The American Association of Geographers and Sexuality & Space Pre-Conference meetings took place in San Francisco last week. I’ve been back in Hartford a week and still feel like I’m getting my sea legs back after six days of conferencing. The Sexuality & Space Pre-Conference served as a great kick-off for the week and allowed to catch up with or connect to geographers of sexualities on their research-in-process. I reflect on the great papers and ideas I heard throughout the week and, most importantly, the segregation and diversity of the meeting, and how we must come together even further to create truly rigorous and diverse scholarship.

I took part in four exciting sessions during the week. In the first two, “Dilemmas III: Institutionality, Queers, and City Exclusions and Negotiations” and “Queering code/space: difference, disorientation, and the digital,” I acted as discussant for papers from scholars ranging from Sarah Schulman to …

I am reading Studio Thinking 2: the real benefits if visual art education by Lois Hetland et al. and I am surprising myself, as an art graduate, by how much of what I believe and  I know about learning spaces … Continue reading →

Authors William Strauss and Neil Howe wrote about the Millennials in Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069,[2] and they released an entire book devoted to them, titled Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation.[3] Strauss and Howe are “widely credited with naming the Millennials” according to journalist Bruce Horovitz.[1] In 1987, they coined […]

I hadn’t given it much thought until Joy Billings from labeley.com contacted me with a link to this fabulous infographic.  She asked if I’d be interested in featuring this image on my site. After reading through the very cool information jammed into this graphic I had to share. Space in the News Space is a […]

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#SoberApril is a social experiment the mission of which is to prove that social networking doesn't always have to have an alcohol setting.For every day of #SoberApril i will attempt to do one social activity (most of which are free) and blog about it.&...

While I have reservations regarding Moodle which I am going to set out in future blogs, I think this is a marvellous development for those of us who want to either try the open source learning management system software and perhaps develop their skills in using it or simply use it to structure their own […]

Chapter 2 Filtering our images and ideas is inevitable, initially because of cultural sensitivities and preconceptions and increasingly, because of technology. As Jill Walker Rettberg puts it, “We filter our images, our email and our newsfeeds.” I think often we see selfies as particularly revealing. I believe that it gives us the chance to filter ourselves and direct the way […]

Do you love reading crime novels by Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell or Jefferson Bass?  Do you get a high from solving puzzles?  The more intricate the more you get a buzz?  If so keep reading, this quiz is right up your alley of interest.  Forensic anthropology combines the study of anthropology that involves examining archaeological […]

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One of my students in a private string school that my husband and I started about 15 years ago, has been charged with 1st degree murder charges at the tender age of 21. He was one of my husband’s private cello students for about 6-7 years. I worked with him in various chamber music settings. He […]

How Easter is spent.

How Easter is spent.

  The aim of this research is to explore the possibility of establishing co-operative leadership as a viable organisational form of governance and management for Higher Education. Co-operative leadership is already well established in business enterprises in the UK and around … Continue reading →

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Photo-Series by Huang Qingjun About How Different People Live In Identical Apartments

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in my mind i’m 4th or 5th floor but in reality i’m probably 6th

Racism and particularly the way racism is reflected in our society is a tough subject – something I’ve explored in my private and professional life as a member of the media, trying to ensure that I see as many points of view as possible. I helped cover the Ferguson unrest and remember the case well. I agree 100% […]

Okay…you are walking in full swag in your awesome crop top paired with a tank (Coz you are too shy to expose your belly!) and brand new Van Heusen pants(trousers) down the hallway…and a classmate laughs and asks “Haha…you stole your niece’s top?” And what’s worse is that the guys around laugh with him! You look at… More Of Pants & Crop Tops

Nanobots that kill Cancer Cells—Fact or Fiction? But scientific advances often begin in the minds of creative writers and science fiction.  The cartoon, The Jetsons predicted flat screen TV’s, the roomba vacuum and tanning beds.  Characters in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, use something called Seashell radio whose description is remarkably similar to modern ear bud headphones. Typical use […]

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Happy Naw-Ruz! 

Naw-Ruz (which in Persian literally means “New Day”) is a New Year holiday for both Iranians and Baha’is.The Baha’i celebration of Naw-Ruz is one of the nine Baha’i Holy Days on which work is suspended, and it was established by Baha’u’llah, the prophet-founder of the Baha’i Faith, to mark the feast day following the 19-day month of fasting.

“I want you to be happy… to Laugh, Smile and Rejoice in order that others may be made happy by you - Abdul-Baha" 

Much Love to ALL! xx