I just sat in front of my computer for thirty minutes debating whether to answer, but here goes...
I'm a 2L at the law school where you're teaching, and I'm in one of your classes this spring. And this is the most elated I've felt in a long time.
I've been pretty deep in the fanwriting closet myself at school until yesterday for fear that our colleagues, teachers and students alike, would be convinced I was a complete lowlife. Heck, considering the online debate that's been raging over the worth/lack thereof of fanwriting, I was starting to wonder if maybe I was! Lots of eccentric hobbies are considered perfectly okay in the academic world, but fanwriting for some reason gets a LOT of flack.
That's actually how I found your fandom persona, your Loyola article was cited in one of the debates: http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2004/10/what_ive_learne.html#c2466496
You might be interested in reading some of the debates going on in Lee Goldberg's Blog, it got very interesting for awhile.
So there you go: one of your students--well, soon-to-be student--knows, and it had the effect of making her stop feeling like a complete oddball. I know what you mean about feeling vulnerable; being a law student at this school is scary enough without feeling like you have a dirty little secret.
Since I've been even less heroic about separating my online identities (ie the name of the law school is frequently mentioned) I'm posting anonymously, but my username is jocelyncs if you'd like to get in touch. (Or to warn me off your BtVS stories, which I would be plunging into right now if I didn't have Gilbert & Sullivan rehearsal in ten minutes.)
And either way, I promise to keep my mouth shut in class. ;-)
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A heartfelt (and long-winded) hello...
Date: 2004-10-19 03:50 pm (UTC)I'm a 2L at the law school where you're teaching, and I'm in one of your classes this spring. And this is the most elated I've felt in a long time.
I've been pretty deep in the fanwriting closet myself at school until yesterday for fear that our colleagues, teachers and students alike, would be convinced I was a complete lowlife. Heck, considering the online debate that's been raging over the worth/lack thereof of fanwriting, I was starting to wonder if maybe I was! Lots of eccentric hobbies are considered perfectly okay in the academic world, but fanwriting for some reason gets a LOT of flack.
That's actually how I found your fandom persona, your Loyola article was cited in one of the debates:
http://leegoldberg.typepad.com/a_writers_life/2004/10/what_ive_learne.html#c2466496
You might be interested in reading some of the debates going on in Lee Goldberg's Blog, it got very interesting for awhile.
So there you go: one of your students--well, soon-to-be student--knows, and it had the effect of making her stop feeling like a complete oddball. I know what you mean about feeling vulnerable; being a law student at this school is scary enough without feeling like you have a dirty little secret.
Since I've been even less heroic about separating my online identities (ie the name of the law school is frequently mentioned) I'm posting anonymously, but my username is jocelyncs if you'd like to get in touch. (Or to warn me off your BtVS stories, which I would be plunging into right now if I didn't have Gilbert & Sullivan rehearsal in ten minutes.)
And either way, I promise to keep my mouth shut in class. ;-)