oh my god i've just realized why i'm having problems with my ethnic diversity & popular culture

you see, my professor is having us do a lot of reading that's based off of theories. marxism, postmodernism, feminism, all that kind of stuff. reading these books about people talking about other people's ideas just drive me crazy! and i couldn't figure out why (besides the fact i think reading about theory forever is dumb) and then it just hit me like 10 seconds ago reading this work about race and welfare and differences between the USA and Europe.

It's a sociology course, Kat.

LIKE
IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A SMALL THING ESP SINCE PEOPLE ALWAYS COMPARE ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY BUT
HOLY SHIT THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT??

i'm just sitting here reading these broad, brush stroke theories that are like HEY THIS IS HOW THE WORLD IS!! and i'm like no you stupid fuck what gives you the right to say that [STARTS TALKING ABOUT VARIOUS WORLD CULTURES]. Anthropology looks much more at specifics and it's own research, like, rEAL FUCKING RESEARCH. these theories are based off some research yeah but it never feels like enough or it's just something someone pulled out of their ass and everyone was like DEAR GOD LOOK AT THAT IT'S GOLDEN! GOLDEN SHIT! spoiler alert faggots: it's still shit. i don't care how many PhD's you have or how many articles you've written where do you come off trying to say you can explain everything?

Not only that but the thing is people just talk about theories and then say "because of x, problem y exists!" ok, that's great. what about it? and then thy just move on. is there a possible solution? is there a way you can GET OFF YOUR FAT ASS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? holy shit. take a lesson in applying your theories and research to make this world suck less, don't just tell me about the suck. listening to people talk and talk about world problems and then they don't try to think of ways to find the core of the issue or fix issues drives me insane. what's the point of all this theory and bullshit if it's not useful for daily life?

i'm sorry to any sociology majors or lovers on my f-list but man. this course is driving me nuts, especially all the readings. SO MUCH READING. not even my pleasure&politics course hurts me this much, at least those readings are interesting.

which reminds me i have to get a rough draft of my research paper for that class done by the 2nd...........

/quietly slinks back to homework