Bonnie Ruberg
is a comparative literature PhD student at UC Berkeley and a freelance journalist specializing in sexuality, surrealism, video games, and new media.
You can reach her at [her first name and last name, all one big word] at gmail.
Category Archives: State of the Bonnie
Sleep, you tease, I will figure you out
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been half-heartedly monitoring my sleep cycle using, you know, Sleep Cycle. In theory it’s useful for waking you up when you’re already most awake, circumventing that WTF-how-is-it-morning feeling. Normal charts come out looking like … Continue reading
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I am Captain James T. Hook
Yes, I am oddly pleased with this year’s Halloween costume. Hook is, surprise surprise, one of my childhood favorites, and when the idea of building Ursula’s tentacles out of stockings fell through, a felt mustache, a pair of fishnets, and … Continue reading
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I went to Burning Man. I made mustache-related happiness.
Wow, um, nearly a month ago I went to Burning Man. It was my first year. I was a virgin. I haven’t been able to say that about Rocky Horror since I was eleven. Oof, I feel alternative culture old. … Continue reading
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I am done my semester. Now I will evade bears.
Actually finished my final papers not just on time but — wait for it — early. Jeezie creezie. Apparently worrying about them all semester and not just the last two weeks paid off. Wait, that doesn’t sound right. I’ll try … Continue reading
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