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Bella's happily ever after lasted two days. This is Bella's own account of what happened after Breaking Dawn, her growing understanding of her powers, her battle to remain with the man she loves, finding her place in her new family, and the ever-present threat of the Volturi.
New posting Chapter 55 - Postscript
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From the moment I walked through the door I could feel his eyes on me. Boring into me, owning me, watching even the minutest move I made.
I thought that I'd lose this intuition when I became a vampire. But in reality it had just got stronger along with everything else.
I thought for a moment about the one big change that my transformation had made, my thirst. Although I was still young, and the thirst for blood should be overwhelming, I had been able to handle it from the first moment I awoke in my new life. No one knew why that was. I could cope with human scents even up close, when I should have wanted to drink them dry. The scent caused me physical pain, an intense burning from my nostrils all down my throat, and feeling my throat squeezing tight with the dryness. But it was bearable. This was unusual for a new born. My kind usual manage this much control after a few years. But even with my self control the thirst was still there, the longing for something to put out the dryness.
My mind churned again. My mind could think of so many things at once. The dryness was always one of my thoughts, sometimes near the surface, then moving back into the background. I could keep all the thoughts in my mind -- juggling two, five, ten thoughts in parallel -- but never mixing them. Like watching ten TV channels at once. Another vampire trait.
Maybe I was just being paranoid. Maybe there was no one looking at me. I still hated attention just as I'd done as a human, I still shied away from it. I was just letting my imagination run away with me again. No one was looking at me. But I could hear his heartbeat six feet to my left, slightly behind where I was standing. He was sitting on a chair next to the loveseat. He was close enough to feel the warmth of his skin in the cool of the morning air. I could smell the strong scent of the skin pouch he wore round his neck. A smell that forced out every lesser smell from that part of the room, like a car headlamp blinding out a flashlight. It was not just the animal fur with its heavy notes that I could smell, but what was inside it. The herbs and berries that it contained, each type giving a new harmony to the smell. Some sharp, some sweet. Some I knew -- citrus, juniper, cinnamon -- some I had no words for.
Maybe he was just looking at Nessie like everyone else in the room. My four month old daughter was reciting a poem for her audience in her beautiful childish voice, complete with dramatic pauses and carefully characterized accents for the speeches. She was a very advanced four month old. She looked more like a small four year old, but she would have been counted as a genius in any preschool. This was because she was half vampire and half human, and of course could never be allowed in preschool. Her brown hair, with a tinge of bronze that came from Edward, fell down her back in beautiful curls. Her eyes were a warm milk chocolate color that had been mine when I was human, and were now excited by the attention she was receiving. Her complexion was pale with a healthy pink glow of excitement. We knew now that her rate of growth and progress would slow and she would be fully mature in another 6 and half years, and then live forever. We'd learned this from Nahuel only two days before. My dark worries of losing Nessie had vanished. We'd thought we would have to watch our daughter grow old and die in fifteen short years, and we would mourn her for ever.
I didn't look to check if I was right about Nahuel and his staring. I had caught his eye only once that morning, when we came in and gave the usual greeting to our family and their two remaining guests.
I still didn't understand why these guest were still here. Yes, I was grateful to them, especially him. So grateful it hurt. He had saved us all: my daughter, my husband, my vampire family, my wolf friends, and me. And he put himself and his father and his sisters in danger. How could I not be grateful to him. We all were.
I'd asked Edward twice why they had not left with the other guests after the standoff with the Volturi. The first time was after the celebrations when all the other guests had left and we had taken Nessie back to our cottage to sleep in her own bed. This was the first day that we'd met them, the first day of the stares. Edward had given his answer, saying Nahuel was so glad to know that a family like ours could exist. A family with a half vampire child, the only one Nahuel knew of that was not related to him, and a surviving mother. Nahuel's mother died in child birth and so did the mothers of his half sisters.
It is rare to find a vampire who would want a physical relationship with a human woman, even rarer to find a women who survived such an encounter. Her life could end at any moment if he did not concentrate fully on keeping her alive. And what about the outcome of such an encounter? Mortals are not compatible with half vampire babies, the babies are so much stronger than the women. I had only survived thanks to the care given to me by my vampire family and because Edward changed me into a vampire as soon as the baby was out. The memories of this violent birth were now dimming for me. The vampire venom had mended the terrible damage and left me whole, strong, and beautiful.
According to Edward, Nahuel had spent his long life, over 150 years, thinking he must be evil to the core to have killed his mother. But seeing me set him free from his guilt. He now blamed his father for not caring for his mother as Edward had for me, and for not changing her when Nahuel ripped his way out of her.
The second time I'd asked Edward why Nahuel and his aunt (a full vampire) were still with us, Edward said that they wanted to learn more about our vegetarian lifestyle. This was how we liked to describe our abnormal hunting habits in the Cullen family. Unlike other vampires we only hunted animals, not humans. This gave us distinctive golden eyes which intrigued the normal red-eyed vampires. When I asked this second time, it was not what Edward had said that set me thinking but the way he said it. If I wasn't his wife and didn't know him so well I would not have noticed the slight tightening of his straight shoulders under his tan colored jumper, and that he was holding his perfect jaw a eighth of an inch higher than normal. He was lying to me.
Edward lied a lot. He had to. When you can read the minds of everyone in a mile radius then you have to lie to appear normal. You have to learn to ignore the thoughts most of the time. You have to answer only the questions people say out loud and not all the far-reaching ones they think in their heads but don't dare ask. Edward also felt he must not betray confidences of those around him. It was not as though he could stop hearing thoughts if he wanted to, and not as if people could stop thinking when he was around, so he just didn't pass these thoughts on. I was a shield which meant that he could not read my mind, not even when I was only human. Now that I was a vampire I had learned to remove my shield if I wanted, but I could only do so for a few moments at a time and even then it was exhausting work.
But why would he lie to me about why Nahuel and Huilen were still here? We had just made it through the worst danger imaginable: the whole of the Volturi forces lined up against us, the judges, jury and executioners of the vampire world. We had survived that, so what now? What was he covering up? Surely we had to have a break from peril sometime.
Maybe bad luck was something that I'd brought with me into this life. Since I met Edward as a human I had always had bad luck. My life before Edward, before my return to Forks to live with my Dad, Charlie, was a quiet life in the big city of Phoenix with my Mom, Renée. The memory of this former life was becoming hazy, almost a pre life to my human life, as if I was now in my third life, not my second. I'd had too much on my mind to sit down and think about it, though that was the only way my family said that I would remember it for the future. As I remembered it now, it was a happy but lonely time of looking after my hair-brained mother and being the adult in the relationship even though I was the child. She didn't need to be looked after in a physical way but in an emotional one, helping her to organize and control her life. I was the one who made sure we went to the store when we needed groceries and that we went to the bank when the bills needed to be paid. In many ways you could say I was her keeper rather than her daughter. This role was taken by Phil, her husband of nearly three years.
I argued with myself that I had already brought my shield through to my vampire life along with my strange ability for self control. I was sure that I could not have brought anything else. I had left my clumsiness behind, which was a truly good thing. I now moved so fast and was so strong that if I was clumsy lots of things would get broken. Not just inanimate objects, but living things. Even people.
I looked over at Edward, to keep my eye from straying to Nahuel. His beauty never failed to amaze me. He was stunning. His eyes were a warm amber color. But this morning more like stone than liquid. Something was bugging him. No doubt he was hearing things he didn't like. His face muscles twitched slightly and his teeth locked together noiselessly. His smile remained, a facade to keep the others away from his upset within. I had no idea what he had heard or who it was that was having these thoughts, but my mind turned to Nahuel again, though I didn't let my eyes follow. Edward would tell me when it was right and certainly not in the middle of this gathering.
Edward applauded when Nessie came to the end of her poem, pride now on his face. I felt a jolt of joy at his pride. I was proud of her, naturally, and applauded loudly too. But to have him so in awe of her gave me such a feeling of belonging. I had, in the end, been able to give him something so worthwhile. A daughter, our miracle. It made up for the lack of balance in our relationship. He had given me everything: his love, his life, my new life, money, possessions, a home, a car, a family. But the one thing that that he had never imagined, that none of our vampire family had thought possible, came from me. She was a delight to them all, and especially Edward.
It was only as I turned away from Nessie's performance that I noticed Alice was staring into thin air, her eyes out of focus, completely still. I knew she was seeing something. My sister's ability to see into the future was enviable. It had made her top of the Volturi's list for acquisitions. It was this ability that had saved the family and herself many times over. The future she saw was only one of the possible outcomes. If decisions that had been made were changed then what she saw would change.
"Demetri is coming," she said simply in a clear chiming voice, not altering her stance at all. "Aro has decided. He will follow Carlisle to us."
Carlisle was at her side in an instant. "But why?" he whispered. "Why now?".
The image of the the Volturi tracker was instantly in my mind. It was not possible for anyone normal to run from Demetri. He had a gift for finding them. But this gift needed access to someone's mind, and it was something I could block with my shield. As well as being a tracker, Demetri was a warrior, with centuries of experience working with the Volturi.
"But why, Alice?" he asked again.
Alice had gone back into her trance. This time it took her over a minute to come round. "He comes only to observe," she said with a little relief in her voice. "Aro will order him to stay with us and just observe. He is to watch Nessie grow for Aro and to find out more about the wolves for Caius. He is to cause us no trouble. He will be ordered to hunt like us. Aro wants to see how this will change his character. He is report back regularly by letter. This order will be made at full council the day after tomorrow. He will arrive three days after that."
She looked around the stunned room.
"Please look for more," Carlisle urged her.
"Demetri will bring a note with him from Aro but they know that I can see what it says so you will be forewarned. Aro is staring at it so that I can read it...
My Dearest Friend Carlisle,
I am sending my dear one Demetri to visit you as an emissary. I feel that our last meeting left a rift between us which I want to close. I have asked Demetri to learn about your life style and your beloved granddaughter so that we may better understand each other in future.
I ask you to take Demetri into your hearts and your home, and to this end I will ask him to make himself useful to you and cause you no trouble. Please use him as a son.
Yours in friendship,
Carlisle looked aghast. "Is there more?" he said, shaking his head.
Her face returned to the distant mask, but seconds later disgust was clear on it. She came back to the present again shaking her head. "Uh, that is so gross".
"I saw part of the inner council meeting that was only the family, no guard. It is so gross." she said, hardly able to speak for revulsion. "Aro says he wishes to watch a half vampire child develop first hand. He says that he will order Demetri to try to father a child when he has returned from his visit. He laughs and says that he may have learned some restraint from us. The mother is to be the only human they trust, their administrator Gina. They will promise her immortality if she successfully gives birth, but she has no choice. If she says no, she's lunch. He says it will be a great honor for Demetri to father a child to be brought up and studied in Volterra. Caius is against the idea, the decision will be put off until a later date... I can't see further than that, I'm not attuned to them, I can't see so far ahead into their futures, I can't see if she will become pregnant or if they will kill her, it is many months away, it may change."
There was stunned silence.
All the joy after the last successful encounter with the Volturi was gone.
Then the speculation started. Alice could see the event but not the motivation behind it. It boiled down to three simple questions: why this? why now? and why Demetri? A dozen answers to each question came from the gathered family. The most likely answer was that they wanted to catch us doing something against the rules as soon as possible, and Demetri can stand up for himself.
The others gave little thought to the planned baby. It was beyond the immediate worry and didn't affect us personally. But my mind was on Gina and how I could help her. I had only just survived my own pregnancy and I had had good medical care and love from all my family. I felt cold, cold to the heart.
Had I started some new vampire fashion? Would lots of vampire males want to father children? And what of the vampire females, would they want to become stepmothers? I thought of the loss of human life. I thought of Gina.
I found myself a spot on the floor and sat there still, shocked, horrified.
The discussion went on for nearly an hour, until Carlisle looked at the clock and said that he had to go for his shift at the hospital.
He turned to our guests, "Nahuel, Huilen. It may be best if you were not here when Demetri comes to call. I do not wish to ask you to leave but for your own safety I must ask you to think about what you want to do. You know you have our thanks for what you have done for us, and I owe you for the safety of all my family. You are welcome here at any normal time."
It was Huilen who spoke this time. She spoke simply in her heavy accent. "We will leave before he arrives."
Carlisle smiled warmly at her. "That is for the best. We can visit you before long, and maybe meet Nahuel's sisters if that is possible."
The others continued to speculate after Carlisle had gone, Emmett debating with Jasper the possibility of beating Demetri in a fight. Jasper thought that if there were several of us it may be possible, but it would only bring the rest of the guard down on us, a battle which we would not win this time.
Alice touched me lightly on the arm, tutting at my pants and jumper combination. My favorite sister was never happy with my lack of fashion sense. But she could see the future, and would have known the day before about this particular lapse of mine. I thought to myself that I would suggest to her that she warns me in advance next time, so that I don't disappoint her again.
"You know, I thought you would have learned a little by now Bella," she chided quietly. "I will just have to take you back to your cottage and show you how to match up those pants myself. I didn't spend weeks putting together your wardrobe for you to use it like this."
That morning I must have really gotten under her skin. How could she care so much about fashion when she'd just given us the news about Demetri? Really. It made no sense.
I looked down at my outfit. It didn't look that bad to me. I'd made sure that some of the threads in the jumper were exactly the same tone as the pants, but if it made her happy we could be home and back in a very short time. A few minutes out of the house would do me some good.
"Edward," she chimed. "I'm taking Bella back to your cottage, can you look after Nessie by yourself?" The look on her face one of great effort.
He smiled warmly at her. "By myself? I don't think that I will ever be allowed to look after Nessie by myself. She has too many fans for that." He looked quizzically at her while he made his answer, as if they were having another inaudible conversation but failing to understand each other.
It was true. Most of the room were watching Nessie again, just waiting to see what she would do next, fascinated by her. Her Aunt Rose and Grandma Esme sat on the floor with her.
"We'll see you soon," Alice chimed again, wincing with effort, like a small child trying to remember a really difficult times table sum.
As soon as she said this I looked around the gathering to smile a normal goodbye. Then I saw him, Nahuel. He was staring at me. Staring at me with total adoration in his eyes as if I were the only thing he could see in the world. The only thing he had ever seen. Like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time.
Oh no... no please no, I screamed inside my head. My face turned from a smile to sheer dread, his calm face turning from adoration to puzzlement at my expression.
Edward stiffened beside me, but said nothing.
Alice tugged my sleeve and we were off through the patio doors at the rear of the house, running back to my cottage hand in hand. I was only too glad to go, and Alice's excuse was perfect.
As soon as we were over the river she said in a very hushed voice, "Shield me, stop him reading my mind."
New posting Chapter 55 - Postscript
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amazing chapter, chris!! sorry it took quite a while for me to read it, been out of reach of a decent internet connection. ah, anyways, the suspense is killing me! now what's wrong? guess i better move on to the next chapter.
happy new year, bye!
Hi Carmela,
Thanks for the comment.
Glad you enjoyed the chapter.
Hope the new year goes well for you.
Best wishes
Love it! great update! Fred deserves everything they give him...where is Nessie? can't wait to read your next udpate!
Hi Kelley,
Thanks for the comment.
How far do you think that Bella would let Jasper go with Fred - would she allow him to be ashed?
How did Nessie get off Fred's shoulders - she must have had help - someone helping her and Bella but who?
Best wishes
I jumped into the tree where Nessie had disappeared.
Immediately my shield was gone and I could hear Jasper retching below, next to the remains of Fred.
"Nessie," my voice desperate, she wasn't in the tree!
"Over here Mommy."
I dropped out of the tree and ran to my daughter who was standing totally unscathed 20 yards away.
"How did you get here?"
But she too started to retch. I pushed my shield back over her. I could hear Jasper still retching under the tree where I'd just been. I was sure I could hear someone else further away in the forest retching but I couldn't see or smell them.
I picked Nessie up and hid her face close to my body so that she wouldn't have to see the grim realities of the situation. Fred in pieces over the forest floor and Jasper on his knees vomiting what looked like week-old blood in large black clots.
I pushed my shield back over Jasper. He rallied and turned to face me. His face was pale and old black blood clung around his mouth.
I put Nessie down behind a dense bush away from the worst horror. "Stay here love, while I try to sort this out." I whispered quietly to her. She nodded, still looking ill.
I bent over the remains of Fred. He had stopped yelling. He lay on the ground, his eyes half shut.
"We don't have time for this," Jasper stated.
"Why? Do we need to get back to the match with the water? Is Jared bad?"
"Bella, what are you talking about? He was kidnapping you and you are worried about a wolf needing a drink?"
"I was just persuading him that it wasn't a good idea when we heard you coming towards us and you did this..." I gestured to the distributed parts of Fred. "Thank you for coming to rescue us. He threatened Nessie and I'm not going to trust him again. But you really didn't need to do this. We'll have to get Carlisle to put him back together."
"Bella, stop, we don't have time!"
"What's up Jasper?"
"Up? The Volturi are coming Bella! The match was all a set-up to stop Alice seeing. Demetri set us all up. We have to run. Now!"
I stood rooted to the spot. I couldn't move. I couldn't think. We had been betrayed.
A few more seconds and the realization had sunk in.
"We need to go back and fight. We need to take Fred back, it is the only way they will stand any chance."
"No! Alice and Edward sent me here to run with you and Nessie. She has foreseen it is the only way. We have to go now and run. You need to shield us from Demetri."
"No, I have to go back, I have to shield them all."
"No, it is you they are seeking. Aro has worked out what you are. We have to run."
"What does he think I am?"
"A cuckoo, of course. No time for denials, we have to run." He picked up Nessie and put her on his shoulder. "We have to run now, do you want her harmed?"
"No, but the others, they need our help. We can't just leave Fred here, they will need him to help."
"I can dispose of him quickly to stop the Volturi getting hold of him." Jasper walked towards Fred as he said it.
"No Jasper, I meant they need his talent and he needs Carlisle to help with his arm."
"No Bella we have to run, we are all in danger. It will be worse for them if you stay near."
And with that he set off, Nessie on his shoulders. As he picked her up my dream came back to me again. The man in shadows in the forest with Nessie on his shoulders and me with them knowing we had to get away. But it was different this time. This time the danger was clear, the Volturi were after us, the man with us was trying to save us.
I looked down at Fred, and after Jasper. Fred opened his eyes a little more and focused on me.
"You have to go with him, he has your daughter now," Fred said heavily.
I threw Fred his arm and sprinted after Jasper, and after my Nessie.
"But Mom what about..."
"Not now Nessie," I said as I caught up with them.
"I said not now."
"Run, run as fast as you can," she shouted into the forest.
"He'll soon mend his broken bits, don't worry, and then he can run somewhere else, we don't want him with us." I explained to her. But even then I wasn't sure that we were talking about the same person.
"Where are the others now?" I demanded.
"They are still in the clearing waiting for Aro. Edward wanted me to get you and Nessie safely away. Carlisle needs him to read minds."
The horror hit me, the Volturi again, Demetri betraying us. I was sure that Aro would bring no witnesses this time, just death for all my family and the wolves.
"Take Nessie, run with her, keep her safe, I have to go and shield them."
"No Bella, you have to run with Nessie, you have to hide her from Demetri."
I took a few seconds to process this information
"Leave my husband unprotected from Jane and run?"
"Yes, it is what he wanted, he told me to say It is your duty as a mother."
I could imagine Edward saying that to Jasper.
"What about Fred?"
"Leave him, either the Volturi will burn him or he'll put himself back together and run. Why should we care after what he did to you? You can't trust him, you said so yourself."
The voice inside my head was there again. Oh no, now we have real danger, you can't fight and win.
"Is your shield tight round us all?" Jasper asked. I nodded. I wasn't going to let anyone in.
We started running towards town as fast as we could with Nessie on Jasper's back.
"We have to drive, we'll get a car and go South," Jasper said.
I couldn't understand the jolt of joy that came from Jasper. It was very strong, but he reined it in immediately to leave just a calming. Joy? Why would he feel joy at this situation?
We ran in silence, except for my internal voice which I didn't understand.
Charlie again, That's right, you are doing the right thing, just keep the situation calm. You're going to have to talk things through with him slowly. Don't try anything yet, let him feel secure as if you are happy to go with him.
I screamed inside my head at the stupid voice that wouldn't go away. Of course I'm not happy, I want my husband and my family to be safe from the Volturi! I thought to myself.
My mind turned away from my ridiculous inner voice. It was still talking but I'd stopped listening.
I knew we needed to get into a car then drive and swap cars many times to cover our scent trails. We'd need passports.
"Jasper, passports?"
"It's OK, we can stay in the States for a while, go South, and we'll get some along the way. I have many contacts, they will need to be silenced afterwards, but that is a small price, it will make me stronger."
I shuddered. A small price? I didn't think so.
A shot of calm passed through me again. He'd spotted my revulsion.
"It's OK Bella, you won't have to pretend any more. Carlisle, Esme and Edward aren't going to be with us."
"Pretend what?"
"You know."
Leave it, Bella, the voice of Edward ordered
I did as it asked.
As we hit the outskirts of town Jasper slowed to a walk and let Nessie down off his back. He held her securely by the hand. I took her other hand.
He confidently walked up to the first fast looking car we came across, popped the hood and disabled the alarm by ripping it out before it could make a sound. And then we were in. Jasper knew just where to hit a car like this to make all the door locks pop open. The ease with which he did this took me by surprise. I wouldn't know where to start. Maybe this is something else I need training on.
Bella, when you're in the car, he may feel more secure and he may open up. Then we can find out what he wants. It was Charlie again.
What he wants? The Volturi are coming, what does it matter what anyone wants? I was inwardly screaming at my voice.
We were in the car. I was in the back with Nessie, I couldn't risk sitting in the front with her until we were out of town. I hated the thought of someone I knew spotting us in a stolen car. It would kill Charlie, a last betrayal before he never saw me again, what would he think? Would the Volturi take him too? Would they take him as food? Just cleaning up?
"Bella be calm," Jasper soothed, and another shot of calm passed through the car. Nessie fell asleep again, Jasper's power hitting her hard.
"Jasper, it's so hard. I won't be there to shield the others from Jane."
"I know, but we need to concentrate on our part now. We have to run away from them so they will never find us. We need to keep Nessie safe. We have to be safe away from here. Me, you and Nessie, safe together."
End of Chapter 50
Oh, dear. There is no one to trust anymore. What a mess. Fred in pieces. Jasper abandoning everyone but Bella. Demetri, a Volturi to the end. I wonder exactly what is true and what is not -- who is lying and who is not. At present, it is Jasper's word alone leading Bella. Suspicious. What an unhappy family.
Don't forget it was Demetri who suggested the match with the wolves - was this only for the cover it gave - to stop Alice seeing - After all with so much wolf in her life she would have seen little in the last coupld of weeks.
And Bella has been shielding Edward when they are at the main house and during training so he can't hear other mens thoughts. Which means he may not of heared Demetri's thoughts about the match.
What will Bella do? Can she trust the voices? Where are they coming from - are they her mind trying to help in some form?
It's little Nessie I feel bad for - in her short life she has been threaten twice by the Voltuir.
Best Wishes
oh dear. I was not expecting this turn of events. Poor Bella, she can't trust anyone, not even Fred anymore. I wonder what will happen to him. Will Jared or the wolf pack finish him off? or will he escape or will the Volturi get him before he can get away? Mhh so many questions running through my head. I guess acts and looks can be deceiving at times, this goes for both Fred and Demetri. I don't want to see this story end on a bad note. I hope the Cullens will be okay
I like a good ending to a story - I know there has been a lot of doom and gloom so far.
What would the Volturi do with the rest of the Cullens? What would they do to Alice to get information about the future from her?
Which side would Fred be on if he joined a fight?
How well can Bella, Nessie and Jasper hide? Will Alice see? Will Demetri feel them at all? Will Bella manage to keep her shield up long all the time?
So many questions - I'm sure I'll answer some but not all.
Best wishes
good lord, and i thought the issue with jasper has already cleared up. well, obviously i'm wrong. i wonder where he'll take bella and ness. guess i'll wait for your next update, chris. happy new year!!
Hi Carmela,
Bella certainly thinks that the issue with Jasper is resloved and this is unrelated.
Best wishes
really? oh well, i suppose i should move on to the next chapter :)
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison,
PhD, 1994, Political Science with graduate certificate in African Studies
MA, 1990, Political Science
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced
International Studies, Bologna, Italy and WDC
MA, 1986, International Relations
Brown University, Providence, RI
BA, 1982, History and German
Wilhelm Pieck Universitaet, Rostock, German
Democratic Republic
Semester abroad, spring 1981
University of Delaware, Department of Political
Science and International Relations
Professor and Chair, 2007-present
Associate Chair, 2002-03
Associate Professor, 2000-07
Assistant Professor, 1994-00
University of Delaware, College of Arts and
Associate Dean for Social Sciences and History, 2003-07
Director, African Studies Program, 2002-03
University of Delaware, Institute for Global
Co-Director, Winter Session Program, Merida, Mexico, 1996
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department
of Political Science
Teaching Assistant, 1989-90
Wilhelm Pieck Universitaet, Germanistik Faculty
English Instructor, summers 1981 and 1982
Department of Political and Administrative
Studies, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
Visiting Researcher, August 2011
APSA Africa Workshop, UDSM Gender Centre,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Co-Director, July-August 2010
Department of Sociology, University of Botswana,
Gaborone, Botswana
Visiting Researcher, January-July 2009
Institute for Public Policy Research, Windhoek,
Visiting Researcher, January-August 2002
United States Agency for International Development,
Windhoek, Namibia
Consultant, February-March 2002
Independent Research, Windhoek, Namibia
July-August 1995
USAID and Associates in Rural Development,
Windhoek, Namibia
Democracy and Governance Consultant, July 1994
Namibia Institute for Social and Economic
Research, Windhoek, Namibia
Visiting Research Fellow, October 1991-August 1993
University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch,
South Africa
Afrikaans Language Instruction, AugustOctober 1991
Ford Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya
Intern, June-August 1989
World Development, Washington DC
Deputy Editor, 1986-88
Overseas Development Council, Washington DC
Research Assistant, 1985-86
United States Peace Corps, Oloitokitok, Kenya
Peace Corps Volunteer: Rural Womens Extension Agent, 1982-83
in Executive Power: A Global Overview. With
Manon Tremblay, eds. London:
Routledge, 2011, 226 pp.
in Southern Africa: Transition and Transformation. Revised second
edition, with
Scott D. Taylor. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2011, 422 pp. First edition:
in Southern Africa: State and Society in Transition. With Scott
D. Taylor. Boulder:
Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005, 404 pp.
in African Parliaments. With Hannah E. Britton, eds. Boulder: Lynne
Publishers, 2006, 237 pp.
and Democracy in Namibia, 1971-1996.
Athens: Ohio University Press, Oxford: James
Currey, and Cape Town: David Philip, 1998, 229 pp.
Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
'"Let There be a Balance": Women in African
Parliaments.' Political Studies Review.
2012. 10(3): 370-384.
Uganda: Reserved Seats for Women MPs: Affirmative
Action for the National Womens
Movement or the National Resistance Movement? In Manon Tremblay, ed. Women and
Legislative Representation: Electoral Systems, Political Parties, and Sex Quotas, revised second
edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012: 27-39. First edition, 2008.
'Update on the Women's Movement in Botswana:
Have Women Stopped Talking?'
Studies Review. 2011. 54(2): 23-46.
'Women in Executives: Sub-Saharan Africa.'
In Bauer and Tremblay, eds.
Women in
Executive Power: a Global Overview, 2011: 85-104.
'Introduction' and 'Conclusion.' With Manon
Tremblay. In Bauer and Tremblay, eds.
Women in Executive Power: a Global Overview, 2011: 1-9; 171-190.
'"Cows Will Lead the Herd into a Precipice":
Where are the Women MPs in Botswana?'
Botswana Notes and Records. 2010. 42: 56-70.
Taking the Fast Track to Parliament: Comparing
Electoral Gender Quotas in Eastern and
Southern Africa. In Muna Ndulo and Margaret Grieco, eds. Power, Gender and Social
Change in Africa. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009: 8-25.
Revised version:
'"50/50 by 2020": Electoral Gender Quotas
for Parliament in East and Southern Africa.'
International Feminist Journal of Politics. 2008. 10(3): 348-368.
'Namibia: A Success Story?' With Christiaan
Keulder. In Necla Tschirgi, Francesco
Mancini and Michael Lund, eds. Security and Development: Searching for Critical
Connections. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009: 211-254.
"Nothing to Lose but Their Subordination
to the State"? Trade Unions in Namibia Fifteen
Years after Independence. In Jon Kraus, ed. Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy
in Africa. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007: 229-254.
Namibia: Losing Ground Without Mandatory
Quotas. In Bauer and Britton, eds. Women in
African Parliaments, 2006: 85-110.
Women in African Parliaments: A Continental
Shift? With Hannah E. Britton. In Bauer and
Britton, eds. Women in African Parliaments, 2006: 1-30.
"The Hand that Stirs the Pot Can Also Run
the Country": Electing Women to Parliament in
Namibia. Journal of Modern African Studies. 2004. 42(4): 479-509.
Namibia in the First Decade of Independence:
How Democratic? Journal of Southern African
Studies. 2001. 27(1): 33-55.
Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in
Namibia. In Richard Joseph, ed. State, Conflict and
Democracy in Africa. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999: 429-448.
Labour Relations in Occupied Namibia. In
Gilton Klerck, etal., eds.
Continuity and Change:
Labour Relations in Independent Namibia. Windhoek: Gamsberg Macmillan, 1997: 55-78.
Reference Works and Other Publications
'Namibia: Anticipating the First Presidential
Succession.' Africa Contemporary Record, Vol.
29, 2003-04. New York: Holmes and Meier, forthcoming.
Mujeres y activismo político en el
África del siglo XXI. [Womens Political Activism in
Africa in the 21st Century] Vanguardia Dossier, 26: 102-105, Enero/Marzo 2008, Barcelona.
Namibia: Ushering in the Second Decade of
Independence. In Africa Contemporary Record,
Vol. 28, 2001-02. New York: Holmes and Meier, 2006: B807-824.
Namibia: Assessing the First Decade of Independence.
In Colin Legum, ed. Africa
Contemporary Record, Vol. 27, 1998-00. New York: Holmes and Meier, 2004: B784-798.
Women in Namibia. In Aili Mari Tripp, ed.
Africa: The Greenwood Encyclopedia
of Women's Issues Worldwide. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2003: 271-293.
Namibia: Confronting the Challenges to Democratic
Consolidation. In Colin Legum, ed.
Africa Contemporary Record, Vol. 26, 1996-98. New York: Holmes and Meier, 2002: B682-696.
Namibia: The Trend Toward Single Party Dominance.
In Colin Legum, ed. Africa
Contemporary Record, Vol. 25, 1994-96. New York: Holmes and Meier, 2001: B635-648.
Trade Unions and Politics: What Next in Namibia? Southern Africa Report. 1996. 11(3): 13-16.
Tripartism and Workers in Namibia. South African Labour Bulletin. 1993. 17(4): 64-68.
Defining a Role: Trade Unions in Namibia. Southern Africa Report. 1993. 8(5): 8-11.
Best Compromise Achievable: The New Labour Act. Namibia Review. 1992. 1(6): 18-24.
Book Reviews
A History of Namibia: From the Beginning
Until 1990. The International Journal of African
Historical Studies. Forthcoming.
Women in Power in Post-communist Parliaments. International Sociology. 2010. 25(5): 715-718.
Democracy and the Rise of Womens Movements
in Sub-Saharan Africa and African Womens
Movements Changing Political Landscapes.African Studies Review. 2009. 52(3): 199-201.
Womens Organizations and Democracy in
South Africa: Contesting Authority.
African Studies
Review. 2007. 50(2): 261-262.
Women in the South African Parliament:
From Resistance to Governance.
Africa Today.
2007. 54(1): 117-119.
Creating Germans Abroad: Cultural Policies
and National Identity in Namibia. The International
Journal of African Historical Studies. 2003. 36(1): 245-246.
Media and Resistance Politics. The Alternative
Press in Namibia, 1960-1990.The Journal
of African History. 2003. 44(1): 192-193.
New Notes on Kaoko: The Northern Kunene
Region (Namibia) in Texts and Photographs. The
International Journal of African Historical Studies. 2001. 34(3): 735-736.
Affirmative Action in Namibia. Redressing
the Imbalances of the Past?African Studies Review.
2000. 43(2): 166-167.
Great Ideas for Teaching About Africa.
Studies Quarterly. 2000. 4(2).
Namibias Post-Apartheid Regional Institutions:
The Founding Year.
American Political Science
Review. 2000. 94(1): 212-213.
Democratization in Late Twentieth Century
Africa. The International Journal of African
Historical Studies. 1999. 32(1): 210-211.
Political Parties and Interest Groups in
South West Africa. The International Journal of African
Historical Studies. 1999. 32(1): 234-235.
Namibia Under South African Rule: Mobility
and Containment 1915-46.
African Studies
Quarterly. 1999. 3(2). web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/
Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of
the United States, South Africa and Brazil. Political
Science Quarterly. 1999. 114(2): 323-324.
Katutura: A Place Where We Stay. Life in
a Post-Apartheid Township in Namibia and The
Radical Motherhood: Namibian Womens Independence Struggle.African Studies Review. 1998.
41(2): 185-187.
Last Steps to Uhuru and The Namibian Peace Process. African Studies Review. 1996. 39(3): 216-218.
'Women Chiefs in Botswana as a Symbolic Representation
Effect of More Women in Politics.' 55th
Annual African Studies Association meeting. Philadelphia, November 2012.
'"Prominence in All Affairs of Our Country":
Women Executives in Sub-Saharan Africa.' 107th
Annual American Political Science Association meeting. Seattle, September 2011. Also panel chair.
'W(h)ither the Women's Movement in Botswana?'
53rd Annual African Studies Association
meeting. San Francisco, November 2010.
'Cows Will Lead the Herd into a Precipice:
Where are the Women MPs in Botswana?'
52nd Annual African Studies Association meeting. New Orleans, November 2009.
Discussant. The Impact of Gender Quotas:
Descriptive, Substantive, and Symbolic Representation.
105th Annual American Political Science Association meeting. Toronto, September 2009.
'Beyond Substantive Representation? The Impact
of Women MPs on Governance in Sub-Saharan
Africa.' With David Wilson. 104th Annual American Political Science Association Meeting.
Boston, August 2008.
'Who Benefits from Reserved Seats for Women
in Ugandas Parliament? The National Womens
Movement or the National Resistance Movement?' Women's Worlds: 10th International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women. Madrid, Spain, July 2008.
Party Quotas versus Reserved Seats: Comparing
Electoral Gender Quotas for Parliament in
East and Southern Africa. 103rd Annual American Political Science Association Meeting.
Chicago, September 2007.
'50/50 by 2020: Electoral Gender Quotas for
Parliament in East and Southern Africa.'
49th Annual African Studies Association Meeting. San Francisco, November 2006.
Electoral Systems and Gender Quotas in Southern
Africa: What Have They Achieved?
What Can They Achieve? 101st Annual American Political Science Association Meeting.
Washington, DC, September 2005.
Women in African Parliaments An Overview.
Womens Worlds: 9th International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women. Seoul, South Korea, June 2005.
Discussant. Engendering Democracy: Gender
and the First Ten Years of Democracy in South
Africa. 47th Annual African Studies Association Meeting. New Orleans, November 2004.
Women in Parliament in Namibia: Impact and
Experiences. 46th Annual African Studies
Association Meeting. Boston, November 2003. Also panel chair.
Getting the Balance Right: The Campaign for
50/50 in Namibia. 45th Annual African Studies
Association Meeting. Washington, DC, December 2002.
"The Hand that Stirs the Pot Can Also Run
the Country": Electing More Women to Parliament
In Namibia. Womens Worlds: 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women.
Kampala, Uganda, July 2002.
Affirmative Action to Gender Politics in
Southern Africa: Namibia and Botswana in
Comparative Perspective A Research Agenda. 44th Annual African Studies Association
Meeting. Houston, November 2001. Also panel chair.
Civil and Political Society Mobilized: The
Struggle for Democracy in Namibia. 95th Annual
American Political Science Association Meeting. Atlanta, September 1999. Also panel chair.
Discussant. Consolidating Democracy: Namibia
in Comparative Perspective. 41st Annual
African Studies Association Meeting. Chicago, October 1998.
Engendering Democracy? The Role of Women
in Namibias Nascent Democracy.
40th Annual African Studies Association Meeting. Columbus, November 1997.
Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in
Namibia. 93rd Annual American Political Science
Association Meeting. Washington, DC, August 1997.
Re-examining Multipartyism in Africa: With
a Focus on Namibia. 39th Annual African Studies
Association Meeting. San Francisco, November 1996. Also panel chair.
Unrealized Potential: Trade Unions and Democratization
in Namibia. 38th Annual African Studies
Association Meeting. Orlando, November 1995.
Prospects for the Consolidation of Democracy
in Namibia. 37th Annual African Studies Association
Meeting. Toronto, Canada, November 1994.
The Trade Union Movement in Namibia Three
Years After Independence. 36th Annual African
Studies Association Meeting. Boston, December 1993. Also panel chair.
'Democracy and Women's Representation in Africa:
Some Insights from Botswana and Rwanda.'
With Jennie E. Burnet. Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, and the Chr
Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. 14-15 June 2012.
'Women in African Parliaments: "Let There
be a Balance".' Department of Comparative Politics,
Univeristy of Bergen, and the Chr Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. 14-15 June 2012.
Prominence in All Affairs of Our Country:
Womens Increasing Executive and Legislative
Representation in Sub-Saharan Africa. University of Florida. Center for African Studies.
18 March 2011.
Defying the Regional Trend: Where are the
Women MPs in Botswana? Department of Political
and Administrative Studies. University of Botswana. 14 April 2009.
The Underrepresentation of Women in Botswana:
African Context. Botswana Caucus for Women
in Politics Workshop. Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Gaborone, Botswana. 30 March 2009.
'Gendering Parliaments in Africa: What about
Botswana?' Department of Sociology.
University of Botswana. 4 March 2009.
Gendering Parliaments: The Use of Electoral
Gender Quotas in East and Southern Africa.
Faculty of Social Sciences. University of Botswana. 24 February 2009.
''"Women Make Better Politicians": Assessing
the Impact of More Women in African
Parliaments.' African Studies Program. Georgetown University. 11 October 2007.
Participant. Women, Politics and Next Generation
Leadership. Salzburg Seminar.
Salzburg, Austria, 11-17 September 2006.
Taking the Fast Track to Parliament: Women
in East and Southern Africa. Conference on
Power, Gender and Social Change in Africa and the African Diaspora. Cornell University.
Institute for African Development. 21-22 April 2006.
Namibia: A Security and Development Success
Story? Conference on Taking Security and
Development Seriously: An Agenda for Policy Reform. International Peace Academy.
New York City. 23-24 February 2006.
Invited Participant. Preventing the Outbreak
and Recurrence of Conflict: Comparative
Experiences in Linking Security and Development. International Peace Academy. New
York City. 13-14 December 2004.
Nationalism Confronts Trade Unionism and
Viva NAFAU: Development of Trade Unions
in Namibia, 1978-1989. Labour Resource and Research Institute. Windhoek, Namibia.
9 April 2002.
"All Mouth and Trousers"? The Quest for Gender
Equity in Namibia. Conference on
Intellectual Pluralism and African Politics: A Gathering in Honor of Crawford Young.
University of Wisconsin-Madison. 15 April 2000.
Namibian Politics Since Independence: An
Initial Assessment. African Studies Program.
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. 26 March 1999.
Namibia - A New Africa or Old? African Studies
Program Seminar. Princeton University.
3 December 1998.
Post-Independence Politics in Namibia: A
New Departure or Re-enactment of Previous
Errors? HIID/CFIA Seminar on Africa. Harvard University. 8 October 1998.
Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in
Namibia. Conference on African Renewal.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 6-9 March 1997.
"When You Have Nothing to Eat, You Cannot
Go Into a Party": Multipartyism in Africa
in the 1990s. African Studies Center. University of Pennsylvania. 10 November 1995.
The Labor Movement and the Prospects for
Democracy in Namibia. Social Sciences Division.
University of Namibia. 5 July 1995.
Prospects for the Consolidation of Democracy
in Namibia. History Department Staff Colloquium.
University of Namibia. 3 July 1995.
Invited Participant. New Perspectives on
US Policy Toward Africa. Council on Foreign Relations.
Washington, DC. 24-25 March 1995.
The Labor Movement in Namibia, 1972-1992.
African Studies Program Seminar.
University of Wisconsin-Madison. 3 November 1993.
Tripartism in Labour Relations in Namibia.
First Regional Workshop on Labour Law and
Industrial Relations in Southern Africa. Durban, South Africa. 13-15 July 1993.
'Roundtable on Academic Program Reviews,'
105th Annual American Political Science Association
Meeting, Toronto, September 2009.
'Roundtable on the Academic Job Search,' Lilly
East Conference on College and University Teaching,
University of Delaware, April 2007.
'Roundtable on Getting Tenure,' International
Studies Association Northeast Meeting, Philadelphia,
November 2005.
'Women's Issues in Botswana.' Executive Seminar
on Botswana. Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
US State Department, Washington, DC. 26 May 2011.
'Women and Gender Issues in Africa.' Policy
Brainstorm. Africa Bureau. US State Department. Washington, DC.
12 January 2011.
SWAPO of Namibia. Conference on Southern
African Liberation Groups. Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
US State Department, Washington, DC. 9 December 2010.
Namibian Independence and Democracy: Historical
Overview. Executive Seminar on Namibia. Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, US State Department, Washington, DC. 12 October 2007.
University of Delaware Institute for Global
Studies International Research Award, Botswana, 2011
American Political Science Association Africa Workshop, Tanzania, 2010
Salzburg Seminar Presidential Fellowship, Austria, September 2006
University of Delaware Center for International Studies International Travel Award, 2002, 2008
University of Delaware Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Ed Advanced Fellow, 2001
Fulbright Scholar Lecturing/Research Award, Malawi, 1997-98 (declined)
University of Delaware General University Research Grant, Namibia, 1995
Social Science Research Council International Doctoral Research Fellowship, Namibia, 1991-93
International Institute for Education Fulbright Research Grant, Namibia, 1991-92
University of Wisconsin MacArthur Fellowship, 1990-91, 1993-94
Ford Foundation Summer Internship, Nairobi, Kenya, 1989
United States Department of State Summer Internship, Tanzania, 1989 (declined)
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Swahili and African Studies, 1988-89
International Rotary Club Scholarship, Federal Republic of Germany, 1977-78
'"Madame Minister": Women's New Political
Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa.' Research
in Area Studies Lecture Series: 'Future Imagined.' 2 May 2012.
Getting the Balance Right: Womens Increasing
Legislative Representation in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Academy of Lifelong Learning. Wilmington. 7 April 2011.
'US National Security Interests in Africa?'
Institute on US National Security. 28 January 2011
and 28 January 2010.
The 50/50 Campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Increasing Womens Representation in Politics
and Decision Making. Research on Area Studies Lecture Series: Equality. 10 September 2009.
'A Diffusion Effect? The Use of Electoral
Gender Quotas in East and Southern Africa.'
Research in Area Studies Lecture Series: 'Border Crossings.' 18 September 2008.
Women Members of Parliament in Africa: Getting
the Balance Right. Research on Women
Lecture Series. Womens Studies Program. 12 November 2003.
Africas Future. Academy of Lifelong Learning. Wilmington. 8 May 2001.
The Impact of US Foreign Policy on Women.
Fulbright American Studies Institute:
Foundations of US Foreign Policy. 27 June 2000.
AIDS in Africa. Center for Black Culture. 12 May 2000.
Africa and the Clash of Civilizations. Academy
of Lifelong Learning. Wilmington.
7 April 2000.
Namibia Birth of a Nation. Academy of Lifelong Learning. Wilmington. 6 March 2000.
Gendering Politics in Southern Africa. Delaware
Seminars in Womens Studies.
10 November 1999.
Women in Development and US Foreign Policy.
USIA Institute on US Foreign Policy.
28 June 1999.
EnGendering Democracy in Namibia. Research
on Race, Ethnicity and Culture Lecture
Series. Womens Studies Program. 7 April 1999.
Women in Democratization: The Namibian Case.
Research on Women Lecture Series.
Womens Studies Program. 29 November 1995.
African Politics
African Women in Politics
Politics of Developing Nations
Politics and Literature
Southern African Politics
Third World Women in Politics
Comparative Government
University of Delaware
Chairs Advisory Group, 2009-10
Center for Teaching Effectiveness Advisory Board, 2006-07
Chairs Caucus Steering Committee, 2007-09
Delaware African Students Association Faculty Adviser, 1998-01
Faculty Senate Committee on International Studies, 1998-00
Graduate Recruitment and Success Committee, 2004-06
Laird Fellowship Selection Committee, 2004S-07S
Lerner College Dean Search Committee, 2010-11
Life Mentor, Freshman Year Experience, 2005F, 2006F
Middle States Self-Study Steering Committee, 1999-01
Mock Interviewer, Marshall and Truman Scholars, 2004-05, 2010F
Panelist, Office of Womens Affairs P and T Workshop, 2000
Ryden Dissertation Prize Committee, 1998S, 2004S
Women in Politics Faculty Adviser, 2010-11
Women's Caucus Executive Board, 2011- 2013
College of Arts and Sciences
Acting Director, African Studies Program, 2001F
Anthropology Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2008-09
African Studies Program Committee, 1994-present
Study of Diversity Faculty Search Committee, 2011-12
Chair, Sociology/Criminal Justice Chair Search Committee, 2010-11
Deans Scholar Proposal Committee, 1998S
Distinguished Judge, GEIS Conference on Women, 2005S-07S
Political Science Chair Search Committee, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03
Rosenberry Award Selection Committee, 2003S
Department of Political Science and International
Convener, COGGS seminar series, 2004S
Director, Internships, 1999-01
Director, Undergraduate Studies, 1999-01
Executive Committee, 1995-97, 2000-01, 2002-03
Faculty Search Committee, 1997-98, 2002-03
Graduate Admissions Committee, 2000-03
Graduate Policy Committee, 2002-03
Undergraduate Committee, 1995-03
United Way Representative, 1995-96
Participation in dozens of recruitment and new student advisement events
The Profession
Academic Program Reviews: UNC Greensboro
Editorial Board Member: Lynne Rienner Publishers Challenge and Change in African Politics Series
External Examinations: University of Helsinki, Howard University, University of the Witwatersrand
Promotion and Tenure Reviews: Florida International University, Franklin and Marshall College, Haverford
College, UCLA, UNC Charlotte, University of Vermont, Wheaton College, University of Missouri - St Louis,
Syracuse University
Article Reviews: Africa Today, African
Affairs, African Journal of Political Science and International Relations,
African Studies Review, African Studies Quarterly, American Journal of Political Science, Asian Women,
Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Governance, International Feminist Journal of Politics,
Journal of Legislative Studies, Journal of Modern African Studies, Journal of Women, Politics and Policy,
Journal of Women's History, Labor History, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Online Journal of Political Science and
International Relations, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Research Quarterly, Politics and Gender,
Social Science Quarterly, Transafrica Forum,Women's Studies International Forum, World Development
Book and Proposal Reviews: Cambridge
University Press, Heinemann Press, Indiana University Press,
Lynne Rienner Publishers, National Science Foundation, Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan
African Politics Conference Group, Chair,
African Politics Conference Group, Steering Committee, 2004-06
African Politics Conference Group, Nominations Committee, 2010
African Studies Association Board of Directors, 2007-10
1999 African Studies Association meeting Local Arrangements Committee
1999 African Studies Association meeting Political Science Section Co-chair
2006 African Studies Association meeting Gender Section Chair
African Studies Association Nominating Committee, 2002F, 2012S
African Studies Association Election Committee, 2003-05F
US Student Fulbright National Screening Committee, Southern Africa, 2006-08F
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society First Connection Volunteer, 2002-06
Brown Alumni Schools Committee Interviewer, 2004-
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African Studies Association
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Frugality in Practice: Air-Dry Your Clothes (Even Indoors!)
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Tiffany wrote with a quick energy-saving tip:
I hang up my wet clothes inside during the day to let them dry. When I get home from work, I put them in the dryer for about five minutes to get rid of the wrinkles. I don't have a clothesline, but this works just as well.
I'm not familiar with hanging clothes to dry indoors, but I like the idea. Kris and I have actually begun experimenting with hanging our clothes outside. We had a failed attempt earlier in the year (line was too long, and it rains in Oregon). But now Kris has created a makeshift clothesline running from the maple tree to the raspberry arbor:
I'd like to install something more permanent. Some of our neighbors have real clotheslines, and maybe someday we will too. Fortunately, the internet is full of advice, so when the time comes to build one, it'll be easy to do.
Here are some resources about air-drying clothes:
- Tip the Planet: All you ever wanted to know about air-drying your clothes
- Michael Bluejay: Tips on saving money on clothes drying
- Life in a Nutshell: How to build your own clothesline
Not everyone likes a clothesline. For them, Tiffany's indoor drying tip could be a great alternative.
Great environmentally tip which also save your money and energy
We recently got a clothesline pulley system from lehmans.com (which, incidentally, is a great place to visit if you're ever in the Akron/Canton area). It's 50 feet, runs from the shed to the house, and is high enough at one end to keep the dogs from shredding my sheets! The entire kit, including metal pulleys, plastic wrapped wire line, and mounting materials, was $35, and it will never sag or tear. Should last me near forever.
I air dry most of my clothes inside. I put my nice shirts (the ones that aren't dry clean only) on hangers and my jeans and running shorts on skirt hangers (with the clips).
The shower rod works great. I also have a plastic rod contraption that I bought at Target.
Not only does it save money, but my clothes last longer because they're not beating around the dryer.
I know Lehmans, have been there many times!
I belong to this group of people who believe that hanging clothes out save energy & etc:
I have hung out clothes for over 25 yrs & remember mom and grandma hanging them out. The $$$ savings is well worth it to me.
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of course the price has gone up on those since I bought mine, but they will last forever.
We live in an apartment building. We installed clotheslines in our rooftop and we dry our clothes there. We don't get any complaints because nobody can see it. (You can't see it even if you use Google Earth) We hang our more delicate clothes in the ventilated laundry area inside our unit.
become so used to clothes dryers
it's not just getting used to them, in some places there are no alternatives – with condo/neighborhood associations forbidding clothes lines because they look poor (and take that any way you want, yes that is classist and not appropriate of them)
My Mom still has her clothesline in the back of her house, I love the smell of sheets that have been drying in the sun all day, aaah.
As for me, I will wash my clothes in the washer, but I take out skirts and blouses etc and hang them on the shower rod after giving each a good shake. I use less energy that way, and the clothes last longer because they have not gone through the wringer (so to speak) of the dryer.
I forgot to add – Ikea has very reasonably priced drying racks. I have a freestanding one and a wall mount foldable one from them, both coated metal, and they are very useful.
Yes, Joel, in the U.S.A. hanging clothes out to dry, or "in" to dry in wet weather, is a lost art. It is sad sad sad.
And mr. blogperson…if you shake your clothes onces before haning them up, make sure they are hung straight with folds only at the seams (a shirt in the photo is crooked), or even on hangars, and pull on the shirts now and then while they are drying, there is no need for a quick tumble in the dryer. I rarely iron because I can dry my clothes fairly wrinkle free. A breeze helps with wrinkles too. If you are hanging things inside, put them over a forced-air heat vent or turn a fan on them if you are overly concerned with wrinkles.
We've always had an outside clothes line. There's a freshness about line dried clothes that you just can't get with clothes that have been put through the dryer.
If you're going to dry clothes inside, make sure you have them in a very well ventilated room. All that moisture has to go somewhere, and you don't want it getting into your walls, believe me.
As someone else touched on above – If you have a homeowner's association check your covenants.
My neighborhood expressly forbids outside clothslines – Many others in this area do as well.
I love drying my clothes outside! I live just outside Boston, which means it's an April-September activity, but I take full advantage during the summer months. We have a small rack for the winter months, but mostly use it for delicates.
Not using the dryer makes a big difference in energy bills. My summer electricity bills used to be about $80. We don't have A/C, but have to use a dehumidifier in our partial basement apartment (or yucky mold can appear). Once, I stopped using the dryer in the summer, those bills dropped back to typical winter/spring levels, around $50-$60 per month.
Unfortunately, I live in an apartment, so I have to use a dryer for most of my clothes. I use a clothes horse (?) to dry my delicates. I grew up in the country and getting the clothes off the line and folding them was always my chore. I hated doing it, but loved the smell! Can't wait till I have a home of my own so I can use a clothesline!
Be careful if you live in a very humid climate like Florida!
Your clothes will never get dry! They will only get to "mostly" dry and you will have the lovely air of a musty mushroom about you the whole time you wear them.
(Heck, just yesterday I had put a load of work shirts in the wash at 9:00pm and then went to bed. When I got up at 6:00 and grabbed one out to put in the dryer I STILL ended up smelling like I had mold growing out of my armpits! Bleck!)
Even after having lived in North America for half my life, it still seems so strange to me that many people have not even considered air drying their clothes…
Line-dried clothes. That sure does bring back memories. I grew up with line-dried clothes up until I hit high school. I'm from TX, west TX actually, and fortunately it's dry most of the time. We don't have a real winter, maybe a month of cold weather, but the rest of the year is warm, blazing hot, or at least windy. Perfect weather for drying clothes outside. It was a huge luxury when we finally got a dryer, which we didn't even purchase brand-new, an uncle got rid of his and we used it for about 7 years before having to replace it. Being a kid, I never knew if we did it to be frugal or if that was just normal, since both of my parents were born and raised in Mexico, and that's what you did there, but either way, it brings back memories of mom (now gone) who would keep us kids busy by washing loads of clothes and making us hang them out and "check on them."
When I was a missionary in Mexico, I lived in an apartment that had a washing machine, but no dryer. Because we were gone most of the day and didn't want to leave our clothes unattended, we'd hang them up on some clothes line that we ran through out the apartment. Worked like a charm!
I live in a very dry climate and hanging our clothes to dry inside (especially during winter) really helps keep the house at a better level of humidity. I picked up all of my drying racks at garage sales for $1-2. Can't beat that bargain when you think of the energy savings!
For a family with 3 very small kids, I am able to dry 1-2 loads of laundry on 3 large racks. I set my racks up in the hallway leading to the bedrooms, that way they are right there close to the closets!
We recently started drying most of our clothes indoors. Works great!
I've been drying the majority of my clothes on drying racks for years now. My clothing lasts far longer and it adds a bit of humidity to the great room.
My Mom doesn't have a dryer. Where I live, there's enough privacy, but I rent and there's no clothesline I do have wooden racks for indoors, though. (I've thought about using it outdoors, but I don't think the landlady would like it, or else she'd have a clothesline.
In the wintertime, I often use the humidifer. Using the wooden racks on the clothes and turning on the fans does help with the humidity level, though.
I lived in Brazil for a couple of years and had to hand wash and hand dry all my clothes.
Line drying is great unless a) it rains or b) it gets cold.
If we hung clothes in the morning and it rained while we were gone, there would be tiny mold spots on the clothes when we got home at night (8-9 hours after leaving).
When it was cold it would take two or three days for the clothes to dry, and they'd end up smelling all musty.
This is a debate that makes no sense to me – it's an argument with an obvious solution and yet there is still a debate. If your housing association or neighbors are bothered by drying lines outside, I don't understand why people who want to air dry their clothes don't just get a folding rack or two – I think their called European racks. We have two – a large one and a smaller one, both of which can be moved where ever we want (if I hang clothes up outside, jeans and sheets go on the outside lines and undies on the inside for the dainty sensibilities of anyone looking on). I also hang dress shirts and dress pants on hangers on a rod. Beyond not using extra energy and saving a little money, it helps to humidify the air in the winter when the house can get a little dry. I usually hang the small rack in a corner of my daughter's room in the winter. Plus it smells nice from the fabric softener.
Before I moved to Australia 10 years ago the only clothesline I saw was at my grandmother's in West Texas. She seldom used it because her kids pitched in and bought her a dryer. Well, I was in for a bit of culture shock here because my partner didn't have a dryer. Everyone in Australia has a clothesline It took me a while to get used to hanging up my washing but now I'm pretty quick.
We could purchase a dryer if we wanted to but we don't see the need. It saves us money and it's good for the environment. If it's raining we just bring our clothes inside and turn on our gas fire.
A fan is a big help when drying clothes indoors. Turning an electric fan on full blast towards your drying clothes will really speed up the drying process. We learned this technique while living in the cool, damp Netherlands.
One note on why you would use a dryer anyways. A clothes dryer is a classic tradeoff of money versus time & convienence. A quick search provided a cost of about 40 cents US worth of electricity per load in an electric dryer. Sure a few bucks a week can be invested and turned into real money after a few decades. But that same few bucks a week is a whole lot cheaper than having someone else wash-dry-fold for so much a pound. For most people, getting their clothes clean is a chore. Using a dryer may be the extra convienence that makes the chore tolerable.
I wonder if people often challenge those rules (either town by-laws or condo association rules) about clotheslines. Where are the people who don't like them, and really, what's their problem?
In Montreal, almost every apartment in residential areas has one. We haven't used our dryer at all this summer, and I don't think we'll use it for anything but sheets in wintertime (it's difficult to dry those on a clothing rack!). Electricity is cheap here, but we still try to keep our bill as low as possible. Also, it makes my clothes last so much longer!
Line drying is the norm in Europe as electricity is 6 times the price (30 cents a kilowatt hour) In sunny Spain clothes dry so quick that I haven't used the dryer in over 2 years. In Germany more problematic as it's wetter, solved by running a fan, everything dried overnight.
Brought home two cheap dyer racks for my sister in law as they are really hard to find in Canada
Our provincial government in Ontario recently overturned any bans on clotheslines by homeowners associations/towns.
You can hang out your clothes to dry anywhere in the province without fear!
A nice move by our environmentally conscious government, I thought.
I grew up in a small town in Germany, where everybody had a rotary clothes line in the backyard. They fold up when not in use – h0w nifty is that? I've never seen them here in the US, but how about we start a new trend?
Start here:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hills_Hoist
amazon.de for a nice picture of what I mean:
For those with a laundry room, installing a hanging bar (just like a closet) is an easy and affordable way to go. For me, 10 minutes in the dryer removes most of the wrinkles, then I hang items on hangers to fully dry.
The best part is that putting clothes back in the closet is a breeze, since everything's already on hangers. (If you're lazy about laundry like me, these things matter…)
i've always hung my clothes. in the summers i hang them outside because nothing beats clothes that have been air dried outdoors under the sun. in the winters, i have a clothesline in the laundry room that runs from one end to the other. when i moved into my house 22 years ago i passed up on the dryer because i remember the high cost of electricity my mother had. we were young and we were looking for ways to save money and this was one of the areas. years later when we finally could "afford" a dryer, i passed again. i had been used to it and felt i didn't need it nor wanted it. as a result, i have one of the lowest electricity bills of friends and family members that i know of.
We've used a drying rack for heavier items such as towels and jeans. Solomon is right, be sure that the room is ventilated or you'll just boost the humidity inside the home, which makes it feel hotter and the air conditioner work harder.
I'm Indian so not a stranger to the clothesline. I utilize my dryer for towels, sheets and other large items but frequently dry every days clothes inside and put them into the dryer for a few minutes to get out the wrinkles just as suggested in the tip. Not only is this energy efficient it's also better for the clothes. They last a lot longer and retain their true color – especially blacks! Great tip!
I dry my clothes similar to Tiffany. I would love to hang out my clothes, but like a lot of other posters on here, I live in an apartment complex. If I were allowed to hang clothes on my balcony in the first place, I would not do it at this point because my neighbor (who has the other half of the balcony) sits outside and smokes throughout the day. It's bad enough that I can't have my windows open without the smoke wafting into my apartment, but I don't want my clothes smelling smoky either. I can't wait until we are able to utilize an outdoor clothesline, though!
It is interesting that everything old is new again…Might be the direction we are headed, The 2nd Age of Simplicity!
I am a firm believer of drying clothes outside, but inside is just not sensible in my eyes. All the water that dries gets absorbed into the floors, walls and ceiling. HIGHLY increases your chances for mold and mildew.
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No dryer means no shrinking, right? That's a big money saver.
My household's electricity bill is half of the national average, and guess what: we dry most of our clothes on a line in our basement. We also wash in cold water. Shared values like these have given us happy finances and also an unusually happy marriage. I explain this further at http://www.diamondcutlife.org/diamond-cut-sustainable-marriage/
My sister just put up a clothes line. She says she's wanted one for years. She's lived in this house for 15 years, and she's just putting one up now. I would love a clothes line. Because I live in a 3 room apartment, I can't put one up and there's no room to put up an indoor type of one. I don't even have a shower rod. I dream of the day I'll own a home and have a clothes line. I love the smell of freshly dried clothes off the line.
It helps if washed clothing are no dripping wet and reasonably dry before put to hang. Sometimes you might need to put the clothes to spin dry for another round in the washing machine. It seems if there is extra moisture in the clothing while they are put to hang, they will tend to stink even when dry.
You can dry lots of clothes even in small apartments. Just use a combination of a foldable clothes rack and hangers. All the shirts can go on hangers and lined at the sides, and everything else like towels and larger stuff can stay in the middle of the rack. Balance the weight of the shirts on both sides so the rack does not topple over.
Americans don't dry clothes indoors? Haven't any of you ever been poor college students?? I live in a condo in Toronto and we dry clothes indoors all year round. (There's a stupid condo-association rule against drying clothes on the balcony, and it's very dusty out there besides.)
Get a rack, get a fan, it works fine.
We've been line drying for a couple of years now – indoors in the winter and outdoors in the summer (in Connecticut). The first winter I used the eye hooks and cord that a previous owner had strung from the rafters in the basement, but I'm not terribly tall so hanging was not my favorite chore. Last fall I bought a drying rack from IKEA that I love: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50095091 It folds flat for storage too, so it would be ideal for an apartment.
If your clothes line becomes droopy you can prop it up with a board/stick. Place two lines on the same spots on each of the posts and you can use a different board/stick to spread the lines out. Putting a nail near each of the ends of the board will help catch the line and prevent the board from slipping. Draping large items like sheets and towels across both allow for better airflow and quicker dry time. This is a trick I picked up in the tropics.
I always hang-dry my delicates indoors – it increases their natural lifespan. No bent underwires, minimizes wear and tear… I do the same for my wrinkle-free or minimal wrinkling dress clothes with the same results. Replacing clothing less frequently = money saved!
Aaah, the fresh smell of sheets dried outside!
At my old house I had a clothesline, but I haven't found a suitable location at my new house, so I've just been using a drying rack (handy for if it starts to rain, I just carry it inside) and the backs of the patio chairs.
All last winter I used the drying rack indoors….that added humidity is good in winter.
A drying rack isn't a lot of space but I generally do one load per day, first thing in the am, then hang out my clothes and by afternoon, they're dry. In the winter, they might not be dry til the next morning, but I'd just fold them then and hang up the newly washed clothes.
I have a horizontal pole hanging in my laundry room, and I hang most wet laundry on plastic hangers. You need a bunch of heavy duty skirt/pants hangers for pants and small towels.
I have these wonderful spider things that are a circle with 10 little suspended clips – got one at Ikea for maybe 6$ and it's awesome. I have one from the dollar store, too, but it's kind of flimsy. But it's perfect for hanging smaller items – socks, underweark, handkerchiefs, napkins.
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an additional benefit to adding humidity to your home air – your clothes and linens last longer.
I drape the sheets over open doors, by the way.
Now when I see people putting flannel sheets or towels in a dryer and running it for an hour I think they the biggest wasters imaginable. Of course I did the same thing before I got more resource thrifty.
I've dried my clothes indoors for a while now and have rarely had any problems — even in humid Florida. My husband put a pipe over the dryer. I hang the clothes right there on their hangers. It saves me time that way, too and I've never noticed a big problem with wrinkles (though I guess that would depend on the material and I try not to buy a lot of wrinkle-prone things).
Growing up, my parents always hung clothes outside to dry, and we also hand washed all of our clothes. Now that they're older, they use a washer but still hang dry clothes in the garage.
Yet another non-American not getting this at all.
I don't think I've ever lived anywhere where people actually used a dryer as a matter of course, and I haven't had access to one for several years now. As far as I know, most people dry their clothes outside – even in England where it rains quite often.
I recently started hanging my clothes as well. We recently got the electric bill and nearly died when we saw how much our power-greedy appliances were using. The air conditioner, television, computer, and even the drier have all been put on restrictive diets since then. With the beautiful weather outside, I wonder why we didn't think of line-drying our clothing sooner!
Even though it's a bit more time consuming to hang up your clothes, it's refreshing to be outside (or walking through long-forgotten corners of your house) doing something simple.


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The markets may have encountered more than turmoil – could this be the beginning of a new bear market? The S&P 500 traded well above 1,460 last Thursday before falling to close the week at 1,433. As the markets fell on Friday, the VIX spiked 13.5% to end the week at 17.06.
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Day 2 Rise: 2%
Day 2 Final Value: 99.96
In both cases the market returned and lost 2%. However, in both examples the ETF is also worth less than the original price.
Commodity Tied to the Market
While not matching the S&P step-for-step, United States Oil (NYSEMKT: USO) has seen peaks and valleys that have roughly tracked the S&P. For example, during 2011's pullback, oil and the S&P both bottomed at approximately the same time, around Oct. 3.
During this summer's pullback, both markets bottomed around the same time, but oil was hit harder than the S&P. If the economy sours, expect two events to happen. First, stocks will drop. Second, oil will drop as the consumer and commercial sectors consume less energy. This reasoning makes oil an interesting short play.
One note of caution: Remember that the oil cartels have a strong grip on prices and can drastically influence the oil supply, affecting prices.
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Short Stocks
Shorting stocks is far more of an art than it is a science. However, here are two strategies to use when shorting stocks in a bear market.
Short fundamentally weak companies
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is a great example. H-P is a good company, and I believe that CEO Meg Whitman will eventually turn it around. However, H-P has been an awful stock.
The stock lost 45% of its value YTD and currently has negative earnings of $2.81 per share (data as of quarter ended July 31, 2012). Further, the company is bleeding value with a -4.5% profit margin and a -15.6% return on equity. Finally, the company's net debt is overbearing, with $29.8 billion in debt compared to $9.5 billion in cash at the end of last quarter.
Short companies with high P/E ratios
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) fall into this category. Trading at $240 and with earnings of $.82 per share, Amazon has a larger-than-life P/E ratio of 292. Further, Amazon's forward P/E sits at 100.8. Finally, Amazon is not all that profitable, showing a profit margin of .69% and an operating margin of 1.17%. If the broad markets fall, they will likely bring Amazon's P/E ratio down to earth and put it more in line with other tech stocks.
Like Amazon, Netflix is highly valued – at 37, Netflix's P/E sits above its peers. Also, Netflix's earnings for Q2 fell 91% from the same quarter one year earlier, according to Yahoo! Finance. Lastly, the company is not forecast to do much better. The company's forward P/E is 76.4, indicating more upside to the stock, lowered earnings, or both.
Netflix reports earnings on Oct. 23 – reporting above analysts' dismal expectations would likely boost the stock. However, a drop would cause investors losses.
Your Call
If the markets take a nose dive, going into cash would provide safety, but shorting the market would add to profits. Shorting the broad market indices are a more conservative strategy. However, targeting leveraged ETFs, commodities, and weak stocks could produce far higher profits, adding to 2012's already spectacular gains.
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