I might just move into the library.

In case you weren't already sure, I am in college. This means that I have to do things like write a five-or-six page paper on post-revolutionary social shifts in Tehran. By Tuesday. Have I started? Sort of. I've been carrying around a lot of books for several days, and today I am looking at the books. The only good thing to come out of this project so far is material for the Literacy Blogging Challenge.

A consistent motif in all the articles I've read about the status of women in Tehran is the veil or chador. My current Gender Studies prof is always getting up in arms about the Western perception of "veiled women" in this part of the world. She feels that white supremacist American pseudo-feminists are always advocating wars and interventions in order to unveil these women, who they perceive to be victims of their Islamic states. "I think that's pathetic," she says. "Women have been kicking butt in the veil since forever." I think she is probably right.

While I do this important feminist research, I am listening to "Daddy's Home" by Usher (lyrical content: about what you would expect), "I Can Transform Ya" by Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Swizz Beats (lyrical content: appropriate for Chris Brown), and "College Chicks" by G Side (lyrical content: makes me thankful G Side too obscure for my mother to google). Problematic? Whatever. Let's not scapegoat rap music, please.