The Conference Circuit
I haven’t talk about it much, but the trip to New England was exactly what I needed to recharge my batteries, academic and otherwise. It was wonderful to see family and friends, to be able to back and visit some of my very favorite people at Smith, and of course to present my porn paper […]
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Anniversaries
Today is the twenty-third anniversary of my birth. Instead of celebrating in any substantial way, I’m spending the day in the Grad Student’s office, working on two papers that are due tomorrow, a proposal to teach my own course next year, and watching this video as much as I possibly can.
Cheers.
Superstar
My 15 minutes extended: a friend and fellow Smith alum posted in her livejournal this morning, “sheana! I’m doing my reading for my class this afternoon, and what should I open my course packet to see but an article where the first sentence begins with…you.” Do I feel like a rockstar or what! Plus, since […]
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The best gift of all
Today I’ll be turning in my last paper for the semester; it’s still a little unreal to me that my first semester at graduate school has come to an end. In all honesty, it could have come to an end a whole lot sooner - as in, earlier last week, if only I had been […]
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Imposter Phenomenon
In the psychology class I TA for, we discussed earlier in the semester something called an “imposter phenomenon” - basically where you don’t feel like you belong, you’re not sure you’ve earned it, and you generally feel a little shifty about your whole situation.
That’s kind of how I’m feeling at the end of the semester, […]
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Fatty. Fat fat? Fat fat fatterson.
Fat fat fatty. Fat faterson fatted fat fat fattest fat McFat. Fat fat fat fat? Fat! Fat, fat fat fat fat fat fattish; fat fat fatification fat fat fattylicious. Fat fat? Fat.
I think that’s an accurate summary of these past two weeks. Fat in the paper. Fat on TV. And oh, so very much fat […]
Thick
I just had a sudden, terrifying flashback to the day Esther and I went on KUSI to do the interview.
First, there was the interview with Susan Lennon, whose gold sequined top made me feel vaguely like we should break out in a tap-dancing number. She was nice enough to me, but she sort of […]
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It’s official: I’m a TV Personality
Or I will be on Monday, anyway.
KUSI, a “true independent television station” in San Diego, will have Esther Rothblum (a professor in my department, and the one whom I TA for) and I in for an interview about the New York times article this Monday. It’s expected to be pretty short, which is good because […]
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The criticisms of my students would serve as a good warning to visitors of Seeworthy: she talks too fast, she's too hard on us, she assigns too much work, and you have to be a dyke to get a good grade.
In other words, I'm a big, fat, queer, feminist meanie, and I am totally out to get you. Graaagh!
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