26 August 2010

the i-am-so-much-more-literary-than-you complex

[scene: my english 511 class, rhetoric and composition theory]

girl 1: you know, i was thinking about charlotte perkins gilman . . .
girl 2: (claps her hands)
guy 1: charlotte perkins gilman is SO AWESOME!
girl 1: i know! i love her! ah!
girl 2: SO GOOD!
teacher: isn't she the one who wrote the yellow wallpaper?
guy 1: THE YELLOW WALLPAPER! SO GOOD!
girl 1: i LOVE the yellow wallpaper!
girl 2: ugh i KNOW!
girl 1: yeah, so, anyways, i was thinking about charlotte perkins gilman . . .

(this. really. happened.)

i love english majors.

1 comment:

Diana said...

...and I really DO love Gilman. Such a phenomenal short story!