Ranting makes me feel better :)

I’m not one to complain, but I AM SOO OVER THISSS. Not only do I despise research papers, but I feel like I have tried to make this paper as interesting as possible but it’s like beating a dead horse. At first I thought it was a great topic: stereotypes! They’re everywhere! I could take this in so many directions! But then beginning to start my drafts the sh*t hit the fan….how am I going to come up with 8 pages on one stereotype? And actually make it sound convincing without boring people to death. I never wrote ONE SINGLE research paper in high school, so I felt completely lost. Eventually I got my act together and got through my first two drafts. One of the biggest difficulties I encountered was trying to find actual LEGIT sources. Stereotypes, I found, are incredibly hard to research, particularly mine. Teenage girl stereotype- of course they are plastered on today’s hit T.V. shows…. And of course they are exaggerations. But who’s to say that those stereotypes aren’t at least half true? And every source I tried to find sounded like an opinion rather than a fact.

Coming into my third draft I knew I had to include some interviews…and that was another big problem I encountered. How can you interview someone about stereotypes? Who are you supposed to interview that would be considered an EXPERT on teenage girl media stereotypes? So I went with a non-expert approach which seemed to work out but idk it still feels like if they are not experts it’s not legit. Whatever. And don’t even get me started with quotes and citations. That is a nightmare in itself. It has become such paranoia to me that I feel like I can’t even relax a little bit just to write a good paper without being paranoid and anal about not plagiarizing. Rules, rules rules. Details, Details. I AM SOO OVER THISSS.

JLo- How many quotes is too many quotes?