Finishing up what should have been a kick-ass seminar paper but what is instead a hastily-written and patchily-researched seminar paper. Well but the good thing about grad school is you can revisit these things later, if they’re worth revisiting, and if they’re not, you just “write a sad poem in your journal and MOVE ON,” to quote SGF–Hamlet.
Also, Pi0n33r W0myn (don’t want lovers of the site to find me) is pretty and cutesy but much less my style than I was hoping and praying a feature article in the NYer would indicate. In a good way, she reminds me of my friend Heather. In a bad way, she reminds of that blog I’ve been meaning to write about the idealization of agricultural practices and, more importantly, life styles, of about 100 years ago as some kind of golden age. (And that’s coming from a gal who makes her own yogurt, brews kombucha, and uses vinegar, castile soap, and baking soda for most of her cleaning needs. And doesn’t flush after every #1.) More on that phenom later. I’ve been letting it brew for 2 reasons: 1) see paragraph #1, and 2) want to make sure it’s not a reactionary rant.
Toodles!
Left: Jolie does not want to be photographed. Right: J interprets her expression/pose in the photo at L.
hahahha. oh Jerry. What a funny picture.
Also…I totally get what you mean. The other day someone was going on and on about starting a farm and that is the way life should be…blah blah blah…how disconnected from the land we are….blah blah blah….and it always makes me think of our good friend that is on a farm and just how difficult it is. Exhausting, back-breaking…maybe idyllic but, not ideal at all. Can only REALLY see it working for people in our stage of life in a group setting. You know?
Sorry…this is a reactionary comment.
Haha–I know, right? Jerry nailed the cat’s attitude.
Aaannnd, I think all comments are reactionary, right? In the sense that they react to the post. About farms: it’s good to know I’m not the only one who’s had this thought. PREVIEW OF THAT POST I MENTIONED: This analysis crystallized for me when I was reading early women’s rights activists like Lucy Maynard Salmon and Gilman’s Women & Economics. I think it’s good to take a historical perspective on everything, this “farming is the best thing you could possibly do with your life no matter who you are” phenomenon included. And of course, our good friend also makes me think about this stuff too.
Miss you Kimmy. Come to Chicago.