Ancient Grains Archive
Actually Making a Difference: Avoiding Voluntourism Traps
Ancient Grains, Politics
Jan 21, 2014
You've just finished uni; maybe you're taking a break from your stressful job, you've got some money saved, and you want to adventure and make a difference. There are children in developing countries, and you've got time and a lot of love and there's a whole world out there.
But before you end
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Hey Ladies: New Year’s Eve Fallout
Ancient Grains, Humor
Jan 21, 2014
Most recently in this series of unspeakable torments: Book Club.
To: Katie; Allison; [email protected]; Caitlin; Ashley; Nicole S; Morgan L.; Jen; Gracie (work) From: Ali Date: December 7, 2013 Subject: 2014 BITCHES!!!!! Ladies!!!!SO as everyone knows New Years Eve is my signature event!!! In years past, I would have been sending out save-the-dates in the ...Read More
Link Roundup!
Ancient Grains, The Internet
Jan 21, 2014
Obviously you want Pacific Rim-themed Valentine's Day cards.
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Aziza Ahmed, on why zero-tolerance policies are bad news for sex workers and reformers (or reformers who also happen to be sex workers.
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Kids In The Hall Monday: Introducing Buddy Cole
Ancient Grains, Television
Jan 20, 2014
We have not yet had a Buddy Cole monologue featured on Kids in the Hall Monday. I have now corrected this error. A very good day to you.
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Link Roundup: Responses to Grantland’s Trans Outing
Ancient Grains, LGBT
Jan 18, 2014
You may or may not already be familiar with Caleb Hannan's article on Grantland this week, in which an investigation about the inventor of a new golf putter turns into the outing of a trans woman (who committed suicide before the article was published). It's a deeply troubling article for many reasons
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Questions of Our Time: Five Google Search Poems
Ancient Grains, The Internet
Jan 17, 2014
"People Who"
People who changed
the world.
People who eat darkness,
talk too much, people who died
in 2013. People who
don't age. People who look like me,
talk to themselves.
People who need people.
People who cut themselves.
People who
annoy you.
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A Benediction For HBO’s Looking From The L Word
Advice, Ancient Grains, Television
Jan 17, 2014
May your Jenny Schecters be few and confined to season one; may they never be allowed within a thousand romantic feet of your Shane McCutcheons.
May your theme song be brief and unmemorable. May it sound nothing like this.
May your episode titles not all have the same
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The Great Mae Young, 1923-2014
Ancient Grains, Sports
Jan 17, 2014
This post brought to you by a reader who had been making tiny donations over time without realizing he was entitled to sponsor a post! Truly an American hero.
On January 15th, the world lost its oldest living professional wrestler. Her name was Johnnie Mae Young, and she died yesterday, after having
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