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Here’s To A New Year!
I’m not really one for New Years resolutions, mostly because I’m so bad at keeping them. Instead I’ve been thinking of concepts and principles that I want to carry into the new year, that I can easily remember, build goals off of, and carry with me throughout the year.
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Inked. 2.0
Per request, I am revisiting the tattoo topic. People are sometimes surprised when they find out I have tattoos. I guess I don’t necessarily seem like the stereotypical “tattoo type”. Maybe it’s my upbringing, the lack of tattoos in my family, or the juxtaposition with the Star of David I wear around my neck. My…
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Not Hiding.
When I went on my Birthright trip to Israel 2 years ago, they asked us if we would ever hide our Jewish identity for our own safety. I believe the context was that we were going to be visiting Yad Vashem (the Holocaust museum in Israel) the next day. I thought about the question, and…
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I Am Valuable.
I see the systematic devaluing of women in our society. The United States of America does not treat anyone equal to the way they treat cis-gender, white men. I know that is a bold, probably infuriating statement. But I have really come to believe it. I am a young woman with dreams, and goals,…
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Life Update
A lot has happened in just a few short months! When I wrote here last, I spoke about some of the struggles I faced post-grad. While there haven’t really been any dramatic changes since then, everything has pretty much changed. I’m still living in my childhood home, with my parents. I still have days where…
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I Didn’t Get “The Job”
Like most naive college students, I thought after graduating I would secure my dream job, be out of my parents’ house, and on my way to being a fully functional member of the community. Let me humbly tell you that I was very wrong. Some people do graduate and very shortly after begin their dream…
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Having Hope
My summer started with a lull and then quickly picked up speed. I had the wonderful opportunity to perform with my friends at the Kennedy Center in DC, I attended several classes with, and auditioned for an amazing company in Atlanta, I worked with yet another amazing Atlanta company on a work that will debut…
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Artists Helping Artists
At the summer intensive I worked this year, a group traveled from Nairobi, Kenya to dance with us in South Carolina. They came with the organization Artists 4 Africa, and their ages ranged from 12 to 27. For many of them this was their first flight away from home, and their first time in the…