On the 4th.
Painting by Frederic Edwin Church, 1861, oil on paper, “Our Banner in the Sky”, H/T: http://www.urbancure.org/ My friend Aja sent me an email […]
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It’s a Barbie World.
Check out “normal” Barbie, a doll created with realistic proportions. From Huff Po: Artist Nickolay Lamm of MyDeals.com used CDC measurements of […]
The Real Mad Men
Move over Don, Roger, Peggy and Joan. It’s time to meet the real men and women of Madison Ave, courtesy of Thirteen. I […]
Unpatriotic, jerky fail.
And the fails keep coming. From Upworthy: An IRS contractor hurt his foot playing football in military prep school. He never […]
Not so radical notions of Feminists.
(Source) I don’t identify as a feminist. Not first wave, second wave, third wave or wavy wave. I don’t like lots of labels, […]
On Paula Deen & the N-word.
(NPR) I so thought I’d skip the whole Paula Deen kerfluffle with just yesterday’s quick mention. And I really was going to […]
America’s Worst Charities
SMH. From CNN: The worst charity in America operates from a metal warehouse behind a gas station in Holiday, Florida. Every year, […]
Their stories.
Soher Ebrahim This week, I watched and read about three teenage girls who do to their gender and culture, have suffered greatly, […]
The Windowfarms Project
This is so cool! My friend Maria passes along this video:
Retro Reports: From Crack Babies to Y2K
I’ve been enjoying Retro Report, which features a series of videos on stories that were huge in the eighties and nineties and […]
Alisha
@myeastofedenTo borrow a line from Drake: I’m more than just a number. But if I had to pick one, I’d be a 7 — not perfect, just honest about it.
I’m Alisha: 30, a Christ-follower, married to my husband Keiron, and mom to our daughter Zoe. East of Eden is where I write weekly about faith, culture, and relationships — a curious mix of the relevant and reverential, covering everything from religion and politics to pop culture to the quieter, more personal stuff.
I’m slightly off-kilter (but aren’t all “ar-teeests”?) and not your average girl. Hope you enjoy the rantings — don’t take the sarcasm too seriously, and know that comments are always welcome. Very welcome… ahem, HINT, HINT, HINT.
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