Author Archives: Erica Martinez

When you need a film to show women empowered and in charge of their destiny you might look around Hollywood and think there is next to nothing available. You just have to know where to look and you might be surprised–Horror and Sci-Fi. Look at Jamie Lee Curtis in the Halloween franchise. Babysitter fighting forContinue reading “Empowered Women in Film”

Fall semester: the discussion section of your memo is worth 60%. If you let any part of the assignment be shit, don’t let it be that. The professors are not going to tell you what they want until after the assignment is turned in. Outline because they make you. Midterms are important but also aContinue reading “My advice to the 1Ls”

After living in South Dakota for over a year I can confidently call myself a weather expert. On the drive back to Vermillion from Portland I could look at clouds touching the horizon and could confidently say, “I don’t like those clouds.”

My study-abroad trip to Iceland did not happen so I had to scramble to fill my time in Portland. Here is what I got: Collecting signatures for IP-17, a gun safety measure that we are going to have on the ballot this November in Oregon. It requires a background check and a safety course toContinue reading “Petitions and Pies”

Passed my 1L classes, went to Cancun for four days (rained everyday for which I was grateful), and ordered nearly all my textbooks for next semester. Already cracked open the textbook for my Immigration class–which I plan to do Pro Bono. Travel tip: Reserve a taxi ahead of time if traveling to Mexico. Such aContinue reading “Summer so Far”

The Democrats in the Senate can try codifying it but that won’t work because they don’t have the votes. (They remind me of how I was in high school–had all school year to do a senior paper and didn’t until the Saturday before graduation.) How about this: women should stop faking it. A man’s egoContinue reading “How to Keep Roe v. Wade from being Overturned: An Unorthodox Approach”

My reason in the form of a poem: Skip our classes, raise our asses Tell our bosses, to prepare for losses Deep in the desert we gather, for three hours of glamour To their show we must go, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Let these Men take us to Heaven. Basically what IContinue reading “Won’t be in class Friday”

So this whole time Robert Pattinson was capable of putting on muscle?! He doesn’t do the deep voice thing that Christian Bale did and for that I am grateful. Real chemistry with Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. Hot!! Great storyline. Applause all around. I was a little distracted by the sleeping drunk guy behind me andContinue reading “The Batman”

Connectivity is important but not every thought should be shared online.  I think it is essential that every town and city in the world have access to the Internet.  South Korea has the fastest and best Internet in the world.  They also have the world’s best healthcare, but you know, priorities.  Let’s compare our InternetContinue reading “Forms of Communication”