I'm a highly optimistic person; which brings me to my first quote:
"Good God Erica, you could have your arm blown off and still think it was great you got to keep the other one!" Read More »
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Senior Pain!

Dressing Up: Gender Performance and Halloween Costumes
This summer at UCLA I was introduced to the idea of performing gender. That is, the ways that we daily act out our assigned – or assumed as the case may be – gender roles. Performing gender comprises many things, ordinary things that many of us take for granted and do not second guess. For women this would be things like shaving your legs, wearing make-up and jewelry. For men this would be things like consistently wearing pants and the grooming of your facial hair. Read More »
Halloween Count Down 27 Days
Halloween Countdown: 27 Days
Tidbit of Halloween History every day until the spookiest of them all! Read More »

Hollow-hollow-Halloween
halloween is by far my favorite holiday. up until this year, i didnt have one. really, i didnt even like holidays, but this year, halloween and i are really like brother and sister. halloween brings so much imagination, and i miss the nights that i would look out of my bedroom window waiting for shooting stars so i could wish for something, like a pet rabbit, and expect it to come true. Read More »

Halloween, a little late.
Trick or treating is supposed to be amazing. My first time ever was this year. Like for real, kinda pathetic. You already know I was all about the candy!!! Read More »

Noose: Just a Decoration or a Discrimination?
After the incident of Jena 6, the media immediately picks up on the concept of hanging up a noose. Everyone agrees it is an offensive action. However, is it okay to have dummies hanging from trees or houses for Halloween decoration? If so, what makes this an exception? If not, what makes this year so different from the past years? Read More »

My Jehovah's Witnesses Halloween
Growing up with cult indoctrination scared to death of Armageddon turned me into a Watchtower Zombie Read More »

Halloween: sexualizing little girls
Warning: This Blog Contains Disturbing Content and Photos.
Playboy, Hustler Hollywood, and countless internet stores sell really sexy costumes for adults. But with what I've seen, they might as well start selling children's sizes as well. Read More »


