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CIRCUMSPECTACLES

Category: feminism

a body of metaphor: strength, endurance, women, and eating disorders

When I look at friends who have struggled or who are struggling with eating disorders, I see women who are wrestling head-on with some of life’s biggest questions and seeking Other Worlds of strength and endurance. Probing their bodies and hoping to find the answers to their questions.… Read More a body of metaphor: strength, endurance, women, and eating disorders

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 emilylynncook4 Comments

why and how I hitchhike

When I tell people I hitchhike and often do so on my own, the first question usually is: “But isn’t that rather unsafe?” Raised eyebrows, comments on being a young female, etc. My response usually is: “Half the time I’m carrying an ice-axe and pointy poles and can be found by sniffing the wind, so… Read More why and how I hitchhike

August 1, 2017October 12, 2019 emilylynncook1 Comment

circumspectacles

noun, plural

1) the many varieties of absurdity and beauty all around us

2) a set of ‘lenses’ that lead to wonder and awe

3) the many senses of awe and smallness

4) the act of watching the constant tension and dialogue between nature and culture, place and space, people and their world

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a note on spelling, etc.

Hi, this is Emily. Across this blog, I use a lot of British spelling. I do this because I went to university in Scotland, and I feel like that reflects my own personal experience most accurately. A lot of these thoughts I first encountered as I waded through all things Scottish and British, and the words of these thoughts were spelt accordingly. 

However, for some pieces–like, for pieces firmly set in Pennsylvania or Vermont or whatever–I use US spelling because there’s simply no other way the words should be spelled.  If I ever get the two mixed up, it’s because I just don’t really care. Don’t be twattish jagoffs about it. <3 

also, my use of capitalisation is erratic.

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