Linnea Ashley on February 13th, 2007

call it paranoia call it old age, call it whatever you want but i half expect for there to be tornadoes here tonight. i know. ridiculous. all the more so because i’ve spent a good part of my life in the fringes of tornado alley. i’m accustomed to the warning system that takes up residency […]

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Linnea Ashley on February 12th, 2007

in 1950 psychologist keneth clark conducted a ground breaking study that illustrated the self esteem – or lack there of – of black children. the premise was simple…two identical dolls were set in front of little brown children and they were asked simple questions…which was smart? which was pretty? most answered the white doll? by […]

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Linnea Ashley on February 10th, 2007

this was the first full weekend of parades. i don’t think most people realize that mardi gras is not just fat tuesday. instead it lasts for a while. plenty of time for folks to have beads thrown at them at parades, walk about with open containers, and listen to high school bands jam down the […]

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Linnea Ashley on February 7th, 2007

I spent today running around…after staying on the phone until almost 4am…catching up with an old friend, I only managed to get about 4 hours of sleep before I had to be up and ready for my interview. It went well. But don’t get too excited, I think I have successfully managed to get two […]

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Linnea Ashley on February 6th, 2007

if you read my sister’s blog this is a repeat…if not, well, let me just say this is a special irritation of mine. i’ve never been able to quite put my finger on why the seeming compliment of “you speak so well” bothers me. it is a lot like telling me i’m pretty…for a black […]

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