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2008 April 29 « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. Useful dangers, peculiar pleasures. This is the tentative title of my dissertation project, and this is the 979-word version of the prospectus. Subtitle: “Theorizing Sadomasochism in Literary, Narrative, and Queer Studies.” I. Would prefer doing without a colon, alas . . . As always, any suggestions or critiques are appreciated. April 29, 2008. Welcome to my humble little forest. Subscribe to Little Red Goes to School by Email.
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2007 October 07 « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. I had a project a few weeks ago. One more cohesive, a bit easier to articulate, settled in period and nation . . . but empty. I kept thinking of dry toast when I thought of the project, thinking of that scene in. My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Now, having talked with the Inland Emperor of Pastiche, I have less of an articulable project but there’s a layer cake in the works. (Apologies for the extended and painful metaphor, but it’...1 DA Miller,.
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2007 April 05 « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. Lovely little drawing, lovely little muddler. This little drawing doesn’t nearly capture what’s been going through my head during this month of silence in the blogosphere. But more and more I’ve been considering the pairing of pleasure and pain, which more and more seems so completely infused into every component of daily life, in so many different forms. Against Sadomasochism: A Radical Feminist Analysis. How is one located, after the fact?
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Useful dangers, peculiar pleasures « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. Useful dangers, peculiar pleasures. This is the tentative title of my dissertation project, and this is the 979-word version of the prospectus. Subtitle: “Theorizing Sadomasochism in Literary, Narrative, and Queer Studies.” I. Would prefer doing without a colon, alas . . . As always, any suggestions or critiques are appreciated. April 29, 2008. 2 Comments ». I wish you the best. Comment by Peter Tupper. April 30, 2008. Comment by Peter Tupper.
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2007 November 13 « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. An exercise in ickiness. As for the order: all I can think is that I need to read more. Much more. And writing is so daunting at this stage of thinking. Second, please consider the following questions as you read:. What doesn’t make sense? What needs more explanation and/or more sources (beyond the obvious gaps)? What parts of my language and style seemed forced and/or cheesy and/or inappropriate? Any ideas for committee members? What queer ...
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The Promiscuous Reader. « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. I can’t seem to break the habit of reading. It occurs to me that if I am to become the Promiscuous Writer I wish to be perhaps I should first process my Promiscuous Reading. Otherwise it’s another case of the Return of the Repressed, which seems to be the anthem of my recent days, and which is an entirely different post. Ahem. As I was saying, I can’t seem to break the habit of reading. Most recently, I remember stories of my step-daughter l...
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An exercise in ickiness. « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. An exercise in ickiness. As for the order: all I can think is that I need to read more. Much more. And writing is so daunting at this stage of thinking. Second, please consider the following questions as you read:. What doesn’t make sense? What needs more explanation and/or more sources (beyond the obvious gaps)? What parts of my language and style seemed forced and/or cheesy and/or inappropriate? Any ideas for committee members? What queer ...
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. Certainly it’s a nostalgia for her dwindling group of friends. And certainly it’s dislike. No —. I try to shift the subject to a lighter note. So I am surprised by her answer. “Yeah. Weird sex.”. What does that mean? 8220;Just weird stuff. Kinky. I don’t know, there’s just something funny about them. They put up that privacy fence and I don’t know anything about them.”. 8220;I know, but one day I was looking around –”. 8221; My ears rang wit...
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2007 November 19 « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. Still fleshing out the prospectus . . . still quite rough . . . truly a living document. This project will grapple with three moments: one, the emergence, and importance, of sadomasochism as both theme and form for nineteenth century British culture [should I expand to. Culture, if I am to consider Freud, Sacher-Masoch, etc? Ways I wish to move beyond pure pathologization or demonization or reification. Erotics of both theme and form. S/m er...
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2007 March 03 « Little Red Goes to School
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Little Red Goes to School. Ruminating towards the dissertation. BdP intimacies: a love letter / thank-you note, of sorts. A little over a year ago I headed to Santa Monica to meet my friend Jen. For fish tacos and beer before my very first BdP. Show Required by The Inland Emperor. I don’t know how The Inland Emperor and her students ended up in the front row, but there we were, very intimate witnesses to one of the most intimate performances I’ve ever seen. Out of that art and intimacy came more art and ...
