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Went to the health food store and got chocolate. Mmmm ... chocolate. (Tropical Source makes really good vegan chocolate if you're curious).

I decided to drop the "Literary Interpretation" class I was taking next semester. Instead I'm taking a science class called "Science Studies and the New Medical Genomics." I'm not a sciency person, but my school requires that you take one math or science class (hehe, only one; I'm lucky). I graduate next year and this is the only requirement I haven't fulfilled yet. It actually looks pretty interesting:

Science Studies and the New Medical Genomics
Day/Time: R 3:30-6:10

This class introduces students to interdisciplinary field of science studies
and to the new science of medical genomics (particularly genetic diagnosis,
bioinformatics, therapeutic cloning, and gene therapy). Our assumption for the
class is that students of any new science need familiarity with three domains
of knowledge: the science itself, the controversies surrounding the science,
and the contextual perspectives available from science studies. We introduce
genomic science through Stuart Brown’s Essentials of Medical Genomics and from
genetics articles in NYT’s science page. We explore the controversies of the
new genetics through an analysis of recent public debates between Francis
Fukyama and Gregory Stock, and also from Margaret Atwood’s new science fiction
novel, Oryx and Crakeabout a future world where biotech corporations take
humankind on an uncontrolled genetic-engineering ride. We put genomic science
and its controversies in perspective through a study of key texts from the
following areas of science studies: philosophy of science; sociology of
scientific knowledge; sociology of institutional science; and critical and
cultural studies of science and technology.

deborahmm has a wonderful post explaining how the "Spike as serial killer" thing just doesn't make sense. I've felt this way for a long while, and she articulates why really well. Read it here.

She's also got a nice post about the inherent racism of the Jossverse demon/human metaphor, which you can read here. It goes well with paratti's post on a similar topic here.

It's 7:15 and I'm still at work. Why am I still at work? Well, mostly because my chair is more comfortable here than at home, and my keyboard at home sucks, and my apartment is really hot. Just have to remember to clear my browser cache before I go ... I really don't want my boss to see the NC-17 S/X that I've been reading.

BTW: This lovely icon comes from delectableoomph. Visit her site here.

Comments

[xanphibian.livejournal.com]

BTW: This lovely icon comes from delectableoomph.

I am SO bad! I keep expecting him to say "Drop your pants."

[shadowlass.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking to deborahmm's post--it was very well argued.

[kellyhk.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I love the icon. No, I didn't watch that movie a zillion times in college :)

[shapinglight]

Wow! Thanks so much for linking to what I wrote. I'm so used to having no comments at all that I didn't even go back to see until now.