Still here, reading, commenting, just not in my own journal much!
Life, work, my dratted dissertation, and everything else* has been keeping me busy. I'm not gafiating, just not often online here lately for more than reading my flist's posts and some news and fics, and commenting. But what else is new? If I have to choose between either posting in my own journal, or talking about whatever my friends are talking
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TOTAL CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR THESIS!!!! What a milestone! Go you. \o/ Plus, it sounds really good! There needs to be a lot more feminist critique of Twilight, and all other cultural media, especially that young girls engage with.
I've never heard of Coraline! Cool!!! Going to go look it up right now...
Re: betaing, and good grammar educations: yes, I didn't go to a Catholic school but I learned all mine in Latin class! Which was mainly me plus some students who'd been at Catholic school (in my neighborhood they only went through middle school, I guess, so they all had to transfer over to the public HS). Funny, the fandom gets blamed for so many things, but I haven't yet seen any media noting how fanfic writing and editing (and reading, and reviewing) strengthen people's grammar and spelling skills, or awareness of their importance.
Hey, did you post any of your thesis observations in your journal or a comm? I'd love to read!
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