The world, particularly that of academics, needs more men like him who challenge the way things are done.
May he have a happy afterlife.
K.Z.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Stewy's Insane Giggle
Hehehe!
I'm so giddy. I just spoke with another professor. He is professor of my online class "Queering Culture."
I called him to discuss the possibility of serving on my dissertation committee. He's thrilled at the prospect, loves my ideas, and...
He remembers me and my essay from the conference!
Turns out he was the professor I spoke to after my presentation on Salome. The conversation that made me want to apply to UL!
Hehehe!
I'm so excited right now. I can't wait to finish here at work and go home and prepare information for him!
E.D.
I'm so giddy. I just spoke with another professor. He is professor of my online class "Queering Culture."
I called him to discuss the possibility of serving on my dissertation committee. He's thrilled at the prospect, loves my ideas, and...
He remembers me and my essay from the conference!
Turns out he was the professor I spoke to after my presentation on Salome. The conversation that made me want to apply to UL!
Hehehe!
I'm so excited right now. I can't wait to finish here at work and go home and prepare information for him!
E.D.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
On My Way
I feel like I'm getting somewhere. Finally.
I met with my assigned mentor today. She is my 20th century American prof. this semester. Literature on the working class.
I talked to her about my goals and interests. We had a good hour meeting. I thought it went well. We're both talkers, and both tend to get off subject, but she was impressed that I took such initiative and knew exactly what I wanted to do for my dissertation. She took copious notes, we exchanged interesting book and film titles. She even took me down to the department's little dvd library to find me a dvd, which I watched already, and was thoroughly interested and disturbed. (Research Kenneth Pinyan) She was very supportive of my strange and disturbing research interests, and didn't pass judgment on my obsession with the Hamilton series. In fact, she suggested I could extend my dissertation to include her.
She said she found my topics legitimately interesting, and I left her a copy of my first draft of the Wilde essay.
People seem far less pretentious here. They know the difference between true art and fluff, but they have an appreciation for both, because both contribute to our lives and culture. Therefore, both are worth study. I've met at least one other fellow student with an ereader. The Barnes and Noble version. She got flack for it, but, like me, she realized the benefits for her are worth it. (I've started using mine, and it's incredibly useful. I got one of the better models that allows me to download from more than just the sony bookstore, including pdfs, music, pictures, it has a touchpad and pen, so I can highlight and take notes, etc. I'm enjoying it. I still get books too, though.)
Anyway, I don't see people much. I'm too busy. I have friendly acquaintances, though I think a couple of people I've been out with have stopped inviting me to things. I can't say why, but I'm too busy to worry about it. But, in general, people here have impressed me with their openmindedness, and their general kindness.
K.Z.
I met with my assigned mentor today. She is my 20th century American prof. this semester. Literature on the working class.
I talked to her about my goals and interests. We had a good hour meeting. I thought it went well. We're both talkers, and both tend to get off subject, but she was impressed that I took such initiative and knew exactly what I wanted to do for my dissertation. She took copious notes, we exchanged interesting book and film titles. She even took me down to the department's little dvd library to find me a dvd, which I watched already, and was thoroughly interested and disturbed. (Research Kenneth Pinyan) She was very supportive of my strange and disturbing research interests, and didn't pass judgment on my obsession with the Hamilton series. In fact, she suggested I could extend my dissertation to include her.
She said she found my topics legitimately interesting, and I left her a copy of my first draft of the Wilde essay.
People seem far less pretentious here. They know the difference between true art and fluff, but they have an appreciation for both, because both contribute to our lives and culture. Therefore, both are worth study. I've met at least one other fellow student with an ereader. The Barnes and Noble version. She got flack for it, but, like me, she realized the benefits for her are worth it. (I've started using mine, and it's incredibly useful. I got one of the better models that allows me to download from more than just the sony bookstore, including pdfs, music, pictures, it has a touchpad and pen, so I can highlight and take notes, etc. I'm enjoying it. I still get books too, though.)
Anyway, I don't see people much. I'm too busy. I have friendly acquaintances, though I think a couple of people I've been out with have stopped inviting me to things. I can't say why, but I'm too busy to worry about it. But, in general, people here have impressed me with their openmindedness, and their general kindness.
K.Z.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
The Nathan Fillion Surprised/Confused Grunt
So my family, my whole family, seems to have accepted that Brian is a permanency. I've been very careful not to talk about our intentions. But, I mentioned it ever so lightly as a possibility while talking to my mom and she didn't bat an eyelash. We were discussing issues of transferring title of ownerships, insurance, and residency and she just proceeded to say, "Well, if that's the case then when you two get married you can..." I sort of stopped listening to the rest because I was surprised.
When we hung up I did the Nathan Fillion Surprised/Confused Grunt.
(Most of you have no idea what the hell that is. I know. Shame on you. Watch the damn series! Or at least the first episode where he first discovers River in a box.)
Anyway, I talked to my grandfather, who always mentions him and how impressed mom and dad were. He insists on meeting him. Of course, he wants to partially because he has cancer again and his life is winding down and he doesn't want to miss out. I'm the baby. The last one. He knows he won't see the great-grandkids grow. So, I'm the last one.
Anyway, he talks about how I'd make a great military wife and at one point refers to Brian as a member of the family.
Nathan Fillion Surprised/Confused Grunt
K.Z.
When we hung up I did the Nathan Fillion Surprised/Confused Grunt.
(Most of you have no idea what the hell that is. I know. Shame on you. Watch the damn series! Or at least the first episode where he first discovers River in a box.)
Anyway, I talked to my grandfather, who always mentions him and how impressed mom and dad were. He insists on meeting him. Of course, he wants to partially because he has cancer again and his life is winding down and he doesn't want to miss out. I'm the baby. The last one. He knows he won't see the great-grandkids grow. So, I'm the last one.
Anyway, he talks about how I'd make a great military wife and at one point refers to Brian as a member of the family.
Nathan Fillion Surprised/Confused Grunt
K.Z.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Discussion on Bisexual Identity...Finally!
APA: Ten Year Study Says Bisexual Women's Orientation Is Not A "Transitional Phase"
BYLINE: Autumn Sandeen
LENGTH: 512 words
Jan. 26, 2009 (Pam's House Blend delivered by Newstex) -- From YourTango (New York, NY, USA): A study published by the American Psychological Association recognizes that women can maintain a long-term attraction to both genders. This study, done over 10 years, was intended to refute the myth that bisexual women were lesbians trying to straddle the fence between societal expectations and their true feelings. It also shows that bisexual women are able to commit to long-term relationships.
The media release for the APA adds: Bisexuality in women appears to be a distinctive sexual orientation and not an experimental or transitional stage that some women adopt "on their way" to lesbianism, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. ...Among [Lisa M. Diamond, PhD]'s findings: • Bisexual and unlabeled women were more likely than lesbians to change their identity over the course of the study, but they tended to switch between bisexual and unlabeled rather than to settle on lesbian or heterosexual as their identities. • Seventeen percent of respondents switched from a bisexual or unlabeled identity to heterosexual during the study - but more than half of these women switched back to bisexual or unlabeled by the end. • By year 10, most of the women were involved in long-term (i.e., more than a year in length) monogamous relationships - 70 percent of the self-identified lesbians, 89 percent of the bisexuals, 85 percent of the unlabeled women and 67 percent of those who were then calling themselves heterosexual. • Women's definitions of lesbianism appeared to permit more flexibility in behavior than their definitions of heterosexuality. For example, of the women who identified as lesbian in the last round of interviews, 15 percent reported having sexual contact with a man during the prior two years. In contrast, none of the women who settled on a heterosexual label at that point reported having sexual contact with a woman within the previous two years. "This provides further support for the notion that female sexuality is relatively fluid and that the distinction between lesbian and bisexual women is not a rigid one," Diamond wrote. Tom Miller, from YourTango, added his commentary... We bet that the GLBT community is breathing a collective sigh of relief that someone has finally approved their orientation. Maybe Logo will even do a special on this. When asked if she plans on doing a follow up study on men, Dr. Diamond will probably say, "Nope. Pretty sure they're gay. Or sometimes drunk."Let's hope the last line turns out to be nothing but a punch line ( - without alcohol added to the punch). But in one sense, Tom hit on a truth -- we do kinda need studies to say bisexuality exists, because it seems a significant portion of L&G people don't believe bisexuality really exists as a sexual orientation. And that, to me anyway, seems kinda sad. Acknowledging and embracing the diversity of LGBT people within the broad, LGBT community seems pretty important. Newstex ID: PAMS-0001-31270763
BYLINE: Autumn Sandeen
LENGTH: 512 words
Jan. 26, 2009 (Pam's House Blend delivered by Newstex) -- From YourTango (New York, NY, USA): A study published by the American Psychological Association recognizes that women can maintain a long-term attraction to both genders. This study, done over 10 years, was intended to refute the myth that bisexual women were lesbians trying to straddle the fence between societal expectations and their true feelings. It also shows that bisexual women are able to commit to long-term relationships.
The media release for the APA adds: Bisexuality in women appears to be a distinctive sexual orientation and not an experimental or transitional stage that some women adopt "on their way" to lesbianism, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. ...Among [Lisa M. Diamond, PhD]'s findings: • Bisexual and unlabeled women were more likely than lesbians to change their identity over the course of the study, but they tended to switch between bisexual and unlabeled rather than to settle on lesbian or heterosexual as their identities. • Seventeen percent of respondents switched from a bisexual or unlabeled identity to heterosexual during the study - but more than half of these women switched back to bisexual or unlabeled by the end. • By year 10, most of the women were involved in long-term (i.e., more than a year in length) monogamous relationships - 70 percent of the self-identified lesbians, 89 percent of the bisexuals, 85 percent of the unlabeled women and 67 percent of those who were then calling themselves heterosexual. • Women's definitions of lesbianism appeared to permit more flexibility in behavior than their definitions of heterosexuality. For example, of the women who identified as lesbian in the last round of interviews, 15 percent reported having sexual contact with a man during the prior two years. In contrast, none of the women who settled on a heterosexual label at that point reported having sexual contact with a woman within the previous two years. "This provides further support for the notion that female sexuality is relatively fluid and that the distinction between lesbian and bisexual women is not a rigid one," Diamond wrote. Tom Miller, from YourTango, added his commentary... We bet that the GLBT community is breathing a collective sigh of relief that someone has finally approved their orientation. Maybe Logo will even do a special on this. When asked if she plans on doing a follow up study on men, Dr. Diamond will probably say, "Nope. Pretty sure they're gay. Or sometimes drunk."Let's hope the last line turns out to be nothing but a punch line ( - without alcohol added to the punch). But in one sense, Tom hit on a truth -- we do kinda need studies to say bisexuality exists, because it seems a significant portion of L&G people don't believe bisexuality really exists as a sexual orientation. And that, to me anyway, seems kinda sad. Acknowledging and embracing the diversity of LGBT people within the broad, LGBT community seems pretty important. Newstex ID: PAMS-0001-31270763
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