Women & World Religions comps booklist, take II
This has been a very strange semester so far, and I'm less than a week in. Amongst other things, my Women & World Religions comps essay prof did another review of my bibliography, and suggested...
View ArticleWhat is humankind's "worst discovery" ever? part 1
A common assumption I've frequently read is that the "worst discovery" made by humankind was agriculture, in that it taught men (not humans) the concept of property. The rather androcentric theorizing...
View ArticleA review of the comps essay
I've come to the conclusion — which I shall not be officially sharing with my school — that the comprehensive essays are inefficient for demonstrating comprehension. They are effectively a 50 page...
View ArticleSo where did this patriarchy crap come from anyway?
Woo! My prof has finally signed off on my second comps essay — I am so very relieved! Always nice to get an all-caps "EXCELLENT WORK!" too. :) So, I'm going to start posting the various book reviews...
View ArticleThe wonderfully titled: Goddesses, Whores, Wives & Slaves
(repeating from yesterday…) Both historically and in the modern day, patriarchy stunts and diminishes both women and men, and will continue to do so until that time when women are once again regarded...
View ArticleA History for Women and a Feminism for Everyone
…and now back to my comps essay book reviews! :) A more sweeping view of women throughout history, including both their loss of power and their struggle to both resist and reclaim it within the...
View ArticleA Paean to the Librarian
My dissertation proposal research continues apace – sometimes stutteringly slowly, other times with a swiftness and surety which reassures me that I'm on the right path and doing the right thing. I...
View ArticleShut up and blog with me! ;)
This is just going to be various fun/silly things in my life currently — sometimes I need to simply not think about dissertation stuff. So! For a celebratory late Valentine's with friends, I decided we...
View ArticleDefinitional angst during the dissertation blues
Due to the subject matter of my dissertation and proposal, I've had to include a Glossary. Dear heavens, what a headache. Here's my introduction to the Glossary, with reasoning: Because of the...
View ArticleProposal committee approval score: 2 out of 3! :)
Another 'squeeeeeee!' moment for me this morning! I opened my email inbox to discover that my second (of three) committee members has approved my proposal — woohooo! Lots of really great suggestions...
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