I just submitted my writing competition materials, meaning that I am officially done with all law-school-related work until mid-August. I feel ten pounds lighter, and as soon as I publish this I’m headed to the bathroom to have a good stress-is-over cry (it’s healthy and therapeutic, I swear). And so I think now is a good time to issue a hearty thank-you to Zuzu, Piny and Lauren for being amazing co-bloggers, and to all of you who read and comment (or don’t) for keeping me sane this year. I do like law school, but it’s often stressful and disheartening — we don’t get a whole lot of feminist legal theory in our first year (if any), and I generally feel like I’m operating in an old white man’s academic world all day long, where the experiences and voices for non-white non-men are completely marginalized. So coming home to Feministe and the community that we’ve established here was a real saving grace for me. Just look at some of the conversations we’ve been having lately — they’re interesting, personal, political, intellectual, diverse… You know, all the things that make conversations great.
I’ll stop with the cheesiness now, but really, thanks.