Feminist Theories Response: The futility of language

[carnivee]

The futility of language is a concept which came up a number of times in the readings for this weekend, both through the abstractness/inaccessibility of the writings themselves and in the discussion of language directly. Specifically, Luce Irigaray opens “When Our Lips Speak Together” by saying that “if we keep on speaking the same language

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[rissageee]

oh man... you're reading irigaray again???? did it bring back memories of that summer... waaaay back when? did you still have the book and notes around for this class?

it sounds like you are getting it all now... and you had such anxiety about philosophy. i hope you feel totally accomplished.

i will be on campus for grajumation... maybe see you then?

[carnivee]

it was good to see you again--i wish we could have hung out more--we should definitely talk heavy talks... it's more critical/poststructural theory than philosophy that i'm getting into, but naturally there's a lot of overlap. my brain still hurts