Fernanda Diaz is a senior at Columbia University. Her bi-weekly column in the Columbia Daily Spectator recently won the ninth annual College Columnist Scholarship Contest of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. She has contributed to the New York Post, This Recording, CosmoGIRL, and Ivygate and is majoring in Political Science and History. She was born in Mexico City, and has lived in the US since she was eight.

For the duration of the 08 election campaign, she blogged weekly at Glamour magazine's election blog, Glamocracy.

She can be reached here: E-mail me

Blog Entries by Fernanda Diaz

How Our Role as Obama Supporters Should Change: Less Emotion, More Responsibility

13 Comments | Posted November 6, 2008 | 01:17 PM (EST)


By yesterday at noon, this proud first-time voter had already cried about five times. Obama's humble and unifying victory speech; the discussions in history classes about the great milestones of this election; even the morning's editorial cartoons; It was impossible to not get repeatedly emotional about this magnificent race...

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The Easiest Thing You'll Ever Do to Help Obama Win the Election: Donate Your Away Message!

Posted October 10, 2008 | 09:42 AM (EST)


Before Twitter and Facebook, there was only one place where you could broadcast your inane real-time status updates and make sure all your friends clicked on that hilarious link or read the Goo Goo Dolls lyrics that totally reflected what you were going through: the away message.


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The Kids Are Alright: Why It's Ok To Be Sick of the "Youth Vote," and Why You Should Re-Consider

Posted July 10, 2008 | 12:14 PM (EST)


On Tuesday, my colleague Amanda Carpenter made a bold confession, and suggested that I may agree: All this talk about the youth chatting Obama up online and rocking the vote and such is actually pretty... annoying. And she was right -- I sort of see where she's coming...

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My Night With Three Members of the US Army

2 Comments | Posted March 24, 2008 | 07:20 PM (EST)


I shared a room with three US Army guys last night. The four of us were staying in Berlin on our days off--I was on spring break from my study abroad program in England; they were on leave for Easter. Hostel life guarantees that you'll be sharing your room with...

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Why Are YOU an Obama Groupie?

Posted February 7, 2008 | 10:54 AM (EST)


In an American Thinker article, writer Ian Rock challenges Obama fans to put their "feelings aside" and explain why they love Obama so damn much--aside from his seductive charm, of course. As a dedicated supporter, I wasn't going to pass on the chance to explain myself, and so I've written...

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My Super [Bitter]Sweet British Tuesday

Posted February 6, 2008 | 04:17 PM (EST)


Despite what turned out to be quite the anticlimactic night in terms of results, I spent Super Tuesday evening busily discussing the election at a party and then watching the results come in on a tiny TV in a friend's living room. This is normal enough, except I was the...

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"My Mom Joined Facebook": How We Would React If Our Parents Did Too. OMG, Indeed.

Posted June 8, 2007 | 03:39 PM (EST)


In yesterday's "cyberfamilas" column in the Times, cybermom Michelle Stlatalla addressed something I'm sure she's not the only one asking herself: why can't I be on the cutting-edge and get a Facebook account? And what happens if I join and try to friend my daughter? She got a harsh...

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Why Babel Should Win Best Picture (and Why it Even Matters)

Posted February 25, 2007 | 11:04 AM (EST)


Ok, maybe it doesn't actually matter. It's just Hollywood, and they're just movies, and life goes on. But tonight, if Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel wins, it will get that inevitable best-picture boost in sales that comes with the top award, because tons of people will rush to see it.

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Mexico's Lopez Obrador: Already Over? (Or, Why The Left Isn't Always Right, But Why We Should Listen Anyway)

Posted September 25, 2006 | 08:42 AM (EST)


Last weekend, Mexico's losing leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador held a protest in Mexico City's main square at which he declared himself president elect of an alternate government. He had hoped that one million of his supporters would show up, the same ones which had been paralyzing the...

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