Saturday, February 26

BOCS Takes to the Road/Takes a Brief Hiatus

Dear Friends:

So do you remember waaaaaay back last summer, when I suddenly fell off the face of earth to go to a festive American studies conference in Australia? No? Seriously, why should you. I wouldn't remember it myself, apart from all the very happy memories which I have from said trip/the absurd neck pillow adorned with koalas which I purchased in the airport for my voyage home. (So silly, but so comfy!)

Alas, something similar is about to happen, and I am about to go radio silent until deep into next month (tears, violins) as I prepare for, and then head off to, a conference about feminist cultural activism in sunny York, England. A fortunate being--I most certainly am one.

And if you recall (and again, why should you--I only recall because this is my feed store, so I'm responsible for remembering all the stuff about the, um, feed), I'll be presenting about feminists who blog about pop culture--such excitement! It's never too late to fill out my festive questionnaire, and/or to contact me directly (at backoncarriesstoop@gmail.com) with any and all thoughts about this project... if you have musings about feminist pop culture blogging... my, but I should like to hear them!

In the meantime... I shall surely miss you gravely! When we return, however, we shall happily return in style--we have sooooo much fun stuff to tackle, including one of my very favorite episodes of all time, in which abortion is actually discussed in a quasi-plausible, grown-up way, as if it were something experienced by one-third of American women, and as such a legitimate topic for discussion! Will wonders never cease???

9 comments:

  1. I just found your blog, and I'm in love. I have a SATC-themed blog also. :)

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  2. Thanks so much! So excited to learn about your blog... I am now in love with it, in return!

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  3. And you shall be missed gravely!!

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  4. WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK!?!?!

    Also, would love to see a post summarizing your findings w/ the survey.

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  5. Thanks so much for the good wishes, y'all! Elisa, I got a lot of interesting feedback on what I presented at the conference.. and am actually re-working it for ANOTHER conference which I'll be presenting at in late April. I'd love to share my findings and thoughts with you then, as my first presentation yielded so many interesting ideas (and a few new surveys, hooray!)

    BOCS will be back as soon as I can dig out from under my post-travels grading fall-out... ah, grading fall-out. How cruel thou art.

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  6. Ummm, unless I've been hanging out with your doppleganger for the past 2 weeks, you are indeed back in your country of origin. If you don't get to blogging soon I'm going to have to actually watch SATC to get my fix!

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  7. Awwww, bless you for noting and being saddened by my persistent radio silence, my friend! I have been noticing and being saddened by said radio silence, as well--my, but how I do miss ranting about SATC. [Pauses to register how much self misses said ranting.] I shall be back on Carrie's stoop very soon, I vow.

    Not that this gets you off the hook, re: watching SATC--I might need to enlist you when it comes time to watch the movies again, because that pain... I do not know that I can endure on my own!

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  8. I just found your blog a couple weeks ago and have read through everything up to this point - when does the critiquing resume? I am loving your analysis.

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  9. Thanks so much for your comment, Emie, and for reading! It is truly unacceptable how long I have been AWOL... but I have high hopes of returning before the end of the month! Thanks ever so again for reading!

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