In keeping with my type 4 personality, I'm not sure how I feel about hookers being the hot topic.
On the one hand, it's very cool to be able to say, "I was into hookers (ACADEMICALLY! ACADEMICALLY!) before hookers were hot." I'm pleased with myself for having chosen a dissertation topic that's always timely, but also I do realize that sources will much easier to find now, in light of the Spitzer "scandal" (NPR story yesterday morning for example) and the scandal provides an interesting tangent for 1. comparison with Latin America 2. the political power of prostitutes and other questions that will bring a "reality" check to my study.
On the other hand... I wonder who'd be most annoyed if I suddenly dismissed it precisely because it is too hot. God forbid I do something that's already "being
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What's your plan for your dis?
Does having a general idea and a bunch of titles on post-it notes count as a plan?
En serio, it's the representation of the prostitute/prostitution in Latin American narrative.
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