If I could pick 5 Jeopardy categories, they would be:

- Prince (circa 1982-1997)

- Chocolate, in any shape or form

- Paul Auster & Brooklyn (I have never been to New York)

- The X-Files (largely due to the fact that I now own the entire 9 series. I still maintain that should I complete a Masters in Cultural Studies, this would be my prime topic of interest) [1] [2]

- Social activists/ Feminist blogs

What are yours?

[1] Oh no, people beat me to it.

[2] A paper on the X-files and sexism? Hallefuckinglujah! Quote:

The X Filesseries reveals through central character Agent Scully the contemporary shift in traditional gender roles which has enabled more women to become scientific experts. What could be considered sexist about the X Files series is the fact that once women move into the arena of science, as Agent Scully has, and men, such as protagonist Agent Mulder, start believing in the power of intuition, traditionally a feminised area of thought, suddenly the authority of science, a principal discourse since Enlightenment, is brought into question, as intuition becomes paramount. It is in this shifting gender discourse that sexism can be viewed in the X Files series once viewed through a feminist analysis.

It reminds me a bit of how I approached my dissertation during my last year of University. I figured that if I had to write so much on a single topic for a year, this was the right time to combine my favourite things, mix it up and see what I could do with it. Voilà! A hundred pages about Blogs, Generation X, my friends’ webpages and Douglas Coupland. I felt a bit like a fraud, since I spent my research time, you know, reading blogs and surfing MySpace.

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