There is still so much to do, and I am so damned tired. Ugh, do I feel overextended.

Dear Diary,

Wow, tonight was good.

·        Barthes, S/Z: An Essay

·        Bennett & Woollacott, Bond and Beyond: The Political Career of a Popular Hero

·        Bogle, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Black in American Films

·        Butler, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

·        Connell, Masculinities

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My reading list for my comprehensive exams in August is set. If enough nerds speak up, I could post it...

C'mon, nerds. ;)

God, I am so terrible about keeping up here. A part of it is not feeling like I have the time, and another part of it is not being sure what I want to share with whom.

I'm going to do some thinking...

[Edit: Anyone who hasn't posted in a year has gotten the axe. Let me know if you want to be re-added.]

Ah! And now to grading the final speech of the year, the Commemorative speech. Here are the topics from my wunderkind, four- to five-minute speeches commemorating the following ( Read more... )

So, in looking over the most recent batch of speeches from my students, I realized I hadn't shared their topics with my LJ. I'm sure many of you out there might not care, but I do think that it is interesting (and occasionally amusing ( Read more... )

It's small, but I so, so love that Jessica Valenti responded to me on her blog comments!

:) :) :)

I spent much of yesterday grading an exam (including numerous essays), and I've spent a lot of time today grading speeches.

Here are my students' topics for informative speeches:

Performance enhancing drugs in baseball
History of the internet
Reasons the US entered Vietnam
Da Vinci's The Last SupperThe history of Chicago style pizza ( Read more... )

My classes are slightly up in the air, but I'm still pumped about them ( Read more... )