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Rachel Balik

Senior Writer

Rachel has been with findingDulcinea since February of 2007. Before joining the team, Rachel was a copywriter at a financial services marketing firm. She has also worked in arts administration at New York's Roundabout Theatre Company and as a production assistant on off-Broadway shows.  Rachel's eclectic post-college years also include a stint as a yoga studio assistant and a summer spent assistant-teaching philosophy at Phillips Exeter Academy. She has a B.A. in English and Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania with a minor in Theatre Arts. For more about Rachel read her blog, Wicked Witch Of The Web or follow Rachel on Twitter.

Favorite Web sites:
  Seeqpod 
  PopMatters
The New York Times

Most Recent Articles by Rachel Balik

  • Happy Birthday, James Madison, American President Who Authored the Bill of Rights
    James Madison played a great role in defining, defending and establishing the United States as we know it. A major contributor to the Constitution, author of the Federalist papers and drafter of the Bill of Rights, Madison would come to lead the country he had philosophically and ideologically formed as its fourth president.
  • Happy Birthday, Percival Lowell, First to Imagine Life on Mars
    A naturally gifted mathematician, Percival Lowell shunned convention to pursue theories that walked the line between science fiction and scientific prophecy. He was compelled to explore uncharted territory, whether it be the Far East or outer space. The first to suggest life on Mars and the existence of a ninth planet, Lowell inspired researchers and writers for generations to come.
  • Happy Birthday, Arthur Schopenhauer, “Pessimistic” Philosopher
    A notoriously pessimistic philosopher who aspired to give meaning to the human condition through the appreciation and analysis of art, Arthur Schopenhauer challenged the depictions of the perceptual world put forth by Plato and Emmanuel Kant. A lonely and difficult man who lived a life that matched his own grim philosophy, he ultimately believed that art and sympathy could save man from suffering.
  • Happy Birthday, Gregory Hines, Tap Dancer, Choreographer and Actor
    He was an actor, singer and a writer, but first and foremost, Gregory Hines was a dancer. Hines both popularized the art form of tap dance and stayed faithful to its unique history. A dancer for 54 of his 57 years, Hines had a unique ability to combine the aural and the visual, and is considered one of tap dancing’s greatest stars to date.
  • Happy Birthday, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Author of the “Little House on the Prairie” Series
    American pioneer Laura Ingalls Wilder did not begin writing her first book until she was 64. Only with her daughter’s coaxing did she ultimately decide to share her story, and a beloved children’s classic, the “Little House on the Prairie” series, was born.
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