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By globalistgirl, on November 11th, 2009

The danger of single stories

Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells in a wonderful story why only knowing one story of someone is nearly always one-dimensional and omits important information.

By globalistgirl, on November 1st, 2008

Global Lounge

I am planning a cocktail party. My guest list has people of four ethnicity categories from four continents. I’d have an even more varied guest list if distance wasn’t a factor.

By globalistgirl, on September 29th, 2008

Global economy connectedness

I apologize for not writing in an eternity or two – I am trying to conduct lots of experiments, write papers, and look for jobs at the same time. Needless to say, I have now broken my immune system and got sick.
Many interesting things have happened since I last blogged – like Russia’s imperialism rearing [...]

By globalistgirl, on May 18th, 2008

The Neural Buddhists

A friend of mine sent me a link to an opinion article in the New York Times by David Brooks on the effect of the cognitive revolution on discussions about religion. He argues that the materialist-religious debates about the existence of God will be replaced by debates in which scientists whose spiritual beliefs overlap somewhat with Buddhism who challenge [...]

By globalistgirl, on March 25th, 2008

I have returned home

I’m back in Hotelland. I’m at a conference and staying at the conference hotel, the San Fransisco Marriott. (In line with being a typical TCK, I am becoming highly educated by getting a PhD in materials science and engineering.) Last night, I sat in the bar on the top floor looking out at the San [...]

By globalistgirl, on February 20th, 2008

Why is being Japanese cool?

An older Racialicious post made me think of the attitude I’ve seen both online and in real life from some Americans, who seem to think it’s endlessly cool to be Japanese. I’m not really sure where this meme comes from. Americans are very patriotic, so what makes a subset of probably the most patriotic people [...]

By globalistgirl, on February 19th, 2008

Brazilian Music

I attended a latin jazz concert last Friday. It was very comforting. Brazilian (and by association, other latin-inspired) music feels familiar and comfortable, even though I’ve never been to Brazil. When I was a baby, my father was working on a big project in Brazil and bought Brazilian music there. When I had trouble sleeping, [...]

By globalistgirl, on February 7th, 2008

春节快乐!

给大家新年快乐!

春节快乐!

Happy Spring Festival!

By globalistgirl, on February 6th, 2008

How the impact of stereotypes about gender and technology depend on where you are

The two classes I’m auditing intersected in an interesting way recently. In Judy Wajcman’s book Feminism Confronts Technology, there is a chapter on technology as masculine culture. One of the subsections is on engineering. Wajcman argues that
“central to the social construction of the engineer is the polarity between science and sensuality, the hard and the [...]

By globalistgirl, on January 31st, 2008

FlightBliss Tips & Tricks

I imagine that most readers of this blog would be interested in FlightBliss, a blog all about how to wrangle your way into Business or First for as little money as possible. How useful is that?