practical cat

Nope. Past years in my program indicate that it could be another three-four weeks for most of them. They've not traditionally been the first notifiers in my field.

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I don't even know why I'm responding to this but spending time on the boards is so not an indicator of stress. It's more of an indicator of a very boring, slow-paced job. I'm not engaging in any of the behavior other people seem to be (why would I check my email more than usual? What is that supposed to accomplish?) and this isn't a Thing in my life right now. For all the time I spend on here, I think this is one of the few (or only) things I have said to indicate any sort of stress at all. I can't even make sense of #2.

mini golf

That was you, sorry. One day, I'm going to stop viewing these boards from my phone and it will be the greatest of accomplishments.

I'm a huge tear down boundaries kind of person. I think categories are shenanigans. Poststructuralism is my shit. But just because I want more fluidity does not mean I think it is responsible to play with everyone else's methodologies. (Though, then again, maybe I can get behind that. I do some messy literary sociology. But I dont think questioning that practice is the call to arms you are making it out to be.) I don't think wanting to be something unique, independent and important on its own merits, is incompatible with upholding the integrity of the field. In fact, I think defining ourselves in ways that is not in relationship or opposition to other fields is vital.

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Been slogging through 1Q84 for months now. Mostly because of The Stress.

I don't have a super great relationship to books right now (reading is the only time I feel stressed about the application process) but I'm rereading Joyce's Portrait for a class I'm sitting in on and a handful of other novels that I have all but abandoned until this process is over.

I'm not sure what you think I mean when I say history of ideas or how that would be different from an influence on what comes after but, again, I'm not saying he was not important/influential (or isn't still, even for, as I already said, my own work). ETA can we all agree to agree on this one?

Yes, yes history of ideas and all that. I agree too. But I think whether or not Freud(/any other theorist/thinker) is relevant is kind of foundational to the meaning of the discipline. Being in the humanities, we should be of the first to recognize that tradition/legacy is insufficient grounds for continued reverence. This is not to say I want Freud et al tossed out entirely (history of ideas -- and I don't know that anyone has argued that Freud is unimportant, that's a straw argument) but I think we need to, as two espressos so eloquently put above, seriously consider the stakes of any one methodology/theoretical standpoint.

I like Freud because I am interested in the history of ideas, especially the ways of thinking about the individual/self (in relation to society and others). He was an influential thinker in a subject I am interested in during a period I am interested in. But as a methodology, I'm with two espressos. (And I intersect with media studies in very big/real ways.)

Ohhhhhhh, she would be wrong then.

I've told my mom that I'll never be up for the commitment and responsibility of dogs.

Yeah, that. And I don't think it's the majority of the commenters on these boards who have problems with defining the boundaries of debate.

No, I didn't.

Wait, donthate. Don't call something an attack. Someone might accuse you of being unable to deal with disagreement because of your vagina or something.

But we don't need to tell your mother that if you don't want them then (or ever) or something.

brb coming back tomorrow when I can up vote this.

Congrats to both of you! And may there be many, many more of these posts in the coming weeks. I will deny ever having said this but OSU's Comparative Studies program is pretty cool and was really hard to cross off my official list.

Does anyone else have commonly studied writers/thinkers that they're kind of embarrassed to like? Joyce, for me. The criticisms are valid.

For what it's worth, mine was a mistake. It happens a lot when I read the boards with a touchscreen.

I don't think I have yet fully wrapped my head around the part where Cyrano is not actually a literal dog.

I think so. Also all of the references from season 1 of The Newsroom?

Yeah, I think Wayne State is going to be the first too. Like this week.