English Grad Student Shaming

[toasterazzi]

So I dunno how many of you are familiar with the dog shaming site, but this is along the same vein. So much of this speaks to my soul lol:

 

http://englishgradstudentshaming.tumblr.com/

[practical cat]

Oh. My. God.

[toasterazzi]

The one about having so many books you've never read/probably never will read describes roughly one third to half of my bookcase...

[dazedandbemused]

This is truly beautiful. Thank you internet gods!

[Taco Superior]

 

Stick with it at least to the Harold Bloom part.

[toasterazzi]

Hahaha. That video is highly amusing.

[champagne]

Hahaha. That video is highly amusing.

 

Yeah, my professor first showed that to me when I was thinking about Literature graduate school to pursue a tenure-track job in higher education, I suppose to make sure I got the real skinny.

 

 

Long story, short. Here I am.

[MissHavishslam]

There's also this.

 

[antihumanist]

It's amusing, but it's also really irritating.  Why would you embrace the "useless work" shit?  Why don't you find a political/rhetorical purpose to your writing?

 

Also, the idea that somehow reading the classics make an English scholar is also pretty reductionist.

 

Jimmies are 30% rustled.

[Fishbucket]

It's amusing, but it's also really irritating.  Why would you embrace the "useless work" shit?  Why don't you find a political/rhetorical purpose to your writing?

 

agreed

[toasterazzi]

Update:

 

Apparently, this tumblr was inspired by a philosophy one: http://philosophershaming.tumblr.com/. Also, someone has made a general graduate student one: http://graduatestudentshaming.tumblr.com/.