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Thank you, jazzydubois and poliscar! DrF8, wow, thank you so much! How kind of you to take the time to find these programs for me. I will certainly be looking into each of your suggestions. Thanks again, very much!

Thank you both. Daniele, you've certainly allayed my fears that I don't belong anywhere in the U.S. I'll be widening my search. Somethinbruin, I will be sure to check out Milwaukee. Thanks again! Cheers!

Hey, y'all. I was wondering if anyone could help me out with some program suggestions. I learned last season the importance of fit, and have been doing lots of research, but so far I haven't found many programs that are just right for me. My theoretical interests are gender and sexuality and feminist studies, and the literature I plan to study is that of the New Woman writers of the fin de siecle. I am particularly interested in these writers' deconstructions of femininity and their rejection of what de Beauvoir termed "the eternal feminine": conceptions of women as archetypes (virgin or whore, angel or demon, etc), rather than as individuals. The problem I've run into is that most New Woman scholars are teaching in the UK, and I plan to stay in the U.S. The exception is Ann Ardis, who teaches at the University of Delaware, but I learned on GC recently that Delaware rarely accepts candidates with external M.A.s. So, I need help. Can anyone suggest any programs particularly interested in the fin de siecle, noncanonical Victorian female writers, or even just Victorian lit and gender and sexuality or feminist studies? Or do any of you know of any programs that simply make a point to teach New Woman lit? I'm not sure these writers are widely studied (which is a shame because they are brilliant), so I'm a bit worried. Oh, and I'm probably aiming towards mid-tier programs. Okay, thanks so much!!!

If you don't mind sharing with a mostly-lurker, I'd appreciate it, too. PMing you now. Thanks so much!

Waitlisted at Miami of Ohio. Whatever comes of it, at least I now know that I'm not completely imagining that I'm cut out for this.

That is awesome! We are soul friends fo sho!

Are rejections usually sent out as a mass email, or do they go notify everyone individually? Pathetically enough, the idea that a slightly later rejection means my application was given a second look would bolster my spirits considerably.

I'm so sorry for your loss, dear. That must have made this process extra, extra, extra emotional. Good on you for surviving and, I betcha, thriving.

Word. I have yet to see anyone call anyone else a Nazi or rejoin with the ever-persuasive "Your a moron." Well done, y'all.

I ruined tons of my books when I was little because, besides not being able to put them down while eating, walking, etc., I also tried to read while showering. Is this thread everything we wanted to say in our SOPs but weren't allowed to? I like.

I will fight all y'all over the Oxford comma. She belongs to me!

For what it's worth, DontHate's philosophy made me feel better about my impending rejections.

I am now completely shame-spiraling over my CV. I'm embarassed to even admit this, but I am in the second year of my master's, and I haven't presented at a single conference. I've been immersed in the work but have, apparently, been pathetically oblivous to the professionalization aspect of grad school. I've been pretty positive for a while now that I'll be reapplying next year, and I'm fine with this, as I've learned sooooo much this cycle, but my question is, will I even have enough time by next fall to attend the number of conferences necessary to render my CV acceptable? I am scrambling now to find relevant ones and have one, maybe two, on my radar.

Get out of my head!