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Wednesday, December 08, 2004

WAITING FOR THIS YEAR'S
MLA CONFERENCE PAPER TITLES,
OR SOMETHING LIKE THEM




JVC Comments points out that in a defensive maneuver the Modern Language Association this year has restricted the master list of conference session titles to MLA members only. While this doesn’t mean the press won’t get its hands on The Titles eventually, it does mean that things will be delayed a bit.

For those readers who can’t wait, and just to get the ball rolling, UD has gone ahead and made up a title of her own. She hopes it is the first of many:



'Well, me hearties, let’s see what crawled out of the bung hole': Talk Like A Pirate Day and the Reproduction of Compulsory Heterosexuality