I have come up with about 20 almost-Tweets this weekend. But they seem so silly when I begin the conveniently distracting task of meticulously editing and fact-checking their content. Instead of sending a million little Tweeters about one boring paper all day, I kept track of them elsewhere, in an easy-to-read, categorically specific list. That way, if anyone has a keen interest in tracking my train of thought, perhaps unwittingly witnessing that train's wreck, they shall have but one stop to make. A sampling:
This bibliography contains a citation for Russell Brand. Yes, that one.
I can't imagine that ppl who want to see daily Twitter bits from Foucault enjoy springtime.
What is the longest amt. i\of time you have spent trying to use the Force?
Would that sentence use 'amount' for time? The number of cookies. The amount of water. The length of time? What's the longest length...??
Gum smacker in this study room has been lotioning her hands for like 5 minutes. Smack smack, squelch, smack, squelch.
End sampling.
The paper took a complete turnaround once I started really looking into it. The show is completely exploitative and a total mis-portrayal of the other 15,000ish Travellers in Britain. Those weddings are as common as beauty pageants for 6 yr olds. Sure they exist, but they are in the extreme.
The show glosses over very real and terrible facets of life, including but not limited to the facts that Traveller women have alarming rates of depression, and both sexes live about 10 years less than the average Brit, because they are intimidated and embarrassed to go health facilities save for emergency care-- and even then it's usually just for their babbies.
Well, still a few pages and points to flesh out. It's turning out to be a fascinating adventure, despite the dispelling of my original idea. Mayhaps I shall link up the paper, f'yr educations? Thanks again for the comments and participating in the idea rodeo!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The right tulle for the job ...
I know it's super long, but I'll edit later, and there's a list later on.
I'm doing a final paper on young Irish Traveller girlies. They first popped up on my radar when their tremendous lavish princess-power weddings started gaining Internet notoriety on tacky-wedding blogs and the like. The webs can be a scathing place. To begin, a few examples:
(I think they are darling)
A BBC station did a little docu-feature about them called My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, which obviously had as much face-value as any TLC i-dont-have-skin-anymore show. However, I think I can scrape enough from it, msg. boards, etc. to patch together a short paper. I'm considering going with a bit of a parallel finding between LDS girls sex/marital/family traditions and expectations, but may just leave the Mormons out of it.
But it would be infinitely more awesome to hear what directions you, my fellow comrades in bras, would take this subject, or even just initial reactions or interpretations.
If you would like to watch it yrself (it's pretty delightful) here is a link to pt. 1 of the show
But, if you are pressed for time, here is a little breakdown (remember these are generalizations) with some preliminary interpretations:
1. Traveller families are strictly Roman Catholic. The girls are strongly pressured against pre-martial sex.
2. Endogamous marriage (a Trav. girl + a Trav. boy) is still the norm. But, there is little dating due to that chastity regulation, and they rarely see the pool of potential partners, except at large social gatherings (like other weddings).
3. Girls are regularly stereotyped as lovers of super skanky outfits, flaunting themselves at those social events and all around town, which I see as:
(a) the social event is one of the only times they see these boys so they need to catch a lad's eye
and/or
(b) dressing is another way to distinguish themselves from the hegemony (no good British mum would let her kids hang out with girls like that), or proclaim their abstinence - mayhaps in the same sense that LDS girlies use modesty as a self-identifier.
4. These are very low-income families, living in mobile compounds. The girls often don't have much formal education. They get this one day to live an unreal luxurious fantasy before taking on the adult responsibilities of this difficult lifestyle-- most of them are late teens, veeery early 20s.
OK! I have a few more points but I think that's enough for tonight. Especially because this post has horrible layout and I cannot think of a decent title at this late hour. I'll pretty it up later.
Let me know what you think, or what questions you would pursue or just what parts you think are interesting!! Or, just enjoy the show.
Thank yooooou!
I'm doing a final paper on young Irish Traveller girlies. They first popped up on my radar when their tremendous lavish princess-power weddings started gaining Internet notoriety on tacky-wedding blogs and the like. The webs can be a scathing place. To begin, a few examples:
(I think they are darling)
A BBC station did a little docu-feature about them called My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, which obviously had as much face-value as any TLC i-dont-have-skin-anymore show. However, I think I can scrape enough from it, msg. boards, etc. to patch together a short paper. I'm considering going with a bit of a parallel finding between LDS girls sex/marital/family traditions and expectations, but may just leave the Mormons out of it.
But it would be infinitely more awesome to hear what directions you, my fellow comrades in bras, would take this subject, or even just initial reactions or interpretations.
If you would like to watch it yrself (it's pretty delightful) here is a link to pt. 1 of the show
But, if you are pressed for time, here is a little breakdown (remember these are generalizations) with some preliminary interpretations:
1. Traveller families are strictly Roman Catholic. The girls are strongly pressured against pre-martial sex.
2. Endogamous marriage (a Trav. girl + a Trav. boy) is still the norm. But, there is little dating due to that chastity regulation, and they rarely see the pool of potential partners, except at large social gatherings (like other weddings).
3. Girls are regularly stereotyped as lovers of super skanky outfits, flaunting themselves at those social events and all around town, which I see as:
(a) the social event is one of the only times they see these boys so they need to catch a lad's eye
and/or
(b) dressing is another way to distinguish themselves from the hegemony (no good British mum would let her kids hang out with girls like that), or proclaim their abstinence - mayhaps in the same sense that LDS girlies use modesty as a self-identifier.
4. These are very low-income families, living in mobile compounds. The girls often don't have much formal education. They get this one day to live an unreal luxurious fantasy before taking on the adult responsibilities of this difficult lifestyle-- most of them are late teens, veeery early 20s.
OK! I have a few more points but I think that's enough for tonight. Especially because this post has horrible layout and I cannot think of a decent title at this late hour. I'll pretty it up later.
Let me know what you think, or what questions you would pursue or just what parts you think are interesting!! Or, just enjoy the show.
Thank yooooou!
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