By: Gabriela Yareliz Below is a piece by an honest Rega Jha, and a video showing how women were represented in the media this year. We still have a long way to go. This was a moving piece. http://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/spring-break-mumbai-how-surviving-sexual-abuse-makes-it-hard Going along with the thought of how women are treated, perceived and represented: When you engageContinue reading “Women Speak”
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Insurmountable Joy
By: Gabriela Yareliz I have finished my second outline! YES! I have an exam tomorrow. So exciting. I am pretty sure my loss of feeling in my lower body is from sitting all day doing these outlines. I have a feeling, though, that this week is going to be an Ah-mA-zING week. The blessings justContinue reading “Insurmountable Joy”
Exam Period Picks
Compiled by: Gabriela Yareliz When you read as much as a law student does, you just want pictures that make you smile. No words. Here we go. 1] Love– 2] Dancing gives stress release from finals! 3] Bunnies 4] Kareena Kapoor kajal (eyeliner) 5] This movie always makes me smile; White Chicks 6] Love thisContinue reading “Exam Period Picks”
“I am an ordinary person who has been blessed…”
“I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.” Sonia Sotomayor
MANDELA
Nelson Mandela has passed away. There are no words; except that he was a man of God, and he had true character. Very few writings and lives have moved me the way his have. “There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absoluteContinue reading “MANDELA”
Jab Mila Tu Mood
Education
“For me, education is never a waste of anyone’s time, and it is something I am proud to of accomplish in my life. How hot is it to be not only one of the most fashionable people in the room, but also the most educated. It’s powerful.” Lilly Ghalichi, Attorney at Law
Thankful
Dear friends, I am officially taking my first break from outlining all day. I am supposed to be getting ready to go brave the cold and fight with the clinic printer in efforts to print my evidence packet for my clinic deal. There is an “evidence packet assembly party” somewhere in the building. If theContinue reading “Thankful”
Round Pegs
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’tContinue reading “Round Pegs”