Archive for January, 2008
More on Menstruation
Last week, there was a post on H-Sci-Med-Tech asking for colloquial terms for menstruation for a colleague who is writing a historical novel set in the mid-twentieth century. I immediately thought of Anne Frank’s reference to her “sweet secret” in her diary, as well as Judy Blume’s Are you There God, It’s Me, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Protecting Futures or Promoting Profits?
I’ve decided to use my excessive TV watching for good, and comment on recent Tampax/Always advertisements touting Protecting Futures, a partnership with the United Nations Association of the USA HERO campaign. The program urges women to “use their periods for good” — saying that purchase of Tampax or Always will allow the company to donate [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How to be an Author, or the Need to Advertise
Just read a column in the Careers section of this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education, entitled “How to Be an Author.” For those interested in writing the great American novel, look elsewhere. This article is how to promote your book once it’s been published. Here’s a summary of their advice and what I’ve done [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Book Club: Eat, Pray, Love
This month, we read Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestseller Eat, Pray, Love. This selection generated a lot of discussion, mainly because most in the club didn’t like it and some openly hated it. Overall, I liked it although I did find some things annoying. What I liked: Gilbert is a really entertaining, self-deprecating writer. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Press Release on my book
Well, the book is now officially out, and can be ordered here and here.
Our public relations office wrote a great press release (see below). Now, let’s hope it will appear in more than the New Britain Herald!
NEWS
from Central Connecticut State University
Honored as a “Leadership Institution” by the Association of American Colleges & Universities
Media contact: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Disability in the Media: Celebrities and Psychiatry
I’ve been struggling to come up with an entry for this month’s Disability Blog Carnival, the theme of which is “Disability in the Media.” In terms of psychiatric disability, this has been quite a year: first we had Owen Wilson’s attempted suicide and battle with depression. The latest, of course, is media speculation [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Back from the AHA
Well, I’m back from the AHA and trying to get unpacked and organized (ha!) The AHA blog and History News Network both give reports on the meeting highlights. Since my session was on a contemporary event, I was disappointed that HNN decided not to cover it along with sessions on 9/11, the Iraq [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Happy New Year, getting ready for AHA
Happy New Year folks! I’m getting ready to go to the American Historical Association meeting tomorrow. I plan to stop in at the Library of Congress to look at some finding aids to plan a future extended visit, then off the the sessions in the afternoon. Found an interesting article related [...]
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