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Reading Gayl Jones’ Eva’s Man, it was clear to me that Eva was oppressed, silenced. I saw her as a victim, and felt really bad for her and sad to think how many other women have had similar experiences. Through our class discussion, however, I began to consider that maybe it wasn’t as simple as that. It was couldntthinkofanoriginalname who first brought this to our collective attention in her post, Reflections on Eva’s Man: “all characters… are apart of a cycle of abuse…there is a...
To exist outside of the Bi-Co bubble (link)
As I walked into Rittenhouse square, I was nervous and excited. But mostly nervous. I knew what my goal was. I had a purpose. But the idea of approaching random people on the street, of disturbing their time to answer my...
by Anonymous, 3/8/2010
I'm a little unresolved when it comes to my thoughts on the matter of porn addiction.......or at least I was before I read a bit about it from different sources on the internet. I'm a woman in my early 20's & I've been watching porn ever since my pre-teen years....maybe even earlier, but I only remember doing it for sure in the pre-teen years. I decided to write a comment here to add a woman's perspective on the issue, as I've noticed that the majority of...
I thought it was interesting that, for the most part, the class was in agreement that Kate Bornstein’s ‘My New Gender Workbook’ was very hypocritical in that her gender assessments encouraged a sense of ‘either/or,’ which she had been insisting that we stay away from for the majority of her book. I also was a little irritated with the way that she presented these quizzes and with the summaries that were given about your personal score. Like a lot of people in our class, I sensed...
I don't know if anyone from our class is still posting here but I saw this and thought of our class and the discussion of male feminists, and societal views of them as kind of awesomecoolwow look at you being a great person, compared to more negative views of female feminists http://amajor7.tumblr.com/post/31102777716/double-standards-are-weird-and-these-look-like
"I just don’t understand why I have this life." Leah said.
"Because we worked harder...We were smarter...We wanted to get out...they didn't want it enough...people generally get what they deserve." Natalie replies.
I paused at this paragraph towards the end of Zadie Smith's NW, thinking.
This is a book that presents vivid reality. This is a book that leads me to ask questions. This is a book that makes me doubt whether social...
Everything that any living being does, thinks, and feels is unchangeably its own perspective. I exist only within my own reality, only able to read and interact with the world through my own senses. My perspective is the most constant factor of my existence – ever-changing and developing, but solely my own. I am always drawn back to thinking about our universe: “the totality of known or supposed objects and phenomena throughout space...
I finally finished reading my translation of "The Arabian Nights." My text did not include a closing of the story of Shahrazad and the king. The final story within the frame was unusual in many ways. "The Story of Jullanar of the Sea" contains four strong female characters that balance the power of the four male characters. The plot is also atypical in that it has elements very similar to the frame story. There is a powerful monarch who takes lovers for a...
The lecture last night was intense and, for me, different from other lectures I've attended at Bryn Mawr. Partly it was the sheer scale of it and the buildup beforehand: while I'm sure there were some audience members only there for a class, there was a collective excitement that you just don't usually feel in an academic setting. The only event I can think of that came close was the lecture by Angela Davis. So first, there was a difference in the audience.
Then there was the...
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