Scholarship Only Zone: “I am no longer willing”

Ok, I’m done with departmental service for this week, or the coming weeks even. As valuable as it might be, like Clarentine Flett — “I am no longer willing.” Trying to avoid what Susan Gubar names the POOP phenomenon in her article, “The Graying of Professor Erma Bombeck,” which is brilliantly fun by the way. POOP refers to “Psychological Offensives against Obligations that Proliferate.” Just read it the other night. Not sure how I missed it before. I’ve been trying to read everything the woman’s written, which has taken a while, I can tell you. Even if I were this woman’s contemporary it would be hard to keep up with all of her publications. This really is a fun article, but it has a very serious message behind it too.

No more POOP for today. I’m entering a scholarship only zone.