| Women's Studies 100 Studyguide |
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>Motherhood as a social institution
Relationship:
--Biological
Institution:
--Women’s primary role
--Social (i.e. cultural, financial)
--Set of expectations and obligations, including $$
Representations of Motherhood
•Religion, Art, Literature, Media
•Traditional images tend to portray the social institution of motherhood rather than the biological state-but the two are often conflated
“Backlash” during 1980s—mothers portrayed positively, single non-mothers depicted as neurotic, unfulfilled, unhappy and dangerous
>Alternatives to motherhood/recent trends in reproduction
--Alternatives to traditional motherhood
-Reproductive Rights
-Alternative/Communal Living
-Reproductive Technologies
--Seemingly liberating, but perhaps constraining?
--Infertile women/Older women/lesbians
--Surrogacy (woman as object/vessel?)
Comtemporary trends of reproduction
--Fewer children
--Late children
--Single mothers
--Child free
Reasons for change
--Availability of Contraception
--Increased Education
--Increased workforce participation
--Health care technology
>Common arguments/rhetoric for and against birth control and/or abortion
Some reasons why ppl oppose reproductive rights
--On religious or moral grounds
--Because they believe that access to education and contraception will encourage moral laxity in sexual behavior
--Because of misinformation and misconceptions (i.e. “the morning after pill”)
>Gendered health issues (i.e. “mythical norm as standard, insurance issues, quality of health care, etc.)
Gendered health issues
1.Differential treatment as providers, caretakers, and as patients
2.Gender bias in research
3.Women’s Access to health care benefits
4.Reproductive organs as hazards and normal reproduction as a health problem
Mythical Norm” as standard
Historically less research/funding for women’s-only issues
Not seen as “public health” issue, but “women’s issue”
i.e. Human Papilloma Virus/Cervical Cancer
Studies/research biased towards male participants
Women, ethnic minorities not included
i.e. aspirin for heart disease
Studies in the mid-90s demonstrated that the male and female heart and blood vessels are different—diagnostic methods and treatments must differ
Male bodies as standard
Insurance biased towards men’s needs
To date, more insurance plans cover Viagra than oral contraceptives
½ fee for service plans cover hormonal contraceptives (though 90% cover sterilization, and 75% cover abortion)
40% of managed health care plans (HMOs) cover all five FDA approved methods of oral contraception
40% of managed health care plans bar contraceptive coverage
**Refusal statutes in 12 states, more pending . . .
Quality of health care
Women given less complete/shorter exams than men
Men have more tests performed
Studies show men more likely to receive prompt treatment of heart, lung and brain diseases
Far more likely to classify psychosomatic reactions in women (i.e hysteria)
Quality of health care
Funding Issues
Disproportionate number of women and elderly on federal medical programs—routinely targeted for cuts
Title X funding for “Family Planning”
Once a woman can no longer bear children, she is no longer covered for routine reproductive health services (i.e. pap smears, etc.)
>Methods for regulating sexuality (i.e. compulsory heterosexuality, sexual scripts, etc.)
Methods for regulating sexuality
-Sexual Scripts
-Compulsory Heterosexuality
-The “myth of the vaginal orgasm”
-Lack of meaningful discourse
Sexual scripts
-Sexual scripts “reflect social norms, practices and workings of power, and they provide frameworks and guidelines for sexual feelings and behaviors” —often reflect the “mythical norm”
-Vary across cultures and time
Compulsory Heterosexuality
-Hetero-normativity is EVERYWHERE
-Television, film, advertisements, greeting cards, textbooks, law and language enforce hetero-normativity
-Cultural institutions such as schools and marriage enforce compulsory heterosexuality
-June 26th, 2003—US Supreme Court ruled laws against sodomy unconstitutional
-Abstinence until marriage programs
-Sex education cannot promote a "homosexual lifestyle," portray "homosexuality as a positive alternative life-style," or "suggest that some methods of sex are safe methods of homosexual sex"
>The “myth of the vaginal orgasm”
-Based on male standards: As the penis is the male organ for sexual pleasure and reproduction, the vagina must be the female organ for sexual pleasure—”women defined in terms of how they benefited men’s lives” (375)
-Freud says: The clitoral orgasm is juvenile—women who fail to move to the vaginal orgasm have failed to “adjust” to their role as women
-Women were made to feel sexually inadequate due to their failure to achieve vaginal orgasm—a personal problem rather than a systemic misunderstanding
>The “gag rule”
No US family planning assistance can be provided to foreign NGOs that use funding from any other source to: perform abortions in cases other than a threat to a woman’s life, rape or incest; provide counseling and referral for abortion, or lobby to make abortion legal or more available in their country
-During his first week in office, President
Clinton reversed the Global Gag Rule on
international family planning assistance.
-During his first week in office, President
Bush restored the Global Gag Rule, denying
millions of women access to birth control.
>The differences between cultural and liberal feminist stances on motherhood
Feminist Standpoints on Motherhood
Liberal
•Motherhood as social institution is oppressive to women
•Keeps them tied to home and dependent upon men
Women make up 50% of workforce, but due to cultural conceptions must labor under “double-bind”
Cultural
•Motherhood as unique potential
•Mothers are central to potential cultural and social change
•Mothers share a “distinctive moral sensibility” (relates to cultural institution)
>Poverty, including measurement of, general stats and trends
US Poverty Guidelines
-Poverty thresholds and guidelines originally developed by Molly Orshansky of the SSA (1963)
-$ cost of Dept. of Ag. "economy” plan for families of 3 people and multiplied it by 3
-“Basket of goods” to measure inflation
-Whose basket? (Mythical norm)
Summary of International Poverty Comparison
The U.S. has the 2nd highest child poverty rate of industrialized nations (22.4%).
The U.S. has the highest child poverty rate for single parent households of industrialized nations (55.4%).
It is more difficult to get out of poverty in the U.S. than any other industrialized country.
Wealth is determined by calculating the value of what people own.
Summary of Wealth Distribution
Bottom 90% own 30% of Wealth
Roughly, over the last 20 years the average net value of the bottom 60% of Americans has dropped nearly 70%
Income is determined by how much money a person makes per year (before taxes).
Summary of Income Distribution
Clearly, since 1979 the rich have been getting much richer while the poor have gained little in overall income.
After-tax-income of the top 1% in the U.S. has risen 201%
Summary of Male/Female Income Distribution
On average, males make 10,000 dollars more per year than females.
Females make roughly 75 cents for every 1 male dollar.
Summary of People without Health Insurance
White = 11.1%
Asian = 18.6%
Black = 19.4%
Hispanic = 32.7%
Summary of Income and Poverty Among Race
White per capita income = $26,774
Black per capita income = $15,775
Hispanic per capita income = $13,492
White poverty percentage = 8.2%
Black poverty percentage = 24.4%
Hispanic poverty percentage = 22.5%
>Equal Pay Act of 1963/wage gap
Equal pay for equal work--assumed men and women held the same type of jobs. Was changed to “substantially similar” work
>The way that gender segregation is at play in the workforce
Work is gendered
-Definition of work and measurements of productivity
-Value of Work
-Link between Productive and Reproductive
-Intersects with race, sexuality, class, and disability
Gender Segregation
-Women most often in low-paying positions (i.e. childcare, clerical support, domestic)
-Women in professions are segregated (i.e. female doctors as ob/gyn or pediatrician, professors in the humanities, etc.)
-Women succeeding in “male” roles often do so by adhering to “male” standards/attitudes
>Social reproductive work
-Array of activities and relationships involved in maintaining people on a daily basis and across generations .
--Includes economic activity (consumption and production) plus domestic and family labor.
>Radical (Marxist) feminist approaches and proposed solutions to housework
>“glass ceiling/sticky floor”
Glass ceiling
-Although legislative restrictions have been abolished, women still face “invisible” barriers to advancement
-Women with children (or potential for children) seen as “risky,” less committed
-1995 Commission led by Bob Dole found that women and minorities are still significantly blocked from managerial/executive positions
-Women “promoted” at equal rates to men but to lateral rather than vertical positions
sticky floor
Women Stuck in low wage service jobs; part-time and contingent work
>The “mommy track”
-Women (and men) who choose to commit to parenthood should have allowances made, in terms of flexible work hours, extended “trial periods” for promotion, adequate daycare options, etc.
-Cultural feminist idea
>The “double-shift”
-Women who work full time still bear the brunt of childcare/domestic responsibilities at home
-Working mothers have two careers
>Affirmative action
-Collection of Practices and Policies aimed at eliminating discrimination and increasing diversity in employment and education (formal & informal)
-Utilization
-good will to reach targets
-record keeping
>Sexual harassment
>“comparable worth”
-Relative worth of different jobs based on skills and experience
-Wages tied to the value of the job and not the gender of the person doing the job
>FMLA (what is it? When did it pass?)Family & Medical Leave Act 1993
Companies with 50 workers must allow 12 weeks of annual unpaid leave for employees who need time off to care for seriously ill dependents, pregnancy, or own illness
guarantees health benefits and give same or equivalent job when you return
>Domestic violence—definition, stats, attitudes and ideologies that perpetuate it
Domestic Violence
-Women 11 times more likely to be victims than perpetrators
-Every year, 2.5 million women are assaulted by a male partner in the US
-Women in the US are more likely to have been injured, raped, or murdered by a male partner than by all other types of attackers
-Every year, about 2,000 women are murdered by their current or former male partners in the US
-1992—Surgeon General declared that physical abuse by partners was the leading cause of injury for women aged 15-44 . . .
-AMA called domestic violence “an epidemic”
-A man beats a woman every 9 seconds in the US
-More than ½ the women assaulted retain injuries (app. 25% seek medical attention)
-Between 10 and 33% of women visiting ER, and up to 25% of pregnant women seeking prenatal care are victims of partner abuse
>Techniques or strategies used by abusers to maintain power
-Denial: “creates and reinforces the perceptions that a) battered women are weak, b) we are not weak, c) therefore we are safe” (332)
-Shame
-Financial concerns (particularly with regards to children)
-Inadequate resources (i.e. shelters)
-Fear of legal system
-Fear of further violence/retribution
>Rape, acquaintance rape and “rapability” (i.e. Catherine McKinnon)
Rape & Sexual Abuse
-Rape is forced sexual intercourse
-Includes “psychological coercion” as well as physical force
-Acquaintance rape more common than stranger rape
-“Simple Rape”: no violence (?), a single attacker, no other crime committed
-McKinnon—rape and “rapability” central to our construction of gender
>The ways that religion, and particularly Judeo-Christianity, have oppressed women
Many biblical verses seem to prescribe or proscribe women’s actions and social status
-1 Corinthians 11:7-9: “For a man…is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man. For this reason…the woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head.”
-1 Corinthians 14: 34-35: “…women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church”
-Ephesians 5:22-24: “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife…wives should submit to their husbands in everything.”
Major Biblical Protagonists were male
-God, Moses, Jesus
-“Maleness of God marginalizes or excludes the value and importance of femaleness, and thus of women, while promoting the value and importance of men…”
-“God is male, males are God” (Mary Daly)
Major female figures promote & reinforce cultural images of women
Eve: brought sin into the world, brought pain upon women in childbirth
Mary: Virgin Mother (enough said…)
Mary Magdelene: whore
Delilah: temptress
Women excluded from religious leadership
-No participation in formulation of religious codes of ethics
-Little agency in personally interpreting the word of God (God only speaks to men…)
-Medievil Council convened to determine whether women and animals had souls. Animals were denied; women squeaked by with one vote.
>Ways of reconciling religion/spirituality with feminism
Religion as empowering to women
-Julian of Norwich, Margery Kemp
-Spiritual strength/enlightenment (i.e. slavery, civil rights, etc.)
-Female-centered religions
>“victim feminism” vs. “power feminism”
>Reasons for and arguments from the feminist “backlash”
Susan Faludi
-Reactionary response to the gains of women’s movement
-counter-argument that blames feminists for the problems they identified
-goal to discredit feminism
>Anti-feminist stereotypes of feminism
-Too radical (unrealistic)
-Rejection of family
-Lesbians
-Bra burners
-Man Hating
-Aggressive Style
-Anti-Christian
>Womanism
>Marxist/Materialist/Socialist feminism
>Eco-feminism
>Radical Feminism
>Post-feminism” (in all its manifestations)
>International/Global Feminism
-Women from each nation have the right to determine and interpret for themselves the issues that most affect their status
-Action: loosely connected web of organi-zations and movements operating on local, national and transnational level, expanding policy debates, shaping and transforming international institutions
>NGO (Non-governmental organization)
Voluntary associations, non-profit groups, labor union, activists, community based organizations, (not under the direct control of the government), example YWCA
>Gender Empowerment means
-Political Representation
-Literacy/Education
-Labor Force
-Managerial/Administration
>Beijing 4th World Conference on Women
-4th World Conference on Women
-Governments pledged to “revoke any remaining laws that discriminate on the basis of sex.”
-governments pledged in the Outcome Document they adopted to review domestic legislation “with a view to striving to remove discriminatory provisions as soon as possible, preferably by 2005…”
-The 2005 deadline has not been met and laws that explicitly discriminate against women remain in force in many countries.
>Capabilities Approach Amartya Sen Nobel Prize (1998)
Universal set of values that could be used to judge the quality of life in any society
-right to life, bodily health and integrity
-right to participate in political affairs
-right to hold property
>Issues/state of international women’s rights
-Polygamy
-Wife Obedience Laws
-Marital Rape
-Domestic Violence
-“Honor” crimes
-Sex trade/trafficking
-Labor Laws
-Citizenship/Voting Rights
>Ethnocentrism/cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Evaluating behaviors and beliefs in other societies in terms of your own culture
Cultural relativism
Assess the social and political status of women from within the framework of each group’s unique cultural and historical context
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| COM 230 |
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Role playing is a key component of the ABWA's culture. Since it began at Arizona State University, the ABWA has always had assigned positions with different roles. For example, the Presidents has always been viewed as the task leaders. Currently, the Presideny is shared by senior Finance student, Ashley Carlisle and sophomore pre-business student, Jenny Stash. Both presidents often take turns delegating tasks to other members and presenting powerpoint presentations. Ms. Carlisle also often plays the role of central negative because she occasionally questions Ms. Stash's ideas and decisions. The information provider is played by Briana Coonan as the Vice President of Education; she provides guest speakers for the meetings and also informs members of Career Fairs and internship opportunities. The tension releaser is often played by Amanda Gonsiorek who's official title is Vice President of Membership. Amanda has an outgoing personality and makes occasional jokes at club meetings and club socials. For instance, at a pizza party meeting the pizzdelivery man was quite late and Amanda said, "I'm so hungry when the delivery man comes I will tackle him down." The final role of the social-emotional leader is played by ABWA's advisor Harriet MacCracken, an accounting professor at Arizona State University. With experience as a professional business women, Mrs. MacCracken attends every meeting and offers advice and support to all group members. Mrs. MacCracken has a warm and friendly personality and ia always opened to disclosing her personal experiences to all group members. For example, during one group meeting she discussed her difficulties in trying to balance being a mother and a professional business women. By assigning specific positions with specific roles, the ABWA has accomplished effective role performance.
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Introduction
"To bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition" is quoted as the mission statement of the American Business Women's Association (ASUABWA Official Website). By following the mission statement, the ABWA offers members "workshops, retreats, and speakers to help build leadership skills, networking opportunities, resume writing experience, and interviewing skills" (ASUABWA Official Website). With the ABWA's long history of success dating back to the time of World War II, it can be classified as a long standing work group. As men fought in the World War II, women began to enter the workforce in large waves. Unfortunately, after the men returned from the war, many women were sent back to their homes or placed in jobs that seem oriented towards gender specific roles, such as secretarial work, day care work, or house maid work. However, one man did recognize the positive impact women had on the economy of the United States; on September 22, 1949, Kansas City businessman, Hilary A, Burton Jr., and three Kansas City businesswomen created the American Business Women's Association. After the national ABWA organization was created, local chapters around the United States were also created. I am currently a member of ABWA's Arizona State University chapter. Along with other eager members, I was able to join the group by filling out a simple application and paying a forty-five dollar fee. The ABWA is a wonderful group to analyze because it does not discriminate against race, religion, or sex and also sends a powerful message that women can play a pivotal role in the workplace.
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The structure of the ABWA is as follows. The group holds meetings every other Tuesday at 5:15p.m. in the same building located at Arizona State University. The leadership team of the ABWA holds meetings every Tuesday at 5:15 in the same place as the other meetings. Having separate small groups within the larger group often gives off a climate with tension. Fortunately, primary tension among group members only results during the first meetings at the beginning of the school semester. During the middle of the year the group experiences secondary tension as more decisions regarding the progress of the group occur. By the end of the semester after several meetings, primary tension no longer exists and the group seems to be more cohesive. In spite of the two separate small groups within the larger group, both groups work towards the same goals throughout the semester. For example, both groups strive to network with business men and women, both groups work towards attaining scholarships and internships, and both groups work towards attaining a higher education. Also throughout the semester, both groups work towards completing community service projects. Working to help the community has become a group norm for the ABWA. Other group norms include attending small socials after the meetings and an end of the year banquet for all group members. By attending community service projects, group members have develop a sense of pride in the ABWA; in addition, the small socials make group members feel more apart of the group and in return less primary tension occurs.
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ABWA's decision-making process is predominantly utilized by the Leadership Team also known as the L-Team. The other group members do not play as much as a vital role in the decision making process as the L-Team does. The L-Team makes decisions by meeting every Tuesday and creating an agenda using Powerpoint software. By using Powerpoint, all L-Team members can view the agenda and actively participate in the decision making process. The Powerpoint is often presented by the group's President or the Vice President when the President is absent. The president facilitates the group decision process and encourages others to voice their opinions and suggestions. Each member of the L-Team partakes in helping role formation as each member has a specific title name and job. The L-Team also tries to determine the advantages and disadvantages of decisions by posting the pros and cons on the powerpoint agenda. After the group discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a certain decision, the group votes and the majority rules. When discussing club decisions, the group attempts to address questions of fact, value, and policy. The group often asks questions such as, "Does the decision violate our club's code of ethics?", "Does the decision benefit all group members?", and "Should the club increase membership fees or should the club start requiring a minimum G.P.A. of a 3.0 for all group members?". A specific example of ABWA using questions of fact, value, and policy includes deciding where to hold the end of the year banquet. The group decided to hold the banquet at The Bamboo Club by addressing the following questions; "Do all group members enjoy asian food?", "Is the location near school campus?", and "Should the club charge $25 for each member's meal?". By utilizing all three types of questions, the L-Team effectively works through the decision making process.
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Gender issues factor tremendously into the entire life the group organization. The ABWA is mostly geared towards women and advancing women in the workplace; however, the group does not discriminate against religion, race, or sex. Male members are welcome to join the group yet the club has fail to ever recruit a male member. On the organization's website, the issue of diversity is addressed by the following statement, "American Business Women’s Association spans the nation as the world’s most diverse professional organization for women"(ASUABWA Official Website). Geared towards women, the group function and works in an environment where one women can relate to another women by both discussing the hardships several must face while working in many male dominated job industries. Furthermore, female speakers from diverse backgrounds and cultures give a speech about their experience as women in the business workforce. After the speech, club members often ask the speaker questions or advice pertaining to being a successful women in the workforce. Not only is gender a large factor of the ABWA, but technology is as well. With technology, such as the internet, the ABWA primarily communicates with its members through e-mails and an official website. On the official website, one can apply for membership and know when and where meetings take place. Without the internet, the group would have difficulty contacting members in an easy and quick manner. The group also uses powerpoint software and computers to show the agenda and outline of the speaker's speech at the beginning of each meeting. Technology has helped the ABWA recruit members, market the group, and create effective group communication.
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[09 Aug 2005|05:38pm] |
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There isn't really a point to being a good person. There is always bad in the world. I didn't think our generation would live through a time with terror. How naive.
I'm in love with Dead Poetic. I went to their concert and the lead singer was an arrogant Ricky Martin. The concert was still amazing and their latest album is on my top five list. I also love Emery and Underoath. I can't believe I love Christian bands, because I do not affiliate myself with any type of religion. You know what is really funny, new wave creationism.
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| Empty threats & Broken Promises |
[07 Jun 2005|12:48pm] |
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Girls, merely entertainment for us LJ folk.
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| A Very Classy Lady |
[28 May 2005|01:41am] |
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My pearls say I'm classy.
My mommy wears them and daddy says she's a very classy lady.
I don't know exactly what classy means but if mommy is it, then I want to be too.
Jackie says pearls don't make me classy.
Jackie says her mommy wears a gold cross necklace.
Jackie says she wants a gold cross necklace too because she's scared she'll go to hell.
Am I going to hell, is mommy?
Daddy can you buy mommy a gold cross necklace for her birthday?
Sure darling, anything you want.
Mommy's a very classy lady.
That's right, darling.
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| What is a holla back girl? |
[13 May 2005|02:24am] |
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RECAP: My freshmen year of college was so much fun. Well, the first few months and some weekends and some many concerts. There was good and bad. But I don't regret going to ASU. I just wish my best friends were there, we would have created some drama let me tell you. YAY! everybody one year down of undergrad!
This semester I got three A+ and two As. So for now I'm on top of the world. Sitting on top of the world... on top of world...
On another note I'm back in Tucson until the 20th since I start work on the 21st. If you are ever in Chandler stop by if you see a Brazilian Steakhouse; I'm the hostess. Summer school starts the 31st, and then Brief Calculus will suck a fuck out of my asshole.
Some of you bitches better call me!
I'll end with "PEACE!" (Celina dissing a guy who told her "You're looking SEXY today")
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[27 Mar 2005|12:56am] |
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I hate it when people believe being labeled a feminist is something bad. Everyone keeps saying, WTF there is equality now,what more do you women want, you have it all? I still don't think so and for many reasons I will not debate on lj, but let me just voice my opinions and stop saying I am women hear me ROAR. I am human, fuck you bitch.
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| This song is dedicated to vicente cantua |
[18 Mar 2005|09:13pm] |
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I don't need your forgiveness
I don't need your hate
I don't need your acceptance
So what should I do
I don't need your resistance
I don't need your prayers
I don't need your religion
I don't need a thing from you
I don't do what I've been told
Your so lame why don't you
Just go
Die mother fucker die mother fucker die
I don't need your prison
I don't need your pain
I don't need your decision
So what should I do
I don't need your approval
I don't need your hope
I don't need your lectures
I don't need a thing from you
I'll be sorry when I'm old
You're so full of shit man
Just go
Die mother fucker die mother fucker die
Boom
I don't need your forgiveness
I don't need your hate
I don't need your acceptance
So what should I do
I'll be sorry so you've said
I'm not sorry
Bang You're Dead
Die mother fucker die mother fucker die
Die
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I won't mention the pathetic dramatic parts of my life. haha
All I have to say is that I got A's on all my exams so far and thats all that matters.
Oh, and I hate that stupid Ludacris song. I came, I saw I hit him right there in the jaw. Drives me crazy! Someone needs to conquer over his ass.
Small note, I'm going to the taste of chaos tour. Are you going Maxine? Come on we need to talk to him again!! And I know you like Burt, even though he's gone emo.
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Ryan Greeley (Zimmerman) said my name was pretty.
Giggles. I hate giggles. I can't stand it.
Vela is beyond emo he is superman with a small bootie. ARR!!
He is pirate's bait. He fell on a chik fil a sandwich and then started humping the ground. He uses the mayonaise as lube. You know he loves his mayonaise.
Poolhall junkies,
I'm out!
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| Yo Yo Yo nas nas nas |
[29 Jan 2005|11:45pm] |
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I'll be just fine pretending I'm something I'm not...
DIE V!!!
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| When we won't have a moon.... |
[12 Jan 2005|12:34am] |
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Olive Garden was fun. I am glad I arranged it. Our waiter was gay indeed and cholla alumni.
The Drag show was quite an experience. Im so proud of you guys. No need for the exclamation mark. Where did that bitch go?
New Years was boring, but at least we were together.
Never got to Mt. Lemmon.
Trying hard to look cute. Word to my sweet ass.
I am returning to ASU tommorow. I thought I should update before I leave because I am rarely going to during school. I have to work harder this semester and forget about the parties that are so like OMG totally like cool. ::Sarcasm:: only at first.
My schedule this year seems rather easy. I need practically straight A's. First semester I got 2 Bs and 2 As, and a FUCKING B-. (just like fucking chuck norris)
Construction and Culture
Dance in World Cultures
CIS 200
English
Sociology
15 credits
I can't wait to leave my dorm and have a real apartment during the summer when I will be taking Brief Calculus and Microeconomics.
For spring break I plan to go to San Diego.
Boring update, just to give the basic info.
I guess this means I'm never coming back.
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| Stop Crying Your Heart Out- Oasis |
[29 Dec 2004|11:50pm] |
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Hold up...
Hold on...
Don't be scared..
You'll never change what's been and gone,
May your smile
Shine on
Don't be scared
Your destiny will keep you on,
Cause all of the stars,
Have faded away,
Just try not to worry,
You'll see them some day,
Just take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out!
Get up
Come on
Why you scared? (I'm scared)
You'll never change what's been and gone,
Cause all of the stars,
Have faded away,
Just try not to worry,
You'll see them some day,
Just take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out!
Cause all of the stars,
Have faded away,
Just try not to worry,
You'll see them some day,
Just take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out!
We're all of the stars
We're fading away,
Just try not to worry,
You'll see us some day,
Just take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out!
And stop crying your heart out!
stop crying your heart out
stop crying your heart out
stop crying your heart out
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| bad seeds |
[26 Dec 2004|01:42am] |
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Take it out of my back.
Just leave it,
Bleed until its gone.
Hahahaha
Ho ho ho
Yet lost in every direction.
Hookers on an elephant's trunk with johnny appleseed.
-B.S.
"Hippo"- the best pick-up line ever!
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| One percent KILLS |
[25 Nov 2004|12:06am] |
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Nirvana-About a Girl |
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"I don't want to come back down from this cloud."
"You're my favorite anything,always." Not tired yet.
I'm so scared for my macroeconomics and math final. Please do well. AT LEAST DECENT!!! FOR GOD SAKES!!
Mr. Ayala said we all wouldn't make it. That we would drop out after our first semester. Well, fuck him, we've all done just fine. Yes, I know his worst intention was to make us better. (For all you Ayala Supporters and hardcore republicans jk)
They always said you're so negative. You have low self-esteem. Obviously, they didn't know me well enough. "I knew you well enough to know you never loved me." They never knew all the dreams I had when I was a little girl. Dreams of success and the drive to attend college, become independent, find love, and die. I always knew I'd make it there or on my way there, I just doubted myself, because you can't be anything if you try to be everything.
Sounds like Sex in the City. How gay. YOU KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
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| All apologies... |
[14 Nov 2004|05:50pm] |
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Hopes Fall |
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A Static Lullaby and Hopes Fall were both great in concert. I will be on ASL DVD, check out it now...
The weekend just plain suck suck suck. R Kelley
Thanks guys for coming even though it didnt go as planned. I love all of my presents. I really did or else I wouldnt say it and you know I would.
This is me...
Our residential assistant was entertaining though, despite the fact I was sexually harrassed by him.
petey pablo is a dikey basketball player.
It hurts..
Mountains in between
I thought I was done with this lj shit.
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| I think Im dumb.. or maybe just happy.. |
[02 Nov 2004|09:05pm] |
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Elliot Smith- A Fond Farewell |
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So bad. So good. dumb fuck. dumb fuck. migraine. tear. tear. Don't give a fuck.
NOTHING.
BSS girl
beaner
dumb
AS curve
AD curve
confused
On my knees, Im begging..New day come soon.
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