News Media

I think the news media has a lot of problems. They've been compromised by money. They want to retain viewers so they resort to simplistic shock tactics, sensationalizing non-news in attempt to garner the biggest immediate response. Or they get pundits that are clearly there just to be inflammatory and pretty much grossly misrepresent information to their viewers in the process. There is a minority, of private news companies that have integrity, and reporters who care about information first and foremost, and would rather honor their viewers than advertisers.

Politics

As the second-wave feminist saying goes- the personal is political. I don't understand people who view politics as some far off arena that doesn't affect our daily lives- every aspect of our living is dictated by politics, micro and macro. That is why I am a political science major, planning on minoring in gender studies starting next semester. I think there is a lot of fear and ignorance in politics, which leads to inaction or marginalization and I want to break through it to make the biggest difference I can as a person.

Books

I don't read nearly as much as I'd like to. Well, proper books that is. I'm always reading things on the internet. But as far as long narratives go, my attention span always proves to be too short. Whenever I'm in a down period of inspiration, I read either a novel or a book of poetry and it usually stimulates my creativity. My favorite book is The Autobiography of Malcolm X, it is consistently motivating and moving. I think my favorite series is the Harry Potter series as books, I also am a burgeoning fan of Cormac McCarthy (I've been trying to finish Blood Meridian since the beginning of first semester).