Monthly Archives: May 2014
How Being A Grad Student is Like Being A Saint
How Being a Grad Student is Like Being a Saint Particularly in the humanities and in no particular order: 1. Poor. You are poor because you are doing something you love that a lot of people don’t value. 2. You sacrifice your well-being for the growth and enlightenment of others. This is called teaching on … Continue reading
Book Review: Brunette Ambition by Lea Michele
After I published my post last week in which I joked about someone sending me a copy of Brunette Ambition, my dear friend Kathleen DID! It was like that moment in Julie & Julia when a reader sends Julie some hot sauce, only better because it was a book from an old friend. Thanks, Kathleen! … Continue reading
Memory Lane: Life is A Movie Starring You
When I was a tween and teen, I was a very intense kid with a lot of ambition and who modeled a lot of her style off movies from the ’40s and ’60s. Or I tried to. Growing up in Indiana in the 1990s and early 00s, my options for vintage were limited and I … Continue reading
Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee and Lots of Rachel Gifs
I’m kind of scared of the Google traffic on this one. Anyway, I got news today that Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee is coming out from McFarland this Fall. Amazon has it down as a November release. Yay! My essay, “Gold Stars and Slushies: The High Cost for Overachieving … Continue reading
News and Notes, This and That
This post serves mostly to catch up on what’s been going on and hold some space before I get back to writing more regularly. I haven’t blogged much this semester, which bums me out. As I noted before, I was sick a lot this semester. It’s been hard to focus, but I’m looking forward to … Continue reading
Ph.D.s and Pigtails 