Elaina Buzzell

Giving the Right Content to Your Audience

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I have a memory from when I was about 9 years old being in a toy store right before Christmas. A adult desperate for gift inspiration for a girl my age came up and asked me what toys I wanted. I asked her what this girl liked to try to come up with something good, but they just said that they didn’t know this girl very well. I pointed to a Magic 8 Ball, but neither of us were very satisfied with that answer. Read the rest of this entry »

Moving Week

This last week, I’ve had the joy of moving. I don’t mean to be sarcastic, I’ve been pretty excited to reach this stage of the process. Two weeks ago, we sealed up the shipping container filled with our posessions, and we started driving out of Seattle towards Minneapolis. After a week of crashing with friends and then on an air mattress at our new apartment, we were pretty stoked to get our shipping container back and have all of our things again. Read the rest of this entry »

Exploring Slacktivism

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One usually doesn’t have to go too far before finding blog posts decrying slacktivism, or the modern trend of low-effort internet activism. Whether these actions are sharing the Kony video, wearing a plastic bracelet, changing one’s social media profile image or texting to donate a small amount to charity, they are often decried as not being well thought out and just another way for privileged people to feel better about their status. Read the rest of this entry »