If you’re still missing Veronica Mars after the movie, the Veronica Mars novels, written by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham are just what you need. The first novel in the series, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line, picks up after the movie ends and runs with Veronica’s decision to stay in Neptune working as a private investigator, much to … Continue reading
This week my brilliant friend Megan and I submitted a draft of our essay on Veronica Mars and feminism to our editors. (Yay!) As we were brainstorming and planning our paper, I kept coming back to the relationship between fictional Neptune, California and the U.S.-Mexico border. Clearly, I had the border on my mind after … Continue reading
I’ve been spending an embarrassing amount of my spare time this summer at one with the Netflix. I would cancel my subscription when school starts if I weren’t sure they would screw me over on fees when I returned. Anyway, one of the shows I’ve been catching up on is Fox’s Bones, staring Emily Deschanel … Continue reading
Summer is here! But I’m still working… Here’s the situation * (Actually Leslie totally reminds me of my mom there) 1) The semester ended pretty well, despite the fact that I ran down the clock on both papers and my grading. I have got to stop doing that. I’m tired of feeling like I could … Continue reading
I’m in the middle of drafting my paper on Nancy Drew and the War on Terror. Honestly, I’m excited but also having trouble framing my argument without it turning into show and tell: “Look Professor! I know a boat-load about the history of Nancy Drew and even more about girlie culture! Pat me on the … Continue reading
I could use some of Veronica’s “pixie spy magic” this week. Wait. Let’s think positively. I have pixie spy magic this week. (I think I can. I think I can.) In the morning I head to Boston, MA with a rag-tag band of colleagues for the Popular Culture Association national conference. I am excited because … Continue reading
I’m writing a paper this semester about the new Nancy Drew novels and domestic containment narratives in the War on Terror. On one hand, I’m really excited, but on the other hand I’m kind of ambivalent about the whole thing because there’s already a ton published about Nancy Drew. (Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths … Continue reading
Ph.D.s and Pigtails 