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I'm a second year Master's student in Media Studies at the University of Texas - Austin. My research interests include girls' studies, Internet studies, and youth culture. I use this blog as a forum to discuss my academic musings.
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Chain Gang - cuter in pink?
I have been on quite the writing sabbatical this summer; as in, I haven't written a thing! I'm just now getting back into a routine - teaching reading full time to kindergartners through the adult lev...
Justice, finally
Awhile back I posted an entry about presenting a paper at the International Symposium of Online Journalism; the paper was titled The Megan Meier MySpace Suicide: A case study exploring the social aspe...
"That's a boy's job!"
A couple of weeks ago I had some of my female students tell me they didn't think a woman could be president because we are "too emotional." This really bothered me; I found it hard to believe that a 1...
Roadblocks of frustration
When I had the original idea for my thesis project, I knew there'd be a major obstacle to overcome, or more accurately, a roadblock that probably couldn't be overcome. In brief, I'm doing an ethnograp...
IRB and emails
I finally got my IRB approval for my thesis study! I've sent out about 10 emails to the teen authors of the blogs I want to include, now I'm just anxiously awaiting their responses. As if I really nee...
How to tell your kids (or stop hiding reality)
In case you haven't heard, Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant. She is the 16 year-old star of "Zoey 101" on Nickelodeon, or all right, I'll just say it, she's best known as being Brittney Spears' sister. Y...
Girls talk...and IM...and text...and write...and publish...
My group is facilitating class discussions tomorrow in Girls' Media & Cultural Studies. The theme for the week is mediated communication - primarily IM, cell phones, blogs, and pen pals. As a way of h...
Girls play games
A friend posted the following on a MySpace bulletin board. It's supposed to be a list of instructions to guys that will apparently make them better boyfriends...or something like that.If I don't call ...
Girls' Studies necessary?
Because we could all use a little humor.Before our screening for Girls' Studies last night Mark Kearney (my prof) showed this video to remind us why Girls' Studies is important. It's hilarious, so I'm...
Connotations of the word teen and tropes of girlhood
While searching the web for an image for this website I usually put in the word "teen" and "computers". It's interesting how the word teen automatically conjures up images of girls. Where are the teen...
Always start with an introduction
Having blogged on another server for over 5 years, I sadly closed my site down. But sad endings lead to exciting new beginnings! I decided that it was time to separate my personal life from my academi...