Dear future Amira, Let’s start off with the essentials: as of right now, I’m doing a double major in Comparative Literature, and Gender and Health, although I think that Gender and Health major will have to drop down to a minor. Looks like Donna Ainsworth was right about how it would be difficult fitting in…
Author: maliksa
(Super Late) Day in the Life
Here is my day in the life post in the form of a vlog that took me 50004593458034809234 hours to put together….
10/10 Customer Testimonial
I honestly have nothing but kind words to say about the Women and Gender Summer Fellowship. First of all, I’m happy that there is a research fellowship specifically for this field as I think there are so many new things to learn about the world through the lens of women’s issues and gender. Applying to…
New Amira, Same Ol’ Mistakes
One song to describe my summer? Even though a simple request, how could one song really capture my entire summer? Shuffling through my iTunes library though, I came across an old favorite: “Same Ol’ Mistakes” by Rihanna. Rihanna’s version is actually a cover of Tame Impala’s “New Person, Same Ol’ Mistakes,” and I feel like…
Working My Ways Towards Growth, Grit, and Stick
What have I learned about myself recently? Well, surprisingly enough, I’ve learned that I actually truly enjoy physical activities like exercise and yoga. This was quite the revelation to me because I’ve typically been self-conscious about exercising and always felt silly whenever I tried. Now, however, I’ve come to appreciate how I am able to…
Programming Reflection (AKA I love WAGSFP and everyone in it)
This summer, I’ve had a lot of fun actually going to the various WAGSFP programming! I was a little nervous going in for orientation, just wondering if I’d meet a decent group of people. Everyone I’ve met is more than just decent though, wonderful/smart/inspirational are better-fitting descriptors. As for orientation programming itself, it was pretty…
Songs for this Summer
One thing I do a lot is listen to music. I, like many others, find certain songs, fixate on them, and then move on to other music discoveries when I’ve exhausted that set of songs. Consequently, specific songs will very quickly take me back to one particular moment in my life. Playing one album will…
Learning about the Abuse of Women in Kashmir
CW: sexual assault/abuse One book that I have been reading this summer is titled Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora?, and it is about a pair of villages in the region of Kashmir where the women of these villages were mass-raped by the Indian army in February 1991. Although I won’t be able to do it…
A Wannabe Feminist Researcher Studies Men’s Health and Intimate Partner Violence
My research is currently titled, “Men’s Health and Intimate Partner Violence: Analyzing Interviews About Behavior,” and is led by Dr. Vijay Singh in the U of M Injury Center. This project is a mixed methods one, as Dr. Singh initially used surveys to collect data on men in two outpatient clinics in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti…
A Late ‘About Me’
Well let me start off by apologizing for how late this is, unfortunately got carried away by an exam. But back to who I am: my name is Amira, and I’m a rising junior from Dearborn Heights, Michigan. When I’m not in Ann Arbor, I’m usually back home because it’s so close (and my mom…