AWOL
So…I haven’t blogged in a really, really, really long time.
Most of that is because I’ve been busy with school work. On top of writing papers and tutoring, I’ve also been unofficially given an editor position for one 0f my school’s English department publications. (I will officially have the title of editor next year, but they’re kind of phasing me in this quarter, so I’ve had to take on a lot more responsibility.) Add that to my leadership positions in extracirriculars plus the fact that I’m trying to get ready to apply for grad school next year and apply for internships this summer…I’ve had a lot going on and this blog has fallen by the wayside.
I also haven’t been blogging regularly because, well, I’ve been rethinking this blog. I started it out as a way to vent my feelings about my de-conversion and to talk about fat acceptance, two movements that I joined more or less at the same time. And now, I feel like I need to vent less about de-conversion. It’s become a part of me, and it’s a part that most of the people around me have accepted. It’s also something that I’ve accepted about myself. As for fat acceptance, I think I need a break from writing about it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still great, but after having written a huge academic paper about it and now preparing to present that paper, I need a break.
What I do find myself wanting to write about, however, is English. This is probably because I’ve been researching grad schools so much. I’ve found myself wanting to blog about pop culture and books from the perspectives of various critical theories. I’ve also found myself wanting to blog about how to look for a grad school in English and what the process of applying to that school is. I also really want to defend my field from the philistines that I’ve encountered lately who see no point in examining texts or don’t understand things like postmodernism and deconstruction but then feel the need to bash them anyway. I also want to examine the connections between sociology and literature, because there are many.
So, I may be starting a new blog that deals with English studies more and less with de-conversion and fat acceptance and feminism, though I’m sure those things will indeed come up in the new blog. And I probably won’t be starting it until I have some free time, which will probably be closer to the summer. I’m not sure if I’ll continue to post here as well. I’m sure I will, but I expect that my posts will tend to be far between.
I’ve had a good run with this blog. It’s given me a chance to explore new aspects of my identity and learn new things about the world around me. It’s been a place to explore and vent. I’m just starting to feel like I’ve outgrown it.
