mumblings
i really enjoy my visual anth professor, though maybe not quite so much the class. he was such interesting ways of putting things, and he's such a thoughtful person. today he ended up getting sidetracked by gender equality and talking about how it was achieved by women becoming 'men'. and the more i've been thinking about it, the more i see his point. to be 'equal' or 'successful' in modern society, it's almost impossible for women to fill roles other than those traditionally held by men. how many married couples both have successful careers and children (that are well-adjusted and cared for)? i look at the professors, a job everyone seems to assume i will have, and how many of the women are married? if they are, how many have kids? it's a bit of a dismal picture...i really want to have kids someday and my own family unit, but i also don't want to sacrifice my passion for my work. i'm not going for my doctorate just because i haven't found someone i want to marry or don't want a job just yet. i'm going because i want to explore these interests on a deeper level, to commit myself to learning and sharing and all of that nerdy jazz. i suppose you could always work something out where the husband is more of the stay at home mom, but i want my partner to be equal on all levels too. i think to one of my professors, who met his wife when she was a grad student too. well, he just got tenure, and she takes care of the baby...i have no idea what day job she even had before.
anyways, end rant about that.
i think the food pyramid is unrealistic for most people. dude, if i actually eat three servings of vegetables in a day, like has been happening more and more frequently (yay!), i barely have room for any type of meat. oh food.
other thoughts,
i really do need to learn to be more practical/skilled at normal human stuff. at the same time, i'm not completely incapable of doing anything outside of writing papers or solving math equations. i've had my fair share of blisters. i've held jobs. i got my driving license for a reason. and i cook for myself at least once a day (though yes, i used to be afraid of the oven). so, i know there's plenty of room for poking at me, but at the same time i wish people didn't to such an extent. i do have mad skillz...there's just always more to do.
hm, it grows late. enough thoughts for today.
now to fall asleep to all my lovely indie folk alt rock thingies :)
anyways, end rant about that.
i think the food pyramid is unrealistic for most people. dude, if i actually eat three servings of vegetables in a day, like has been happening more and more frequently (yay!), i barely have room for any type of meat. oh food.
other thoughts,
i really do need to learn to be more practical/skilled at normal human stuff. at the same time, i'm not completely incapable of doing anything outside of writing papers or solving math equations. i've had my fair share of blisters. i've held jobs. i got my driving license for a reason. and i cook for myself at least once a day (though yes, i used to be afraid of the oven). so, i know there's plenty of room for poking at me, but at the same time i wish people didn't to such an extent. i do have mad skillz...there's just always more to do.
hm, it grows late. enough thoughts for today.
now to fall asleep to all my lovely indie folk alt rock thingies :)