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BalancingJane

  1. #TragicMel is a terrible perpetuation of tired stereotypes about #biracial people. chn.ge/L0ytTP Tell @kraftfoods to stop. 2:06 PM May 31st via web
  2. @kraftfoods and @droga5 continue to use damaging stereotypes to sell products. Tell them its unacceptable. chn.ge/L0ytTP #racism 2:04 PM May 31st via web
  3. Is a contract the way to divide up household work between partners? bit.ly/JCuHFA Not in my house. #EquallySharedParenting 1:56 PM May 31st via web
  4. 5 Ways #blogging has made me a better scholar: bit.ly/Nj8Dyv #PhD #gradschool 7:32 AM May 31st via web
  5. "They're In My Brain!" A look at how media has the power to train our brains, and what that means for #bodyimage. bit.ly/KZyBmr 7:30 AM May 31st via web
  6. Everywhere yet another convincing argument that getting humanities PhD is stupid. I'm doing it anyway: bit.ly/L4gi5q #gradschool 7:27 PM May 30th via web
  7. Too young to remember @vwofficial photo scandal, but reading her bio, people kept coming up to talk about it. bit.ly/JMYAnX #BHBC #ad 7:12 AM May 30th via web
  8. A study shows women much more likely to buy when ads show people who look like them. Will ads change? bit.ly/JpfG4U 6:23 AM May 28th via web
  9. Some bumper stickers on my way home from work help me think about how to make advice more manageable: bit.ly/JIgd8b 6:22 AM May 28th via web
  10. Petition asking @kraftfoods to stop using negative #TragicMel stereotypes is growing. chn.ge/IAZFrH 6:01 AM May 28th via web
  11. @nytimes on limits of #multiracial #stereotypes 15 yrs ago nyti.ms/JZsDIG Yet @kraftfoods #TragicMel continues? #TimeForProgress 12:44 PM May 25th via web
  12. See why stereotyping in ads like @kraftfoods #TragicMel campaign matter. bit.ly/dURb4 12:34 PM May 25th via web
  13. @kraftfoods and @droga5 making a habit of exploiting #stereotypes for publicity bit.ly/JCO2kr Tell them it's not okay. #TragicMel 7:37 AM May 23rd via web
  14. 330 people told @kraftfoods and @droga5 that #multiracial stereotypes don't belong in ads. Join them. chn.ge/IAZFrH #TragicMel 7:36 AM May 23rd via web
  15. 330 people have told @kraftfoods and @droga5 that #multiracial stereotypes don't belong in ads. Join them. chn.ge/IAZFrH 7:35 AM May 23rd via web
  16. Thanks @BlogHer for running my post on doing what you love--even when it's not the "hot" field. bit.ly/KjOwjg 8:08 AM May 22nd via web
  17. #TragicMel not @kraftfoods & @droga5 first #stereotype controversy bit.ly/JyXcEj Harm for publicity not ok chn.ge/IAZFrH 4:24 AM May 22nd via web
  18. #TragicMel not @kraftfoods & @droga5's first #stereotype controversy bit.ly/JyXcEj Harm for publicity not ok chn.ge/IAZFrH 8:34 AM May 21st via web
  19. As she so often does, @bluemilk takes things I'm thinking (this time abt #MommyWars) and makes them make sense. bit.ly/KrY89O 8:09 AM May 21st via web
  • Name Balancing Jane
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  • Bio Part-time PhD student in rhetoric, full-time employee in higher ed, and mom to a toddler. Mostly, I try to keep it all together and find some perspective.
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