ideas

I want to do a long-ish term, in depth study of the Japanese and American Lolita communities. Like, I'm talking this-could-be-my-PhD-dissertation-status in depth study. I want to study the culture in both countries, how it's similar, how it's different, how the clothes affect people's lives or don't affect their lives, why the chose it, how it affects their views of themselves as women/girls or doesn't. It's such a rich and interesting subculture that so few people outside of the scene actually know about...I want to do an ethnography, basically. And then write a long ass paper dissecting the meanings behind it.

Why am I not in grad school yet. Work is boring and makes me miss Harry Potter midnight showings.