GUYS.  Guys.  I wrote more than 1,000 words both yesterday and today.  And 500 of today's words were for the diss prospectus, aka Specky.  0_o  And then I sent those words to the advisers, but I'm trying not to think about that AT ALL, okay.  Probably didn't even happen.

Maybe, maybe I could make this a THING that I do.  I could write words everyday ( Read more... )

So I just signed up to participate in a study about people who read/write/record/create/view/perform genderswap fanworks (so that includes everything, from cosplay to art to vids to fic).  I've never created any genderswap fanworks, but I've certainly consumed my fair share, and I have all the meta thoughts about them, so I signed up.

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So the message that I got from my adviser today was that I needed to a) write my dissertation proposal like it was fanfic and b) go ahead and write the header information for it.  That's not what he said, obviously, but that's what I heard.

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It's spring break.  I haven't quite hit the point where I'm excited about this yet, as it was a very disappointing day: rainy and grey and lots and lots of traffic.  But I'm hoping the next couple of days will start to look up.  I'll be going to a wedding tomorrow, which is apparently a formal affair, meaning that my cutesy sundress is not gong to ( Read more... )

Going back through old class notes, and I found this story in my notes from a history class about European women in the early modern age.

This is from the confessions of the Chelmsford Witches in England in 1566:
"Elizabeth Francis testified that her grandmother, whose name was Mother Eve, counselled her to renounce God and his word and to give of ( Read more... )

*shaking hands ( Read more... )

(Because I kind of have a hard-on for lists, okay?  Lists make me feel happy and like my life is in control.  Aaaand, I've reached kind of a turning point in my life.  I just attended my last academic class ever, guys. The last one.  After 21 years of formal schooling, I am finally finally deemed educated enough to flail around on my own.  So I ( Read more... )

I am master of the arts.  Masterly!  Masterful!!
*does the dance of mastery*

I kinda feel as if I've gotten away with murder, because seriously?  A university just agreed to give me a master's degree in exchange for 8,000 words. about. kink.  I am seriously cackling with glee right now.

Hopefully this means that I will finally emerge from my hole and ( Read more... )

Right now, I'm writing about Audre Lorde.  Or at least, I was writing about Audre Lorde.  Then I decided I needed an Audre Lorde icon.  Then I couldn't find one. .  All the feminist icons I can find seem to feature white women.  Maybe I'll have to *make* an Audre Lorde icon.  Don't know how to do that, but seems like a good project.  Made an icon ( Read more... )