The Future of Daughter of Pearl

Presenting my research

Earlier this year, I presented my thesis on unplanned pregnancy and social justice. I am overall very proud of this project, not because of my work on it necessarily, but because the subject matter I touch on is arguable the most significant idea in our culture that nobody talks about. Which is why I asked seven different people, all with different experiences with and beliefs about unplanned pregnancy, to sit down with me for an interview and talk about it. I had the pleasure of working with these seven amazing people and my advising committee to investigate a variety of sociological levels of the issue. And I stumbled upon something monstrous. Which is why I feel I can’t keep it to myself.

I have the whole thing recorded, and I still have the presentation. I also have the thesis itself in the form of a PDF booklet. I promised many people (both participants and my audience) that I would provide them with a copy of the thesis, but to date I have not done so. Part of the reason is that I’m still not satisfied with the written thesis, and I want to revise it. Yet I’ve had no accountability in making these revisions. I’m hoping that confessing my desire to finish what I started to you all will help that desire to become a reality.

I’m also planning to provide my presentation in video form. I’ll either manipulate the recording to make it clearer and remove interruptions, or just record some new commentary, and then attach it to my presentation. I’ll probably also include the question and answer session, (which was actually my favorite part, because I actually got to guide a discussion on the topic. And I’m convinced that gracious, deliberative discussion is the interface through which any culture is revived).

So if you see me, ask me when this is gonna happen, and maybe it will happen sooner. 🙂

Oh yeah, and I also have a booklet I wrote about hegemonic masculinity. That one is also a HUGE sociological issue. And I think if you can read where I’m coming from, you’ll be able to find out why and how I believe our society likes to put men into this tiny little box-slash-cage where we can feed them and control them and not worry about what they’d be like if actually believed in them and respected them no matter what and if we challenged them to be all they can be and if we encouraged them to see that they are actually free to be their amazing God-given man-selves no matter what box society throws at them. But I digress. 🙂

The next step: Vlog? –>