Disqus - Friends of berkleebassist

Re: A License Required for your house? It's a flat out lie.

briandigital — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:42:18 -0000

Read the bill. You won't need your tin foil hat for that, I suppose.

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:11:32 -0000

Hahaha, I'll be sure to tell Hamlet.

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:11:17 -0000

Yeah, I always tried to make it clear to reporters that my sex life was NOT representative of the Harvard experience (especially since it wouldn't have been very interesting if I'd kept all my escapades on campus). Thanks for reading!

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:04:02 -0000

Not the only one, actually! My friend Christine Yu, who writes a sex column for MIT, is actually from Huntington too. Nice coincidence :)

Re: the ch!cktionary - It’s almost Hamlet’s birthday! He turns FOUR on...

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:48:22 -0000

lol @ "whose tongue often threatens to engulf his head"

Re: the ch!cktionary - It’s almost Hamlet’s birthday! He turns FOUR on...

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:48:08 -0000

Thanks Lisa :) I love hearing from long-term readers.

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:08:49 -0000

Thanks, so much has changed since I was 19 :) It's hard to believe that I've lived online for THREE years and counting!

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:06:50 -0000

I remember that we met but I've totally forgotten the context. (After some other correspondence, I think? Or maybe I just Facebook stalked you.) Were you '09? Find me on Facebook!

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:03:04 -0000

I guess personal blogs that involve sex, feminism, AND bulldogs are rare -- but Feministing and Jezebel are great community blogs. And check out the blog of Aussie journalist Rachel Hills: http://rachelhills.tumblr.com. I think you'll find some of her work and commentary very interesting!

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:58:59 -0000

You're not the first Jordanian reader :)

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:58:16 -0000

A college tour? Whoa, bizarre. I can only imagine the context: "Sex And The Ivy: Why Harvard Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be."

Re: Reader Poll: How Did You Get Here?

lena — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:54:56 -0000

Ah, BerryLine! And then ... nothing. Hopefully you've made more literary progress than I have in the intervening time.

Re: Are Feminists Guilty Of Virgin Shaming?

lena — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:52:36 -0000

I can't believe you're wasting time leaving comments under different names.

Re: Are Feminists Guilty Of Virgin Shaming?

lena — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:53:53 -0000

Thanks for sharing your experience. About half my friends are virgins by choice but are far from conservative. The abstinence movement at large does not reflect their beliefs at all, yet the only time virginity tends to be discussed in mainstream media is when there's talk of culture wars. The more nuanced views don't get represented.

Re: Are Feminists Guilty Of Virgin Shaming?

lena — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:49:59 -0000

Very good point! Stubbornly advocating anything -- be it abstinence or promiscuity -- as the best approach is the least productive way of advancing healthy, unrestricted notions of female sexuality.

Re: Are Feminists Guilty Of Virgin Shaming?

lena — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:17:06 -0000

Can you cite a source for the claim that "Most promiscuous girls have a history of childhood abuse, being raped, come from broken homes, have abusive fathers, etc. 99% of the time". As far as I know, there is no empirical basis for this. In fact, the majority of Americans born from the 1940s on have had premarital sex.

See: Lawrence Finer's "Trends in premarital sex in the United States, 1954–2003"

Re: the ch!cktionary - 5 Reasons Why Women Should Consider An IUD

lena — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:59:17 -0000

Hey Trish, you have an awesome job! I took a class on motherhood a couple years ago, and it amazed me how much misinformation there is about pregnancy and childbirth.

Re: Full Immersion

lena — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:36:55 -0000

Nah, I'll be in the company of Germans :)

Re: the ch!cktionary - Der kleiner Hund in der großen Küche (“the little...

lena — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:29:37 -0000

Corrected, thanks. The roomie pointed that out too.

Ugh, adjectives. My most recent foe!

Re: the ch!cktionary - Der kleiner Hund in der großen Küche (“the little...

lena — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:56:01 -0000

Yeah, I know, but it's in the dative case in the above construction. Post a photo of your Frenchie!

Re: the ch!cktionary - Der kleiner Hund in der großen Küche (“the little...

lena — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:01:21 -0000

Layout? Nah, it's the same, no?

Re: the ch!cktionary - Anatomy of an Outfit: “Reading Period Edition” ...

lena — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:10:42 -0000

It's not the only one I've stolen! Doesn't really work vice versa though.

Re: the ch!cktionary - Anatomy of an Outfit: “Reading Period Edition” ...

lena — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:46:39 -0000

The majority of Harvard kids are not coked out and do not have trust funds, but "smart" doesn't always translate to good grades (and vice versa). And good grades aren't always enough to get people what they want, be it a job or a grad school acceptance.

Re: the ch!cktionary - Anatomy of an Outfit: “Reading Period Edition” ...

lena — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:16:25 -0000

Pie is never something to be ashamed of.

Re: Dartmouth Student Jeremy Pham Will "Plant A Dagger In Your Ass", Thinks Wellesley Women Are "A Bunch Of Whores"

lena — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:43:59 -0000

Yeah, relatively speaking, Asian guys get screwed when it comes to interracial dating in America. So do Black women. So do queer people who live in the Midwest. But it's not a competition between who is the worst off -- and besides, all this talk about sexual desirability is incredibly silly in light of all the things in the world that one could rightfully be bitter about.