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[misscake]

I came across two articles today that I thought were worth sharing:

1) Firefox News (which is NOT the same people as Mozilla Firefox) gave their take on RaceFail: Privilege Goggles, Fandom, and Why This All Matters. Some really great points in there.

2) Slate's review of Elaine Showalter's "A Jury of Her Peers" which covers 250 American female

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[thistleingrey]

Re: #2, see also this--oursin is an archivist and historian; I myself find the idea of the book fascinating but have been less than impressed by what I've read by Showalter in the past. Not saying you shouldn't buy the book--food for thought is a good thing....

[misscake]

Thanks for the link to oursin's post. I think the last time I read Showalter was in college when we were discussing Virginia Woolf, so I can't say that I have a strong opinion on her either way.

When I clicked the link to the Salon review from oursin's post, I had to laugh because I realized I'd printed it out when it was posted two weeks ago, stuck it in my bag and promptly forgot it. The dichotomy between the two reviews (Salon's and Slate's) is interesting.

Like you said, though, the idea of the book itself is fascinating. Enough to make me want to see for myself.

[jlh]

We take a broad American history "literature" class first year, to prepare for our written exam, and we read one book about women pre-civil war, and there was a whole thing in it about these women writers who wibbled about not having done enough work that day, and our (male) prof wondered about that. And the women in the class came in quickly to say, housework isn't work-it must be done, but it doesn't "count" the way that getting writing done or whathaveyou does, and we all agreed about feeling that way even now. What she says about balancing public and private life reminds me of that conversation. Room of one's own indeed.

[misscake]

Yes, without going to into all sorts of things I wouldn't say about my personal life on a public post, I think that's the element that appealed to me the most.