Blogs at Bryn Mawr College

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This is Bryn Mawr College's Blog site. It's a place where individuals and groups share their thoughts, news, and ideas, sometimes within our community and sometimes with the world. There's a list of all the blogs located here on the side below. And the most recent posts are displayed in the center of the page. There are blogs for student organizations, blogs for classes, for departments, and for a few individuals. If you are a Bryn Mawr community member and would like to start a blog, please click on the "How To" link above. There, you will find instructions for setting up and maintaining a blog and who to contact for help.

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Holidays and Eating? Challenges for ED sufferers

Posted 18 hours ago

Nice writeup from CNN.com Be on the look out for the Body Image Council’s own workshop on how to survive and enjoy the holiday season with eating and body image issues. [Link]

Musician “too fat” for her music video?

Posted 19 hours ago

Thanks for posting this, feministing.com, and thanks for bringing to the world’s attention how RIDICULOUS the music industry can act. [Palmer] refused to let them remove shots of her “fat” belly from the video for Leeds United (see above), and is therefore “uncommercial”. This comes from a metal label where, I have it on good authority, [...] [Link]

Studies look at Young Adults and Mental Health Issues

Posted 19 hours ago

Then why didnt they look for eating disorders in their studies? A limitation of the analysis is that it did not include eating disorders, said Dr. Harry Brandt, director for the Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt and head of the psychiatry department at St. Joseph Medical Center. At least half of the patients he sees [...] [Link]

December Treasure

Posted 42 hours ago

Since you had no trouble with last month’s treasure, we decided to find something a little more challenging from the Archaeology collection. If you think you know the above object, email us your answer along with your full name and mailing address to treasures [at] brynmawr [dot] edu. We will select one correct entry and send [...] [Link]

Songs at Bryn Mawr!

Posted 43 hours ago

We received a lot of correct responses to November’s Treasure. We will select one lucky participant to receive a special gift. The item pictured is the Bryn Mawr College song book Edited by Helen Lord Smith and Elinor Milnor Parker. It was published by the Undergraduates of Bryn Mawr College for the benefit of Goodhart [...] [Link]

Body Image Issues in the news

Posted 3 days ago

While I appreciate a lot of the points made in this article, I’m glad it’s author takes the time to acknowledge the over simplification of her statements. Next time you are in a store that sells magazines, look at the number of magazines devoted to women’s fashion and beauty. Women are being bombarded with these messages [...] [Link]

some BIC updates!

Posted 3 days ago

first of all, happy thanksgiving to everyone! hope everyone had a great break! just to let everyone know, we will have a meeting this Wednesday (the 3rd) at 9:30 am in the Health Center Conference Room. See you there! also this wednesday at 4pm in the Counseling Center Lobby will be our weekly Body Image and Eating Issues [...] [Link]

Kidnap Fails to Capture Audience

Posted 3 days ago

Kidnap’ Fails to Capture Audience ~ Reetu Bajaj ‘12 ‘Kidnap’ promos brought up much hype for several reasons. New kid on the block Imraan Khan is back after having quite a success with ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’. Audiences wondered if this lover-boy could build up to a fierce criminal. Minissha Lamba comes back from her simple [...] [Link]

Sugra and I

Posted 3 days ago

Sugra and I: A Semi-fictionalized account ~Marium Sattar ‘09 At the age of 4 and 5, my first memories are of my servant Sugra. She doted over me day and night. It was Sugra who played games with me when I felt lonely as my older siblings were at school. It was Sugra who bounded after me, [...] [Link]

20.6 degrees East and 78.8 degrees North

Posted 3 days ago

Welcome to 20.6 degrees East and 78.9 degrees North! ~Fatima Quadri ‘11 What has a vast history of being one of the most ancient civilizations in the world and yet is still one of the younger, but second largest, democracies? Pull out your map, head towards 20.6 degrees east and 78. 9 degrees north, and take a [...] [Link]

Events

Posted 3 days ago

South Asian Women Presents DIL - From the Heart of South Asia South Asian Women’s Culture Show 2008 November 15th Doors Open 7:30 Thomas Great Hall Bryn Mawr College Come Enjoy with the South Asians - Performances, Food & Fun!! [Link]

Making the (blog) world a better place

admin October 8th, 2007

We’re playing around with some templates and plugins and other fun dodads for the front page here, trying to make this a useful and easy to navigate site.  If you see something you like, leave us a comment–but do it quick because things might change!