27 April 2012

Eyeball Roller Coasters

Anthropology was especially enlightening today, full of gems. Highlights:

Are you familiar with the term, "castration?" It's when they remove a man's phallus. Followed by a gasp not heard since the early 20th century.

The Bella Coola, who live in the Pacific Northwest, that Twilight-y area you all know about. How sad that an entire culture must be summed up with a poorly-written populist fantasy novel. He also used "Indiana Jones" to describe Shiva.

Are you guys familiar with Bollywood?
I miss that multicultural bubble where white people were the cultural other. 

And finally...

You know, Prince William married - what was her name? Everyone knew this one. There was, in particular, a breathy Kate Middleton fangirl in the back corner. Priorities?

At the end of the semester, I still don't have a clear picture of anthropology. My eyeballs, however, have loved this semester. Every week they get an average of seventy-three rolls, aka eyeball roller coasters. 

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