Eleanor Henderson is a bestselling author and professor of writing at Ithaca College whose debut novel, Ten Thousand Saints, was ranked by The New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2011.
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Debate Over Hydraulic Fracturing Remains Heated in New York
Read and listen to WICB’s Ithaca Now, covering the hydraulic fracturing debate’s recent developments in New York state.
Read the rest of this entry »Top 5: Holiday-Themed Movies I’m Expecting for 2012
It seems like Hollywood won’t stop until it’s exploited every holiday on the western calendar. Here are some holidays I think need a little love — or a multi-million dollar, star-studded movie
Read the rest of this entry »Undocumented Migrant Workers Speak Out
From WICB’s Ithaca Now, the full broadcast of undocumented migrant workers in Ithaca speaking out about the troubles of being undocumented in the United States.
Read the rest of this entry »Review: ‘Illuminated Bodies’
Ithaca College hosted its third Main Stage production of the season with Illuminated Bodies, the college’s dance show held only once every four years.
Read the rest of this entry »BuzzSexXx: No Strings Attached
I can still remember the day I discovered what sex was. I was sitting on my living room floor, cradling my new Cabbage Patch Kid (remember those?), when suddenly I looked up at my mother and asked, “Mommy, where do babies come from?”
Read the rest of this entry »‘Swidjit’ Makes Buying Local Easier Than Ever
Megan Devlin speaks with Alex Colket, the 33-year-old founder of Swidjit.com, a new website that uses social networking to encourage a shift towards a localized economy.
Read the rest of this entry »Ithaca’s Tattoos: The Graffiti in Downtown Ithaca
I looked at the graffiti in Ithaca, and I realized that it was, in a way, the city’s own set of tattoos. The graffiti is something that helps to define Ithaca’s “body,” something that characterizes its “soul”: the people that make up its population.
Read the rest of this entry »DTF, or Don’t Touch Friends
There is a stereotype that guys and girls can’t be just friends. It’s impossible to be best friends without one being in love with the other – or gay. But I disagree with this. There is indeed a happy medium: Best Friends with Awkward Sexual Tension.
Read the rest of this entry »The Politics of Choice
I want to talk a lot about the politics of choice. In a society like the United States, where we place so much emphasis on the individual – the individual’s abilities, capabilities, the ‘you can do whatever you want to do’ mentality – I’d like to use the idea of a choice when talking about things.
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