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	<description>following the muse hither, thither and yon</description>
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		<title>Tangible Artifacts: The Unicorn Horn</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/05/21/tangible-artifacts-the-unicorn-horn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good story has the power to change the world. Take the case of the unicorn: elusive yet ever present, the it has tantalized the hearts and minds of the Western world for over 2,000 years.  It appears in the Bible, in art, myth and story, and was, until the seventeenth century, considered to be <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/05/21/tangible-artifacts-the-unicorn-horn/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just Keep Spin, Spin, Spinning: Queering Spinoza</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/03/20/just-keep-spin-spin-spinning-queering-spinoza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Treatise on Love We are all manifestations of God’s love. This was Spinoza’s operating principle, and with this, he articulated a thread of commonality that is complimentary to the primary virtue of queer theory, which values every person’s experience, no matter how different they are. In this paper, I will briefly explore the ways <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/03/20/just-keep-spin-spin-spinning-queering-spinoza/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>And instead, I write about unicorns.</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2013/02/22/and-instead-i-write-about-unicorns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Journey]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like unicorns. Who doesn&#8217;t? They&#8217;re magical, their horns possess healing powers, and they poop rainbows.  What could possibly be wrong with unicorns? I can even tell you about the first documented case of the unicorn myth for Western minds (Ctesias of Cnidus, 398 BCE), how it came to stand as a symbol of purity, <a href='http://thisnik.com/2013/02/22/and-instead-i-write-about-unicorns/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Intentionality and Appropriation</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2012/04/10/intentionality-and-appropriation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I originally wrote this as a post for a class I am taking about Native American religious and spiritual practices. A component of this class includes an expectation that students experientially engage in individual rituals to deepen their understanding. I&#8217;ll start by saying that I&#8217;m probably the person that gets pegged as &#8220;PC-er than thou&#8221; <a href='http://thisnik.com/2012/04/10/intentionality-and-appropriation/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where We Find Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2012/02/10/where-we-find-ourselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m packing to move – again – (this is a life ever on the move, it seems, nomadic in so many ways) and as I put my books in milkcrates borrowed from a friend, I keep a small stack aside. I’m assembling the list of books that I own that have shaped my understanding of <a href='http://thisnik.com/2012/02/10/where-we-find-ourselves/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Queerly Allied</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2012/01/12/queerly-allied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been in the situation where your identity makes you the automatic authority on all things related to that facet of yourself? It&#8217;s something I experience fairly often at school, as the resident openly queer queer.  I&#8217;m certainly not the only one there, but the on-campus presence is small enough that I am <a href='http://thisnik.com/2012/01/12/queerly-allied/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Analysis of Feminine Expression in the World of the Belgariad</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2011/11/09/a-brief-analysis-of-feminine-expression-in-the-world-of-the-belgariad/</link>
		<comments>http://thisnik.com/2011/11/09/a-brief-analysis-of-feminine-expression-in-the-world-of-the-belgariad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born in Spokane, Washington in 1931, David Eddings was an author most noted for his work in the fantasy genre.  The work he is perhaps most known for is an epic fantasy twelve books in length.  This epic is comprised of two five-book series, the Belgariad and Malloreon, and two prequels, Belgarath the Sorcerer and <a href='http://thisnik.com/2011/11/09/a-brief-analysis-of-feminine-expression-in-the-world-of-the-belgariad/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Passing (How It Looks Right Now)</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2011/10/26/passing-how-it-looks-right-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, self care looks like taking an hour out of a day which is already very long to make space for myself. Job one is done for the day, and school finished, and now I’m fixing a good hot meal so I have something more than almonds, caffeine and adrenaline running through myself.  The other <a href='http://thisnik.com/2011/10/26/passing-how-it-looks-right-now/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability: Little Actions, Big Change</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2011/08/22/sustainability-little-actions-big-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thisnik.com/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction As an American living in the green-conscious city of Portland, OR, I see the words “sustainable”, “green” and “eco friendly” perhaps dozens of times when I go shopping at my locally owned grocery store. But are products wrapped in excess packaging which have traveled possibly thousands of miles from their point of origin where <a href='http://thisnik.com/2011/08/22/sustainability-little-actions-big-change/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief Examination of the MPAA&#8217;s Attitudes Toward Queer Sexuality</title>
		<link>http://thisnik.com/2011/02/13/a-brief-examination-of-the-mpaas-attitudes-towards-queer-sexuality/</link>
		<comments>http://thisnik.com/2011/02/13/a-brief-examination-of-the-mpaas-attitudes-towards-queer-sexuality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thisnik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Motion Picture Association of America was founded forty-two years ago by its longtime head, Jack Valenti. Since then, the MPAA’s standards for rating sexuality in movies have not changed significantly. American cultural values, on the other hand, have shifted and subjects which were once verboten are now considered blasé. Violence is rampant in the <a href='http://thisnik.com/2011/02/13/a-brief-examination-of-the-mpaas-attitudes-towards-queer-sexuality/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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