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the legacy of katharine graham & the post

Posted by: divasoria on: July 15, 2009

there’s only one book that i read over and over again, that’s katharine graham’s pulitzer prize winning autobiography “personal history“. it is an amazing story of a privileged girl who inherited one of the world’s most powerful newspapers, the washington post. what makes it different? kay is candid about her insecurities yet plays it off [...]

obama on women’s equality

Posted by: divasoria on: June 7, 2009

the amazing speech of barack obama in cairo. it’s a little long – 55 minutes but it’s SO WORTH IT. it’s one of those speeches that will be quoted forever. my favorite part of the speech is when he got into women’s equality –
“i am convinced our daughters can contribute [...]

obama and gossip girl

Posted by: divasoria on: March 20, 2009

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a quote from obama’s town hall in california made me feel less of a dork for being a GG fanatic -
“Is he on, like, Gossip Girl or something?” —President Obama reacting to the boisterous applause mysteriously awarded to one questioner at a town hall in Los Angeles today.
so who do you think barry loves more? [...]

history unfolding: live blogging!

Posted by: divasoria on: January 21, 2009

gossip girl wasn’t so great. i’m beginning to get really bored with it. BOOO.

on the other hand, the city is becoming redunkously addictive. HAHAHAHA.

and now the inauguration, michelle obama in isabel toledo!

12:26am manila time – the obama girls are so cute!! i wonder what dog they picked.
12:28am manila time – what a crowd! and omg, [...]

the audacity of hope

Posted by: divasoria on: January 19, 2009

SERIOUSLY?
consumerism has taken a different turn. if retail sales have been languishing at its lowest point in decades, presidential paraphernalia has never been this fever-pitched since the kennedys. from toilet paper to commemorative dildos? i think it’s gotten too far. the cultural and political significance of the obama presidency is turning into a joke.
in [...]

the giant pool of money

Posted by: divasoria on: July 16, 2008

one of the things my non-finance/corporate friends ask me all the time is “what the hell is the US credit crisis?”, complete with a confused look. well, to make it all simple, i suggest you guys give a listen to this american life’s podcast of “the giant pool of money“. it’s a simple, well-balanced [...]


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