Monthly Archives: October 2013
Quick Update
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! { ‘ } (<<Pumpkin. See it?) I got my computer back!!!! Rejoice! My keyboard and top case had to be replaced, and that was it! And they had to keep the same keyboard, so I’m not left with … Continue reading
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Involuntary Sabbatical
Hello =) The other evening I opened my trash only to find I was under siege by fruitflies! I spent a good half hour jumping around my furniture trying to kill them all. I usually like to let bugs live, … Continue reading
I wish I had more lectures (Marxist Feminism! and What is culture?)
(I started writing this after lectures Wednesday night). Lectures in postgrad feel so much shorter than lectures did in undergrad. Maybe it’s because they’re only once per week, so everything is condensed. It could also be that everyone seems more … Continue reading
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It’s hard to study when you’re hungry.
A friend said to me, near the beginning of my stay here, that they couldn’t help imagining me in a tattered dress, with a coal smeared face, on the cobbled streets of late 19th century London. Cold, poor, and dirty, … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century London, class ambiguity, complaining, food, foodporn, incompetent finance department, loans
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Americans have infiltrated London
I keep finding them!! I’m not complaining, really. It’s nice to encounter other Americans*. Something about knowing we grew up in the same national context, or at least with the same national history, creates a sense of connection… It’s kind … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans in London, Diversity?, Government shutdown, london
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Musings on My Modules
Hi America- ‘modules’ means “classes.” I think they call them classes here too, but you choose “modules,” officially, not “classes.” Here, your “course” is your major. “Hey we’re in the Cultures of Human Rights module together. What course are you … Continue reading
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Tagged human rights, modules, nerding out, theorising gender
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I’m really proud of my breakfast some days.
Look at all those food groups…including tea! Yes, that’s a fresh fig. Isn’t it beautiful? It’s shaped like a heart- both the symbolic and the actual! It’s too bad any meal after breakfast doesn’t look half this good…
Interesting, surprising, and smart!? Is that what Gender Studies has become? :D
Suri’s post about the responses she has received telling colleagues about her course inspired me to write this. Back in the states, most often when I told people that I was majoring in Women’s and Gender Studies I’d get blank … Continue reading
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Tagged best major ever, gender and sexuality studies, new people
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Sara in London. 