Comments on: My week is up! http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/08/03/my-week-is-up/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:12:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Watershed http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/08/03/my-week-is-up/#comment-262745 Watershed Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:59:16 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14991#comment-262745 I **love** Gaudy Night. It's one of my all time favorite reads! Harriet Vane is a wonderfully feminist character. I like Lord Peter Whimsy, too, but the Sayer's books that only have him in them are nothing compared with the ones that have Vane! I **love** Gaudy Night. It’s one of my all time favorite reads!

Harriet Vane is a wonderfully feminist character. I like Lord Peter Whimsy, too, but the Sayer’s books that only have him in them are nothing compared with the ones that have Vane!

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/08/03/my-week-is-up/#comment-262636 Rebecca Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:23:30 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14991#comment-262636 If it's all right, I'd also like to ask: what's your favorite moment when an author gets it? There are a lot of moments like that in Hardy's <i>Far From the Madding Crowd</i>, for me. A few comments about women that make me wince, but for the most part I would call it a feminist work - when he calls the female protagonist Farmer Everdene just as he calls the male farmers Farmer X, describes the sexism-based opposition she faces even from people who like her, things like that. If it’s all right, I’d also like to ask: what’s your favorite moment when an author gets it?

There are a lot of moments like that in Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd, for me. A few comments about women that make me wince, but for the most part I would call it a feminist work – when he calls the female protagonist Farmer Everdene just as he calls the male farmers Farmer X, describes the sexism-based opposition she faces even from people who like her, things like that.

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