Category: People
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9 Things the World Can Learn From Gloucester
Originally posted on The Gloucester Clam: Morning, world. Thanks to the amazing journalisming clameditor one KT Toomey on the travails of the Demoulas family and how that translates into me paying double for off-brand snack cakes down at Stop and Shop, suddenly a lot more people are aware of The Clam. Or The Gloucester Clam,…
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Whom We Meet Along the Way
(Original post, and all photos, found at: http://beyondbinaries.org/2013/09/05/whom-we-meet-along-the-way/) Over the last few years, I’ve managed to circumvent a better part of the world solo. The most frequent question I get as a solo female traveler is this: “Is it safe?” While the answer certainly isn’t universal, largely, I would say ‘yes, it is.” But more importantly…
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Steubenville, Rape, and Some Seriously F-ed up Coverage.
As usual, when something is in the news and it’s incendiary, my Facebook wall lights up like a Christmas tree. Most recently, its been lit up with various posts about the Steubenville rape case. Unless you live under a rock or have been off the grid recently, here’s the basic rundown: Teens all go to…
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On Grammar and Google
A few of my friends posted this photo on Facebook in the last couple days: My first reaction was, “Hmm, that’s interesting.” My second was, “Hmm, that’s offensive.” First, the label below the searches proudly states “GRAMMAR MATTERS.” But I’d like to ask, to who? (Or should I say, to whom?) I realize that this…
Sarah PecK 