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I know I’ve reached a special point of desperation when I switch to Arial.

(#i guess i could add some theoretical somethingsomething in tnr #but #ughhhh i just want to be done #*grumpily switches back*)

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I’ve figured out why this paper is so incredibly difficult to write, but that hasn’t helped me finish it. >_<

(#i'm sure you all will be nearly as glad to hear the end of it as i will #but #like - my prof was perfectly encouraging about it but it's constantly like ... i have no business writing about this at ALL #and yet the structure of the course required it so...)

irresistible-revolution at Tumblr then asked:

ooou what’s it about

I said:

It’s about the ties between whiteness and depictions of sexual abuse in African-American fiction (specifically, Invisible Man and The Color Purple).

And she replied:

!!!! this sounds dope

(Looking back, I have no idea whether it was or wasn't.)

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“whiteness is queer in the sense that it relies upon being the unmarked norm”

what the fuck?

#academiaiscancelled

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FUCK YEAH

I'M FREE!

(Two months later: the colossal relief I feel over this has only slightly subsided.)

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An anon on Tumblr said:

I've been rereading wgdots cause i wanted to immerse myself in your story again, and I got to the chapter where jeronima passes away, and I basically burst into tears. Not only is that chapter as beautifully written as the others, but my dad had passed away a only few years ago from cancer, and the way you wrote isabel and lucrezia made me think of the day he died, and i couldnt help to start to cry. Your writing is powerful, and while it brought back painful memories, I love it so much ❤️

I replied:

Oh, thank you very much! I’m very sorry about your father.

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The paper is written, edited, printed, and turned in.

And … that’s the end of coursework.