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Fernanda Diaz
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Fernanda Diaz is a freelance writer and a new media consultant. She has worked on recent projects at MTV, The Huffington Post, Beacon Press, and The Nation magazine. She is a recent graduate from Columbia University.

She has contributed to The Nation, Flavorwire The New York Post, This Recording, and CosmoGIRL. Her bi-weekly column in the Columbia Daily Spectator won the ninth annual College Columnist Scholarship Contest of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. 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 blogs here, Tweets here, and can be reached here: E-mail me

Blog Entries by Fernanda Diaz

The New Generation of Activists: How Social Workers from RISE are Restoring Social Justice to their Profession

(1) Comments | Posted November 10, 2010 | 10:41 AM

Kate Barrow, a recent graduate from New York University, found a job right out of grad school. She works from nine to five at the Midtown Community Court, where she functions as Youth Services Coordinator.

In Kate's perfect world, however, her job wouldn't exist. Neither would those...

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Is The Foolproof Law Degree Becoming An Endangered Species?

(199) Comments | Posted April 27, 2010 | 12:34 PM

What if law school is no longer as lucrative as it used to be? And what if procuring funding to obtain a juris doctorate is akin to taking out a subprime loan?

Law firms are cutting salaries and hiring fewer graduates, reports Ameet Sachdev in the Chicago Tribune,...

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How To Find The Best Party School In America? Read Between The Texts

(31) Comments | Posted April 12, 2010 | 4:33 PM

Warning: If you're a college student and you've recently sent a drunk text, your message could end up on the internet.

But don't put away your phones just yet -- the text could actually go toward giving your university a boost in "party school" cred.

Party School Texts,...

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An Extraordinary Woman Grows in Brooklyn: Margarette Tropnas And Her Work in New York's Haitian Community

(0) Comments | Posted March 30, 2010 | 1:49 PM

BROOKLYN, NY -- Last week, Margarette Tropnas of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, was honored by the Brooklyn District Attorney as one of the borough's most "Extraordinary Women" for her lifelong social work commitment to New York's Caribbean community. But judging by the ways in which her job...

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Is 'Hella' About To Become Legit? One UC Student Hopes So

(11) Comments | Posted March 10, 2010 | 1:08 PM

The word "hella" is about to get some of its dignity back.

Austin Sendek, a University of California Davis student studying physics, is lobbying to make the niche slang term from Northern California an official scientific unit. After using the term to describe the magnitude of volts in an electric...

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Busted! Head Football Coach is Proud of His Team's Theft of Campus Newspapers

(11) Comments | Posted March 3, 2010 | 12:50 PM

Does collaborating on theft and censorship count as a team-building exercise? The head football coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce certainly thinks so. Unfortunately for him and his team, it may also be considered illegal.

Head Football Coach Guy Morriss has admitted to area police that his team is responsible for...

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Using Gay Students To Recruit Gay Students

(19) Comments | Posted March 2, 2010 | 1:15 PM

The University of Pennsylvania is leading the way on a new recruitment approach that specifically focuses on gay and lesbian applicants. By treating LGBT applicants as part of both a minority group and a special interest community, the school is reaching out to them in hopes of marketing...

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The Problem Of The Undetected Rapist: A Texas A&M Case Study

(16) Comments | Posted February 26, 2010 | 2:03 PM

A year-long study conducted by The Center for Public Integrity has found that the threat of undetected rapists on college campuses continues as university and local officials fail to stop them even after repeated attacks. Using Texas A&M University as a case study, CPI found that those attackers...

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College Admissions Videos Go Viral (VIDEO)

(4) Comments | Posted February 24, 2010 | 11:58 AM

The college admissions process just got interactive. Admissions officers at Tufts University are hoping to get a glimpse of an applicant's digital life -- and not just by finding their Facebook profile. For the first time, Tufts is accepting short videos as part of a student's application package.

The...

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NY Assignment Desk: Eve Ensler At 92Y, Andrew W.K., Chili Cook-Off

(2) Comments | Posted February 22, 2010 | 12:34 PM

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of the Eyes&Ears Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assignments, click here or apply to cover any of this week's events by clicking JOIN NOW below.


Protest of Israeli...

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The Curious Case of Meghan McCain

(2) Comments | Posted October 21, 2009 | 12:33 PM

Post-election, Meghan McCain has a commendable urgency to speak but a maddening lack of preparation.

(Originally posted at TheNation.com)

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In a 2007 Salon piece about Meghan McCain's debut into the mainstream, her father, John McCain, responded to a question about whether he approved of his daughter's openness...

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

(14) Comments | Posted November 6, 2008 | 1:17 PM

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!

(0) Comments | Posted October 10, 2008 | 10:42 AM

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

(10) Comments | Posted July 10, 2008 | 1:14 PM

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

(4) Comments | Posted March 24, 2008 | 8:20 PM

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?

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

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

(0) Comments | Posted February 6, 2008 | 4:17 PM

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.

(1) Comments | Posted June 8, 2007 | 4:39 PM

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)

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

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)

(28) Comments | Posted September 25, 2006 | 9:42 AM

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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