March 2011
1 post
Boy pulls up his pant leg to show off his spiderman Band Aid.
Tall bald man: Man-up, kid. No Band Aid. Let it bleed!
January 2011
4 posts
Building Iran: a review →
My mother, Faezeh Seddigh, is a very talented architect and artist. I admire her. I always have. And I always wanted to be just like her. As a child I used to hang out at her…
Also, there's something lovely about bodies when... →
December 2010
5 posts
Negar in NYC →
Since I lived in New York in 2001, I’ve had one dream and one goal only (besides writing my books, working on being a great educator and practicing my yoga), that dream was to return…
WatchAnd while on the topic, my brunch at “100 Acres” was fantastic: Kale and poached eggs! Bacon on the side. The company more so!
“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done...”
– Peter Drucker
““There’s nothing capricious in nature, and the implanting of a desire indicates...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson via the lovely @rahafharfoush and long long ago
October 2010
4 posts
Skyping everything →
It has been a busy week of Skype and activism. This week, was the six month anniversary of Brainquake. To continue our celebration of women’s lives which commenced with Brainquake on April 26,…
I have achieved cougardom
19 year old studmeister: Honey you're so gorgeous, I just want you to know that.
Me hurrying by on the side walk: oh that's so sweet. Thank you!
9 year old studmeister: if I were just 10 years older...
Me cracking up: Really 10? Just 10! I guess you can tell, huh?
September 2010
3 posts
“The wound is the place where Light enters you.”
– Rumi
“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers...”
– Rumi
The Relationship Revolution →
As the school year begins, I would like to share this wonderful piece by Melinda Blau on the internet and the Relationship Revolution. Thanks to Cathy Davidson for bringining the piece to my…
August 2010
1 post
WatchSo Mr “you’re going to hell” starts taunting the police
July 2010
6 posts
WatchAnd yet another reason to love the City at 10.19 PM. Free Hugs!
WatchIt is 10.15PM in the City. Awesome.
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June 2010
8 posts
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“little skeletons of fish had piled up [at the] base [of the tap] like deposits...”
– Between the Assassinations @Arvindadiga
“Collection is the perpetuation of wonder in a maelstrom of...”
– The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
“Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers”
– Seven Valleys- Baha’u’llah
“At its most elemental a spell i s nothing more than a recipe for change”
– Wicked by Gregory Maguire
“I love this line: “You need to stop wishing so much! You gotto stop...”
– From a convo with Texas dude in ‘Eat, Pray,Love’
May 2010
14 posts
“Between a high solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand...”
– Haruki Murakami (thanks @barbarahui & @submedina )
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
– Rabindranath Tagore. Via @Holly59
“listening to the music of passing cars:
“this accompanies our hearing...”
– Barbara Guest, “Dissonance Royal Traveler” (Thanks Kim<3)
“There’s nothing about you I find tantalizing. On the contrary, I find you...”
– Captain Picard via Chris Chia
“since I have no emotional awareness to create a performance, I’m using the...”
– a village dog :)
“The garden of the world has no limits except in your mind. Its presence is more...”
– Rumi
On boarding American Airlines DFW
Air hostess: hi! Welcome on board!
Passenger: hi! Do you have a place for hang ups?
“Peace isn’t the absence of war. Peace is the presence of justice and the...”
– Ursula Frankin via @NabilHarfoush
What defines a Woman? How do we continue the... →
I don’t think that a sustained discussion of what defines a woman and what the character of feminism is today would have happened had both Boobquake and Brainquake not happened. The question is, how…
Future of learning to be determined by students,... →
Though they discussed a wide array of topics, the Future of Learning Panel centered its conversation on one theme articulated by session Chair Cathy Davidson: “How do we make…
“A harsh word is even as a sword thrust; a gentle word as milk.”
– Baha’u’llah
“We’re fascinated by the words—but where we meet is in the silence...”
– Baba Ram Dass via @VIRAYOGA
April 2010
29 posts
#Brainquake and Boobquake: Reflections on two... →
A piece on Brainquake appeared just today in Iranian.com. While I don’t see my comments on the piece as a direct response to its engagement with Brainquake, I thought I’d take the time…
8 tags
A reptilian humanoid comedy on my feed
Ayatollah Alamolhoda: "Women with makeup will be chewed up by reptiles."
@lissnup "Reptilian revenge threats from Iran...I might wear quake-up in daily defiance."
@yayayarndiva "CoverGirlAuGratin, ShisedoSaute with RevlonRatatoulle, Prescriptives Parfait w MaxFactorMelange" #ReptileMakeUpRecipes
@yayayarndiva "gators make great eatin' "
@ealshafei "That's so wrong. He is such an idiot. They will be chewed by Kowalas. I made this perfectly clear to him on the phone. KOWALAS!"
#Brainquake: A Celebration of Women's lives April... →
Wow! Yesterday’s Brainquake was a fantastic celebration of the lives and accomplishments of women everywhere. As I was introducing these amazing women to peeps on Twitter and posting…
“This moment this love comes to rest in me. Many beings in one being. In one...”
– Rumi