You know how it is, right, ladies? You know a guy for a while. You hang out with him. You do fun things with him—play video games, watch movies, go hiking, go to concerts. You invite him to your parties. You listen to his problems. You do all this because you think he…
I’ve decided to not apologize for liking Grey’s Anatomy or call it a guilty pleasure. Yeah, it’s dramatic and ridiculous, but no more so than shows that people think are serious and okay to like (basically, shows about and/or made for dudes, which are automatically seen as more serious and worthy:…
Meliai says GoT is totes for the ladies as much as it is for the men. And, okay, I know a lot of ladies who like it, and even though I’ve heard it’s super rapey, I’ll probably watch it at some point when I have access, but I don’t have HBO right now so there’s not much I can do. I’ve seen some sweet fan art of that one lady being awesome. So I can’t argue either way on that one.
My real issue is that all the shows I mentioned are liked by people of all genders, even though they are arguably made more for men. Whereas even a lady who doesn’t generally like lady specific things like myself has to qualify liking a series like Grey’s Anatomy because it’s a “chick” show. I mean, I like some of the shows I mentioned. That doesn’t mean there’s not a sexism problem with those shows, or with most shows. Hell, BSG tried to do a good job, and the gay representation is bad and unrealistic. If I only liked things that weren’t sexist or otherwise oppressing, I’d like pretty much nothing, and I like things, so obviously there’s some leeway. Just saying, it’s not cool that I feel weird about admitting I like Grey’s Anatomy.
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I’ve decided to not apologize for liking Grey’s Anatomy or call it a guilty pleasure. Yeah, it’s dramatic and ridiculous, but no more so than shows that people think are serious and okay to like (basically, shows about and/or made for dudes, which are automatically seen as more serious and worthy: Mad Men, for example, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and I haven’t seen any of it, but I’m going to go out on a very short limb and say Game of Thrones). And there are all these strong women who are the most main characters, which is great! Also, it’s been really interesting watching old episodes on Netflix while taking Bioethics, because 90% of the things we talked about came up as issues on the show.
So, without apology for my tastes this time, unlike the other times I’ve posted about being annoyed with characters on Grey’s, I’ve got to say: Arizona has been a real jerk lately.
While I was editing my cover letter template and trying to figure out a list of people to send it to, my Federal Income Tax of Trusts and Estates professor e-mailed me out of the blue to ask if I’d be interested in being his research assistant.
Now, I know I also need to get some firm experience before I graduate, but I’m hoping that he’s not going to need 40 hours from me, and I can ask him if he knows anyone who might want some help during the rest of my time, since he is an expert in the field I am interested in. I don’t think that’s unreasonable, and I don’t think there is anyone in a better position to help me out.
He is also one of my favorite professors. In the top 2, in fact, and the other is an Equal Protection expert, which is not really helpful to me as fascinating as that area is. He’s not super warm and I used to think he didn’t like me so I was too scared to go to his office hours. I hear he’s actually quite nice, though awkward, once you get to know him, so I’m going to make sure we are bffs before the end of the summer.
I’m meeting with him tomorrow at 2, so hopefully by 3 or so my whole life will be figured out.
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He just asked my question! Which was, is Sugar ever coming back? And she said yes, maybe not very regularly, but eventually she plans to get back to it.
That was so exciting. It’s almost like we’re in neighboring time zones.
:) I miss you! Thanks for telling me about the chat!
He just asked my question! Which was, is Sugar ever coming back? And she said yes, maybe not very regularly, but eventually she plans to get back to it.
I can read for pleasure now! What do y’all think I should read next?
ETA: I guess I am looking for some good fiction, mostly, both stuff that is deep and meaningful and stuff that is more light-hearted but still excellent (like Discworld). But if there is anything that doesn’t fit those descriptions that you think I just have to read, please tell me!
pahahaa!
A friend who had been worried just sent me this and I almost snorted out my coffee. Definitely been there.
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