Day=made.
And, because I need to confess this somewhere: There are at least two points in my dissertation where I have to talk about Pound as a way of setting up another argument. I have never actually studied Pound. I do not study Pound. I have not read (most of) The Cantos. I am just guessing, and making shit up.
That was the most boring post I have ever written.
NO MORE REVISIONS
I was pretty sure that no one would send me revisions on my complete draft except for my advisor, who I was warned would send me revisions, and of course he did and now I have like two weeks to do them because I have to file electronically with the graduate school two weeks before my defense date (which is like, soon, you guys). So I was terrified to look at the revisions for a few days and then when I finally did, every comment basically says “you know, if you want to,” or “like, but it’s up to you” at the end, which is funny because my advisor knows me so well that he knows I am freaking the fuck out right now. Hence the soft-pedaling of revisions. Which. Of course I will do them.
Ensure that every child in America has access to an effective school library program.
Every child in America deserves access to an effective school library program. We ask that the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provide dedicated funding to help support effective school library programs. Such action will ensure more students have access to the resources and tools that constitute a 21st century learning environment. Reductions in school library programs are creating an ‘access gap’ between schools in wealthier communities versus those where there are high levels of poverty. All students should have an equal opportunity to acquire the skills necessary to learn, to participate, and to compete in today’s world.
The librarians need 11,000 more signatures on this petition…
(via neil-gaiman)
I am teaching 2 classes this semester and counting both, I would say at least 50% of my students are Library Science and Information Technology majors. My classes have a reputation for being difficult and they are both full. These two factors tell me that there are a lot of smart, motivated young people out there who want to make sure that schools have libraries and qualified librarians to make them the places young students need them to be. So common sense would suggest that we should take these willing young people and fund programs where they can do what they are clearly passionate about — create an run effective school libraries. If my classes are a representative sample, we have the willing and dedicated people. I support whatever we need to do to make the needs of schools match with this.
(via hikergirl)
I mean, the guys I have dated since I “officially” became an academic, or whatever? They don’t give a shit. To them, it’s a job. Including the dude I am currently seeing who, like any normal human being, couldn’t give an actual fuck about transatlantic modernism, so who fucking cares if I know more about it than he does? I don’t resent him because he knows more about his job than I do. Academia has fucked up a lot of aspects of my life, but I am not about to start blaming it for why I don’t get laid enough, or why I’m not married yet. That’s just beyond.
I will only add to this that the only men I have ever dated who had a problem with the fact that I was an academic were also academics. White, middle class male academics who didn’t have a problem with smart as much as they had a problem with competition. The whole idea of which is totally foreign to me — it’s a job, not a competition and I could go on and on about how I feel about this but I would rather just tell you about how these particular gentlemen never got past unhooking my bra, because, NOPE.
Ralph Lauren cashmere cardigan, $636
Gucci shirt, £479
Markus Lupfer tweed pencil skirt, £137
Collection Good for the Sole leather shoes, £23
Gucci tote, £1,125
Long earrings, $565
L K Bennett pearl bangle, £75
Yes. I could feel smart in this. yes, I could.
Anonymous asked: Any tips on how to develop the ability to notice that you need to flip the switch (like before you're screaming and fighting with an innocent bystander)?
Start trying to pay attention to how you felt or what you were thinking right before you started damning an innocent bystander to eternal hellfire? See, unfortunately, this is not something that you can really figure out in advance but need to learn by experience. After several hundred incidents of feeling confused/disoriented/needing to pee really bad/tight in the chest/suddenly inexplicably sad, you learn to recognize the signs. But it’s body memory mostly — your body, so I can’t tell you exactly what it will be. I know that for me, it’s a distinct feeling of being softly but firmly kicked in the breastbone, and it’s like the feeling goes all the way through to my back and kind of makes me cave in on myself. And then looking down and somehow seeing that cave and really hating it. It took me forever to figure out that that feeling always led to the next one, though. I’d call it “acute self-loathing,” when all of a sudden your free floating anxiety and self-loathing finds a place to land. So, physically, where does it land on you? That’s your first clue.
Anyone else want well-intentioned but sketchy advice from my punk ass? It’s Monday, I can’t seem to focus on getting anything done, so, here we are. I can’t solve a single one of my problems, but I bet I can solve yours. Anonymous enabled, of course.
