Last Stretch
Of course I'm procrastinating on the last papers I have to do...it's my style. I don't know why I work better under pressure, I just do.
I've organized the majority of what I need to write, read over 1,000 pages worth of text to prepare and am now about ready to dive into the tangled web of developing adolescent female sexuality. (No comments from the Scosol gallery needed.)
After I submit my last two papers, I have to oversee an exam at 8am on campus, get drunk that night, then oversee two more exams on Thursday night. Then I'm done for this semester.
The work has been difficult but enlightening. I'm able to think about sex in ways I've never been able to before. Seeing the complex systems that build our identities, the contexts in which we explore the sexual and the cultures that arise under different conditions is fascinating. I think the biggest thing I want to take away from this program is the ability to understand a broad variety of sexual constructions and how to speak to people from all different walks of life about sex. I want to understand the constraints placed on sex, both beneficial and deleterious. Maybe one day I can make a difference in getting people to chill out about sex and be more responsible. Perhaps one day I can help foster a healthier sexual attitude in this country, one that is not so obsessed with compartmentalizing and isolating sex. I really hope to bridge the divide between men and women, to lessen our cultural anxieties and get people to think of sex without such oppositional strategies to obtain it.
Oh dreams, you're so lofty.
I've organized the majority of what I need to write, read over 1,000 pages worth of text to prepare and am now about ready to dive into the tangled web of developing adolescent female sexuality. (No comments from the Scosol gallery needed.)
After I submit my last two papers, I have to oversee an exam at 8am on campus, get drunk that night, then oversee two more exams on Thursday night. Then I'm done for this semester.
The work has been difficult but enlightening. I'm able to think about sex in ways I've never been able to before. Seeing the complex systems that build our identities, the contexts in which we explore the sexual and the cultures that arise under different conditions is fascinating. I think the biggest thing I want to take away from this program is the ability to understand a broad variety of sexual constructions and how to speak to people from all different walks of life about sex. I want to understand the constraints placed on sex, both beneficial and deleterious. Maybe one day I can make a difference in getting people to chill out about sex and be more responsible. Perhaps one day I can help foster a healthier sexual attitude in this country, one that is not so obsessed with compartmentalizing and isolating sex. I really hope to bridge the divide between men and women, to lessen our cultural anxieties and get people to think of sex without such oppositional strategies to obtain it.
Oh dreams, you're so lofty.