very very formal POLL

[starfrosting]

So I don't have a paid account, so I can't make a pretty lil poll like I'd want to for all of you to put yr ballots. But, dammit, I need your advice.

Should I:

a) stay at Vassar all this year, thereby getting to take poetry class this year and a bunch of philosophy classes this year, rather than cramming it all senior year while I'm writing a thesis....

OR

b) get my ass over to Amsterdam for the second semester, thereby taking a bunch of less intense wmst classes and probably having a blast, but possibly forgoing poetry class and having to get my ass kicked by a massive courseload senior year while I'm writing a thesis...


????

Please vote. Usually I'm very decisive, so when I'm not, it signifies that voting might actually change something.

Comments

[quarterling.livejournal.com]

I'm not really a big traveler, so I'd vote for sticking around. Especially because senior year thesis=ohshitohshit. I'm facing that now. And also, I thought about going abroad last semester. But I'm really glad I didn't, because so many amazing things happened last semester that I can't imagine my life without, which probably wouldn't happen in a place you know you're just going to leave in a couple months.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Well, I do think thesis might be a little 'ohshitohshit.' But I am also totally inclined to think that many fabulous things will happen regardless of where I am, and that being in a different country might just heighten the chances. I love travelling and this could be a good opportunity to do that reasonably easily (can you tell I'm already making up my mind?)

What are you writing yr thesis about?

[quarterling.livejournal.com]

Indeed, just thought I'd throw in my $0.02. I always always always get very sick whenever I travel (including a hospital visit in London), so I'm probably just biased.

Thesis: Mine is on feminism. And generational/theoretical schisms within, comparing the progressive era/flappers to now. That's quite a mouthful, but it's actually a pretty simple topic.

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

I'd be curious as to what similarities (if any) you're focusing on. Just on a superficial level, I'm thinking of some connections between the sort of 'liberated woman' ethos of the flapper and the sort of 'girl power' so-called post-feminism of, yknow, Bust magazine. Obviously I'm not being very historical here or anything. It sounds like an interesting topic.