In a fit of foolishness, I decided to see where I'd be, page-wise, if I changed my font to Courier New. I jumped from page 14 to page 19. Even dropping the font from 12 to 11 left me at 16 ( Read more... )

...is research supposed to be this hilarious ( Read more... )

Today I woke up wanting a drink. If I weren't writing this paper, I'd say fuck it and pretend I'm on Leeds time. It's 5:30 there ( Read more... )

So, I'm writing about fandom and making all these claims, and yet, can't find evidence online to back them up. But, they're common knowledge ( Read more... )

So, I spent a stupid amount of time tracking down emails last night this morning so I could send my questionnaire out so people would have more time to fill it out. I get up this afternoon (in my defense, I staggered off to be at 5:30 this morning) to discover that while I sent out the emails, I neglected to attach the questionnaire to them ( Read more... )

Anyone interested in filling out a questionnaire about gender and fandom? It's for my paper. Warning--it's long!

Please fill this out to the best of your ability. I'll be using this data for class (all names changed, of course) and may come back and ask you to go more in-depth with your answers if you're willing. Please spread word about this; I'd like as many respondants as possible. Don't worry, only I will be able to see the results. However, if you'd ( Read more... )

...my niche in academia. There's a respected scholarly journal called Science Fiction Studies, devoted to all things genre. From the few articles I've browsed through, I've seen sociological articles, book reviews, articles about Star Trek fandom, literary underpinnings in Sci Fi flicks, the importance of pulp...

Jstor, I love you.

Other than the brief (and only semi-conscious) concert recap post, this is the first time I've been online in about 48 hours. No, no, it's not that I don't love you, I've just been running around kinda crazy, seeing students, getting kicked in the head, and going to class ( Read more... )

Since Ginger was at a conference (hmmm...I wonder if she and Fern are at the same one), I got to teachy Macbeth today. And I do believe I've topped my "Mark Antony is a douchebag" comment from last year. (To be fair, he is ( Read more... )