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Every season of Downton Abbey is on Prime now, just saying...

Holy shit I am drinking deep of these "hard working white men" tears rn. Good riddance to this dude.

Except where it is literally impossible to find housing for less, I’m anticipating budgeting 1/3 of my stipend for rent, like I would in any other situation. More than that is just miserable, in my experience.

I'd appreciate any info you can give me! I've been looking a bit and there are definitely things here and there I can afford, but no word on HOAs, so who actually knows. I would rather own a shoe box to myself than share a bathroom and kitchen with a building full of people for about the same monthly cost. These west coast cities are just getting to be completely unlivable on one income. I usually love moving but some of these locations are far more stressful to move to money-wise than others. Of course, if everyone else can do it, you and I can, too. Fingers crossed the move is the biggest stressor we all have come March or so!

I might be able to buy something itty bitty once I get there. Any idea what HOAs are like?

This is what I'm afraid of. I'm a crotchety old lady, I do not want anymore roommates unless they are cats or books. That being said, Scandinavian Studies sounds fascinating! I hope (besides the library homesickness) you're enjoying your time abroad. Do you mind my asking what country you are in? Scandinavia is a dream spot to live for me.

Dang I really need to save my reacts for the posts that count. This made me feel a lot better ❤️

I will have to check her out! I did a little work with queer kinship when I was writing on this very peculiar Victorian novella called A Sunless Heart. I really enjoyed it. Also how are you liking UW? I doubt I'll get in but if I do I'm already stressed about finding housing I can afford.

@dilby ? thanks for that

Please share!

Sapp, Erin Grayson. “Patriarchy, Paternity and Papas: Reproductive Technologies and Parenthood in Science Fiction.” The Sex is Out of This World: Essays on the Carnal Side of Science Fiction. LOVE this article, it talks about the feminist discourse on extra uterine gestation and its potential impact on gender ideation and equality. It is fascinating. Bost, Suzanne. “Gloria Anzaldúa’s Mestiza Pain: Mexican Sacrifice, Chicana Embodiment, and Feminist Politics.” I love Bost, she’s why I applied to Loyola, and this article is just...so good.

I love that goal ❤️ If I end up going to LA maybe I can hit you up for some advice about the area? I’ve only ever been for vacation and not tor years. Also, I ordered TDCWT, thank you for the rec, I’m excited to read it! Good luck to you this cycle, I can’t wait to see everyone’s results come in! I have a feeling a lot of congratulations will be in order.

Thanks @Warelin. I needed that.

I'll live out your Chicago dream while you live my move to London and get a book published dream. It's a deal.

Welcome! I love magical realism/feminism! My first encounter with the concept was Ana Castillo's So Far from God in a Chicano Lit class a couple of years ago. I've since read that book probably 100 more times, it's just so good. Are there any specific texts you would recommend? You're exactly right, we all achieved something worthwhile in getting through the application process, which can't be diminished by the results. It's nice to see the reminder here, though, as I'm very good at diminishing my own efforts when they don't yield what I want. So thank you I think sharing some long term goals might be fun on this thread. For me, if I don't get accepted this go around, I'm moving to Chicago anyway. I was there last month and I fell in love with the city, I can still find decent rent there, and I'm overdue for a big move anyway. Just thinking about it makes me excited and feel less insecure about how my applications are going to be received.

I have this exact thought about four times a day.

Novelist & poet Actor Being paid to travel around the world eating and drinking things on camera Researcher

I've been reading a lot and writing. Also just binging Hulu. I need to get back into yoga but recently I haven't felt like doing much of anything.

I keep dreaming of acceptances, then waking up like DAMNIT

Speaking of creative writing, just saw If Beale Street Could Talk...I’m obsessed with James Baldwin. Anyone else read/seen it?

Yessssss let’s do it

@Bopie5 I am always writing poetry and submitting. If you ever want to workshop, I’d be so down!

I’m out of school but working on an article about the potential benefit of teaching Disability Poetics in increasingly inclusive classrooms. Submitting it to the Fall edition of the Oregon English Journal. I’m also reworking a paper on vegetarianism and celibacy as revolutionary tools in the Victorian Era. The professor I wrote it for thinks it could be a good candidate for publication in an undergrad journal. Not sure how that’s going to work but I love the paper and editing it. I’m also doing some creative writing, including a fantasy novel and a revision of Oedipus which centers around Jocasta and is set in the 1980s.

And my professors told me to highlight my TA experience and sell my desire to not only research but also to teach. Fml this process would be hilarious if I wasn’t utterly invested in the result.

Worries This is my second year applying, and though I feel much better about the schools I’ve chosen to apply to, and the fact that I applied to many more programs, I’m worried if it doesn’t work out this year I won’t have it in me to apply again. I’m also worried because I have significant gaps in my academic history. My major gpa is great, my overall gpa is good, my gre scores are good, but what if they’re not good enough? My WS are excellent, I know that, but these adcomms are seeing hundreds of excellent samples. I worry my SoP isn’t specific enough and that the ending isn’t strong enough. I’m worried about how I’ll live on a stipend. Excitements I absolutely love researching and writing. I’m so looking forward to being in a cohort of similarly driven and passionate students. I’m thrilled to move and start over in a new place. Literature is my life and I’m looking forward to it being my whole life. I want to be challenged to my limits and see how much I can grow.