tallisker

Ok, so there is nothing to be done about the frustrating internet technicalities. I will send a cd, and maybe sometime next year you will see more of me.
In the meantime, to answer your questions, I'm studying human geography with a feminist focus. Geography isn't just maps (though those are pretty fascinating and nuanced and indicative of how societies identify with place) but is really a study of the patterns that shape the earth, be those physical or cultural. Migration, population, urbanization, all fall under human geography. And they're all terribly gendered. Right now I'm looking at US federal policy on poverty, and how it can actually act as population control for the poor. There's an idea that "we" don't want more of "them" continuing this unbridled breeding. The facts are all messed up, or lacking completely, and the policy is often overtly racist and sexist...and classist goes without saying, right, because it is by nature only targeting the poor.
Ah, I'm writing a thesis on all this, so I could go on for, well, literally days. Perhaps I will...just post a fun new find every time I get on here. Public policy analysis is really racy stuff.
I like books.