when it comes to financing wars, or bailing out the banks, or bailing out Greece, or reinstituting corporate bonuses, or even responding to natural disasters that threaten economies, there’s always enough money. We’re drowning in crocodile tears. It’s not a matter of the financial crisis; it’s a matter of human priorities. We have a right to ask the G8: what do you sanctify as governments: profits and greed or global public health?
In other news from people Millie is a big fan of, Stephanie Nolen’s got a multimedia project up on The Globe and Mail about the difficulties low caste girls face in rural India, and a school that gives them an education. Heartwrenching stuff.
The Trawler gathers and curates opinion pieces from news organizations from around the world.
Photoshop silliness of Rob Ford kicking things.
These links are awesome. Mad props to Stephen Lewis (he’s the MAN!) and to Stephanie Nolan, whom I heart x 100, and to you all, for posting links that actually matter in the world.
Stephen Lewis is my personal hero, and I love how Stephanie Nolen often reports on issues that don’t always make the news, like gender issues and girls’ issues. We’re ostensibly a fashion blog, but that doesn’t mean we don’t read and care about other things too.