March 2012
NOTES FROM THE OUTERNET: HUFFINGTON POST - Jared... →
jaredleto:
In early 2011, I returned to Haiti for the first time in 25 years.
When I was there last, it was the early ’80s. Baby Doc (Jean-Claude Duvalier) was the dictator du jour, Ronald Reagan was pushing his trickle down politics, Jaws had invaded theaters, and Michael Jackson, Van Halen and Prince…
10 Great Reads About the Senses →
poptech:
A Tetw reading list
The Blind Man Who Learned To See by Michael Finkel - A fascinating profile of a man who is helping other blind people to see using echolocation.
Mixed Feelings by Sunny Bains - How researchers can tap the plasticity of the brain to hack our 5 senses, and build new ones.
Sense and Sensitivity by Andrea Bartz - Is it possible that some people are wired to take in...
Your Healthista: 10 Reasons Early Summer is Good... →
yourhealthista:
While it may not be such a great thing for our Earth, this unseasonably warm spring (or early summer, depending on how you look at it), it’s actually kinda awesome for your health/fitness goals. Even though I’m a little worried we might have a crazy summer, I’m grateful for the beautiful March…
“We don’t teach our girls to have power. We teach them to ‘get along.’ And if...”
– - Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg to Marlo Thomas
Women’s History Month: Closing the Ambition Gap (via huffingtonpost)
“Sometimes I wonder if my whole life will pass by this way: me waiting in the...”
– Sarah Ockler, Fixing Delilah (via creatingaquietmind)
^ my life right now
“Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too...”
– Zooey Deschanel (via sugar-and-heartbreak)
