Panel 1: Barbara is at her Ph.D. thesis defence. The members of her committee are ranged before her, off panel.
Panelist 1: You need more postcolonial theory in Chapter Two.
Barbara: Why?
Panel 2:
Panelist 1: Are you serious? Milton's Satan clearly represents the "Other."
Barbara: I was trying to avoid jargon.
Panel 3:
Panelist 1: Jargon?
Panel 4:
Barbara: You know...the type that makes your three books and seventeen articles completely incomprehensible.
Panelist 1: What--
Panelist 2: Uh, next question?
Alt-Text:
My external kept asking why I hadn't used this theorist or that
theorist in my thesis. I was more polite than Barbara, but damn, it was
frustrating. MAYBE I DON'T LIKE BLOODY POSTCOLONIAL THEORY, OKAY? Geez.
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