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rantings and ravings with little cohesion and plenty of pretension

 

I really don't want to study

Okay. Time to put something less depressing up here.

I went to go see this fantastic play last night at the Roxy. It was called The Summer of my Amazing Luck and it was based on the book by Miriam Towes. And it was awesome. I loved the book and I was mildly concerned that it wouldn't translate very well, but the adaptation was great and it included all the most important aspects of the book.

I'm really happy I managed to see it.

I have one final left of my university career. I can't bring myself to study for it though. I also have my last three shifts at my store this weekend. I feel conflicted about that. I'm going to miss it there I think. Fortunatly I see the co-workers outside of work regularily enough so it won't be as hard to leave.

After that last final I have a few days to bake and relax and party it up, and then I head home for a much needed vacation. I haven't been home in a year now, and it feels so strange. I really miss being at the cottage and I'm happy to be heading back. And I get to see Janice and Amanda and hopefully many other fantastic people.

Wee!

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Buttons for Everyone!


So for the last few months I have been working with some lovely ladies on a little project to raise awareness about consent laws and sexual assault. On Wednesday we showed off all our hard work.
We made six different types of buttons that advocated for consent, which was so much fun my dears. I desperately want a button making machine now (Aprig was kind enough to let us borrow theirs for free). One of our group members navigated through all the red tape to get us a table in the SUB and once there we gave out our lovely buttons to all who wanted them. We even collected donations for the Campus Sexual Assault Centre.
I was so impressed about the feedback we got from the general campus community. I feel very spoiled in my Women's Studies classes, but it was fantastic to get so much support from other students. What's even better is seeing people I don't know wearing our buttons as I wonder around campus or in my classes.
This little project was for one of my classes. One of the best parts of the Women's Studies program here at the U of A is the component of activism required of us. Ten percent of my mark in this class is due to raising awarness. I love that they not only teach us about what's wrong with society, but they expect us to do something to fix it.
Seriously. I think this activism thing may be my calling. Does it pay well?

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