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Is women's studies dead?
A British newspaper pronounces the academic discipline "predictable, tiresome and dreary."
Tedra Osell [2008-03-26]

  • Here I sit on my welfare pedistal

    I admire your thoughtfull heart.

    Maybe life would be better if more people were thoughtfull.

    And my life may not be stupid, but I am definatly in an insignificant position...and I am the one to blame.

    I'm 19...I droped out of highschool in 11th grade, pregnant. Despite the fact I had outstanding grades and excelled in academic english and advanced composition. I was born into a hopelessly financially decaying family. Then homeless at 18, with a newborn...delved into a dead end job that I loathed, and failed to provide a home for myself and my son 3 times. I felt having a partner was in my best interest, and now I see that I was terribly wrong.

    I have a list...I want to finish my ged...I want to learn to drive and become dependent on myself...I want to go to college, and will probably spend the rest of my life paying back my student loans....

    but I have hope, I really do, and I am not in any position to end my life.

    I refuse to engage in any relationship until I have reached my goals and beyond.

    I'm tired of being self-centered and remorseful. It's time for some change.

    -- Cataract
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    Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:22 AM
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