hooray

Hooray for super intelligent and sympathetic friends like hermance who listen to me rant and make me feel better about school, classes, pursuing an academic career, etc. There really is so much closing off of perceptual understanding amongst scholars -- a selective hearing or understanding of the questions and issues other people bring up. Once a particular issue takes on an either/or life, a black-and-white distinction, no one can understand the nuances anymore or how the issue came to such a deadlock in the first place. Instead, they just get "hysterical." And frankly, that's just sooooo juvenile.