My Doctoral Journey

I'm a Ph.D. student in Hispanic Cultural Studies, with a special interest in the literature of 20th and 21st century Spain. I have a particular interest in historical memory and how literature is used to confront traumatic times. This side blog is where I'll talk about being a graduate student, a teaching assistant, and a literture scholar! My main blog is jedigradstudent.tumblr.com. I follow from there! var sc_project=11457620; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="81765cc2"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("");

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                       !!!!!!!!! BREAKING NEWS !!!!!!!!!!

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled former sex slave Cyntoia Brown MUST serve 51 years in prison before she is eligible for parole.

According to them:

“In today’s unanimous decision, the Tennessee Supreme Court explained that, under state law, a life sentence is a determinate sentence of 60 years,” the court wrote. “However, the sixty-year sentence can be reduced by up to 15 percent, or 9 years, by earning various sentence credits (good behavior. & getting involved in prison based education programs while incarcerated) Therefore, the Supreme Court concluded that a defendant serving a life sentence for a first-degree murder committed on or after July 1, 1995, may be eligible for release after serving at least 51 years of the sentence.“

For those of you who haven’t yet caught up to this story:

Cyntoia Brown was a 16 yr old girl, who at the time of the incident was living in a room at a Nashville InTown Suites with Allen (the man who propositioned her for sex) because her pimp and boyfriend Garion McGlothen, nick-named “Kut Throat,” insisted that she needed to earn money.

Kut Throat abused her physically and sexually throughout the approximately three week period in which she lived with him.

After Allen took her to his house, he showed Cyntoia multiple guns, including shotguns and rifles. Later in bed, as she described in court, he grabbed her violently by the genitals, his demeanor became threatening and, fearing for her life, she took a gun out of her purse and shot him.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP:

You can sign this petition 

Call Governor Bill Haslam (615)-741-2001. she has a Clemency hearing May 23rd. DEMAND JUSTICE!!

#StayWoke

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The parole board split on whether Cyntoia should be granted clemency. /BillHaslam can still grant her clemency before he leaves in January. You can reach him at: phone #: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected]

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The original and the sequel

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That’s what we like to hear! 

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Who wants to message me and talk about postcolonial theory and border and diaspora narratives in literature

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We’ve reached that point in the semester where you have so much to do (three 20+ page papers on top of normal course readings, in case you were wondering) that your anxiety is so high that it bleeds into everything else and tell you lies. “The boyfriend obviously bailed on plans because he’s sick of you. You only got a 3.5 on that exam because the professor thinks you’re a dumbass. You’re never going to finish this doctorate.” Thanks Anxiety! Nobody asked your opinion!

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I like to study to music, but music with lyrics distracts me. I’ve found that studying to classical music is IDEAL and really helps me focus. Especially Mozart’s “Serenade No. 10!”

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The other day I was talking to my best friend who is in his 1L year of law school and he was venting to me about how tired he is all the time and how something must be wrong with him.

And I was like nah, that’s just the grad school and pre professional school experience 😂

[thedoctoraljourney]

My research interest is mostly peninsular Spain, but I’ve been taking this class called Border and Diaspora Narratives in the Americas. It’s been really fascinating and, though I haven’t admitted this to my advisor, sometimes I wish I had decided to be a border scholar. It’s so relevant to the world we’re living in now, especially under the cheeto President.