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Stop Saying ‘I Feel Like’ | New York Times | April 2016 Pretending that every argument you make is just a hunch you have is self-destructive. We should not “feel like.” We should argue rationally, feel deeply and take full responsibility for our interaction with the world.

Minasuk/ October 28, 2015/ Uncategorized

The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing | The Atlantic | October 2015 A new movement strives for simplicity.

Minasuk/ October 21, 2015/ Uncategorized

Famous quotes, the way a woman would have to say them during a meeting. | Washington Post | October 2015 “Give me liberty, or give me death.”Woman in a Meeting: “Dave, if I could, I could just — I just really feel like if we had liberty it would be terrific, and the alternative would just be awful, you know?

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Minasuk/ August 15, 2015/ Uncategorized

Why you should take notes by hand — not on a laptop | Vox | March 2015 “Pam Mueller and Daniel Oppenheimer, the psychologists who conducted the new research, believe it’s because students on laptops usually just mindlessly type everything a professor says. Those taking notes by hand, though, have to actively listen and decide what’s important — because they

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Minasuk/ July 28, 2015/ Uncategorized

Google Exec: Women, Stop Saying ‘Just’ So Much, You Sound Like Children | Jezebel | July 2015 Just when you finally got a handle on saying “sorry” so much, turns out there’s another detrimental phrase in your lexicon keeping you from being taken seriously as a woman: “Just.” As in, “Just checking in,” and “Just following up,” and “Just wondering

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Minasuk/ July 28, 2015/ Uncategorized

Young women, give up the vocal fry and reclaim your strong female voice | Guardian | July 2015 What’s heartbreaking about the trend for destructive speech patterns is that yours is the most transformational generation – you’re disowning your power.

Minasuk/ April 25, 2015/ Uncategorized

10 Words Every Girl Should Learn | AlterNet | July 2014 Socialized male speech dominance is a significant issue, not just in school.