I am comepletely interested in knowing what you want to do with your life and education when you are done. I am not being a smart ass in anyway, but like you said...."cue the "what will you do with that?" and the headscratching." It almost sounds kinda like Sociology, only specific to a group. Maybe? I could be way off in thinking that. Good luck with the rationing of all things. Hope that doesn't mean I will see less of ya here, you're my new pal, and I would hate to see ya dissappear already!

Well, I intend to go on to grad school but am taking time off between undergrad & grad.
I want to research, write and publish scholarly articles for journals but have applied to a teaching program since I have a strong background in literature. I am also submitting my resum to the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis though they aren't hiring (so says the website) but I am also submitting an application to volunteer there.
I like researching popular culture and analysing the roles gender and race play in that. Had I opted to write a thesis this year (which I didn't elect to do) my proposed topic was "Blackness and Sexuality in the Hardcore scene of the 80's and 90's"...naturally once I started researching I would have let myself hone that topic into something more specific and interesting. Alas, I did not attempt a thesis but am still very interested in the topic and using my background in African American Studies to use theory and relate something more obscure in the academic world (punk and its outgrowth) to the complex world of race discourse. Not simply to say, "yes, Blackness exists in the margins of this musical movement/subculture" but to actually say, "what does this mean?" and "how does the definition of Blackness change in this environment?"...blah blah blah...and sexuality would be along the same lines...whether it deals with queerness or gender...

I'm sure this is more than you wanted to read but I am procrastinating. LoL
And for this reason you will continue to see me on here--I would rather be looking at naked people than writing the heaps of papers that are piling up.
xoxox
niffy

A month in Scotland sound like fun experience .

How did your day turn out ?