Who gets to participate?

Scouring the internet for a source to use one often sees some labeled “scholarly articles” or written by a “scholar.” But what qualifications must one obtain to be considered a “scholar?” According to the Michigan State University office of Personal Development, a scholar is someone…

Reading Decisions

Deciding what to read is almost as difficult as deciding what to write.

There are so many options.

The key to reading, like writing, is just to make a decision.

Blog #4

In chapter nineteen now in Washington, Nafisi’s children recall a particular day in Tehran. Members of the “Revolutionary Committee,” apparently a sort of paramilitary police intelligence entity, demanded entry to Nafisi’s home in order to gain access to a neighbor’s property — a neighbor who was wanted for…

Bem vindos

Essa é a minha primeira postagem aqui no Medium. Escolhi aqui para ser meu blog de escrita, uma vez que quero voltar a escrever como um dia fiz. Resenhas, comentários, bobeiras, o que seja. Tenho hoje o objetivo de ser redatora, de trabalhar escrevendo, comentando, ou mesmo organizando textos. Essa sempre…

Highlighting

A great response from elizabeth tobey, the Community manager of Medium where she raised the point of better highlighting. When I think of highlighting a piece of text in Medium, often wonder what happens when I highlight a piece of text.

Reading notes on 2016.4.4 ~ 2016.4.10