What would you do if
You signed up for a political theory class because you thought someone rad was going to teach it, and specifically focus on things you are interested in, like feminism, critical race theory, and queers.
Now, let’s say they changed the professor and it’s now taught by this white dude. This white dude who replaced the critical race theory with one James Baldwin essay (that you’ve already read and besides you are taking a course on him this semester anyway) and stuff white people have to say about race, pushed the week on feminism and punk to the end of the semester and replaced it with chapter 1 of “Feminist Theory: from Margin to Center” (which you have read many times, bless your heart) and Betty fucking Friedan, and replaced the queer theory with, um, nothing so unless that one introductory Foucault reading counts (and yes there is only one Foucault reading in a class with POWER in the title) the class will be pretty heteroboring. Also, there are mad smug white dudes, and you kind of just want to stay in the class so you can be mean to them.
Now let’s say there’s this other class, called Reading Feminist and Queer Texts. It sounds great, you’ve met the professor, and you’d take it in a heartbeat IF IT WASN’T AT 8AM IN THE DAMN MORNING.
What would, uh, “you” do?
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siempre-palante said:
door #2 sounds good. Also really jealous of the sounds of these classes. FSU’s Women’s Studies dept is kind of a joke
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sonnywithano said:
8 AM it, dude. So much better to have to drag your ass out of bed for something worthwhile than to sleep in to just have to deal with nonsense that will just make you mad.
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opendrawer said:
8am! dooo it!!
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rhiannonloveisnotarobot said:
RUN. That class sounds miserable and not worth the energy of rubbing queer theory in the face of smug white dudes. they’ll be all “wah identity politics!” AND ONLY ONE FOUCAULT! AND IT’S A CLASS ON POWER?? EW.
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bluebeadsandbones said:
I’d tuff’en up and take the 8am-er. It’ll be better for your brain!
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catzandcunts said:
8 am’er. Doooooo it. Then blog about it so I can learn it too.
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noidontwantyourpotsandpans said:
8AM class. Bad teachers are my least favorite.
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cathyboy said:
Your time and mind are precious, and if this is your last semester, your bullshit-to-“I’m going to try to get out of this what I can!!”-radar is going to be skewed waaayyyyy to the bullshit. Don’t put up with it anymore, you don’t have to.
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joshpm said:
take the better class!!! one of the best classes I ever took was at 8AM on FRIDAYS for three hours. No regrets.
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rgr-pop said:
suck it up, babe! i’m the worst at mornings but there comes a point in your life where you reach 8am queer theory clarity and it just feels perfect, way better than boring afternoon white dudes.
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fyeahqueermusic said:
Depends on how much you like punching smug white dudes in the face WITH KNOWLEDGE. I would probably stay in the class, but that’s because I really like being mean to people who are wrong.
(Take the 8 AM class)
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a-bayani said:
wake up early and when you nap in the afternoon your dreams will be all about how you’re sooo glad you didn’t take that awful sounding class!
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post-synaptic said:
Wake up early. I used to base my schedule off of what times were good for me, but I learned that whatever is offered at 2 PM can’t even fucking compare to the stuff offered at 8 AM. Also it’s nice to start the day early, makes me feel “responsible”.
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gaymagick said:
oh boy. that’s like deciding whether you want to drown or be set on fire. hmmmmmm i love being mean to brocademics but i think i’d have to pick the morning class.
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anchors-aweigh-ladies said:
It pains me to say this but, go for the 8 AM.
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psychotropicpolitics said:
wake up early.
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viviopsis said:
take the early class and think of how cozy and fulfilled you’ll feel drinking coffee/tea/whatever hot beverage you use to wake up in the mornings in your warm classroom learning about feminist and queer texts!
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fromthemitten said:
take whatever Eli Zaretsky is teaching this semester
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years-of-veneers said:
I’d say golly gee, looks like I’m getting to class at 8 in the morning because the first option sounds pretty damn miserable.
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