Comments on: Punk Rock, Weed, and Other Paths to Salvation http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/19/punk-rock-weed-and-other-paths-to-salvation/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: FeministReview http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/19/punk-rock-weed-and-other-paths-to-salvation/#comment-222423 FeministReview Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:29:58 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=11002#comment-222423 <a href="http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2008/12/bad-habits-love-story.html" rel="nofollow">Bad Habits</a> documents rebirth in a way that doesn’t glamorize or glorify the reformation and healing of a damaged self in transcendent, holy ways...Everything is graphically and explicitly depicted, which may make a few uneasy, but I found it clear that it was a cathartic and feminist speaking experience. This book is about the process of rebirth, but also about survival. This book is progressive in everything it does; it is a feminist piece... She criticizes the gender binary, thinks of it as a constructed notion, and also cares about people rather than the categories in which they do or do not fall. In addition, the literary style of Bad Habits does not read as a traditional novel or memoir. Its structure aligns with the narrator's mental and emotional self through a somewhat nonlinear (but easy to understand) pace. Bad Habits documents rebirth in a way that doesn’t glamorize or glorify the reformation and healing of a damaged self in transcendent, holy ways…Everything is graphically and explicitly depicted, which may make a few uneasy, but I found it clear that it was a cathartic and feminist speaking experience. This book is about the process of rebirth, but also about survival. This book is progressive in everything it does; it is a feminist piece… She criticizes the gender binary, thinks of it as a constructed notion, and also cares about people rather than the categories in which they do or do not fall. In addition, the literary style of Bad Habits does not read as a traditional novel or memoir. Its structure aligns with the narrator’s mental and emotional self through a somewhat nonlinear (but easy to understand) pace.

]]> By: Holly http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/19/punk-rock-weed-and-other-paths-to-salvation/#comment-222408 Holly Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:47:30 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=11002#comment-222408 A fictionalized version of one of my best friends is featured in one of the illustrations in this book, but I can't quite convince myself to buy it even though like you said, her illustrating style is drop-dead gorgeous. I would rather shell out for a packet of illustrations by her, or a comic book, than a novel. A fictionalized version of one of my best friends is featured in one of the illustrations in this book, but I can’t quite convince myself to buy it even though like you said, her illustrating style is drop-dead gorgeous. I would rather shell out for a packet of illustrations by her, or a comic book, than a novel.

]]> By: Olga http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/19/punk-rock-weed-and-other-paths-to-salvation/#comment-222402 Olga Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:04:09 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=11002#comment-222402 I read this book a bit ago, and I think your review is spot on. I was harsher though. The art is lovely, gorgeous, evocative. The writing is dreadful. The writing made me think of the girl in a 300 level writing class in college who wrote a 10 page story mostly about crawling inside her own uterus. I wanted to stab myself after that story, and I wanted to stab myself after reading this book. I read this book a bit ago, and I think your review is spot on. I was harsher though. The art is lovely, gorgeous, evocative. The writing is dreadful. The writing made me think of the girl in a 300 level writing class in college who wrote a 10 page story mostly about crawling inside her own uterus.

I wanted to stab myself after that story, and I wanted to stab myself after reading this book.

]]> By: Lauren O http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/19/punk-rock-weed-and-other-paths-to-salvation/#comment-222396 Lauren O Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:39:15 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=11002#comment-222396 Oh dang, I just read another Soft Skull Press book called Manstealing for Fat Girls by Michelle Embree (which I recommend highly!). Oh dang, I just read another Soft Skull Press book called Manstealing for Fat Girls by Michelle Embree (which I recommend highly!).

]]> By: shah8 http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/01/19/punk-rock-weed-and-other-paths-to-salvation/#comment-222386 shah8 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:01:08 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=11002#comment-222386 What I wanna know is if this is better than what Laurell K. Hamilton is putting out these days... *yukyuk* What I wanna know is if this is better than what Laurell K. Hamilton is putting out these days…

*yukyuk*

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