Comments on: Rubyfruit Jungle, oh how I heart you http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/09/16/rubyfruit-jungle-oh-how-i-heart-you/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Weekend Link Love « The Feminist Texican http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/09/16/rubyfruit-jungle-oh-how-i-heart-you/#comment-276321 Weekend Link Love « The Feminist Texican Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:05:42 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=16192#comment-276321 [...] Feministe: Rubyfruit Jungle, oh how I heart you [...] [...] Feministe: Rubyfruit Jungle, oh how I heart you [...]

]]> By: Gordon http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/09/16/rubyfruit-jungle-oh-how-i-heart-you/#comment-275837 Gordon Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:57:59 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=16192#comment-275837 I met Rita Mae Brown face to face once, now going on 20 years ago, and she said she was trying to put together backing for a film version of <em>Rubyfruit Jungle</em>. Does anyone out there know if the film ever got made? I met Rita Mae Brown face to face once, now going on 20 years ago, and she said she was trying to put together backing for a film version of Rubyfruit Jungle. Does anyone out there know if the film ever got made?

]]> By: Raksha http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/09/16/rubyfruit-jungle-oh-how-i-heart-you/#comment-275788 Raksha Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:05:01 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=16192#comment-275788 This is one of those books I've always meant to read, but have never gotten around to for whatever reason. I have to take my latest load of books back to the library next week, so maybe it's time to remedy that situation. The book that had a very similar impact on me at that age was <i>Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang</i> by Joyce Carol Oates. Forget the horrible movie adaptation, this book is a scathing critique of class, gender, and race told through the lens of a '50s girl gang lead by an enigmatic and charismatic teen girl. I've reread it, like, 100 times and I never get bored of it. There have been times that I finish it and immediately flip back to the beginning and start again because I'm just not ready for it to be over. When I was a teen and just beginning to wade into feminist writing, this book radicalized my thinking far more easily than the feminist non-fiction I was reading. It resonated emotionally so strongly that I <i>finally</i> understood and accepted concepts that I'd been struggling with in the non-fiction stuff. Also, apropos of very little: I love that you guys have recommended Gogol Bordello in your little sidebar over there ---> After seeing the movie <i>Wristcutters: A Love Story</i>, I've fallen in love with the band! I highly recommend both the movie and the music! This is one of those books I’ve always meant to read, but have never gotten around to for whatever reason. I have to take my latest load of books back to the library next week, so maybe it’s time to remedy that situation.

The book that had a very similar impact on me at that age was Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang by Joyce Carol Oates. Forget the horrible movie adaptation, this book is a scathing critique of class, gender, and race told through the lens of a ’50s girl gang lead by an enigmatic and charismatic teen girl. I’ve reread it, like, 100 times and I never get bored of it. There have been times that I finish it and immediately flip back to the beginning and start again because I’m just not ready for it to be over.

When I was a teen and just beginning to wade into feminist writing, this book radicalized my thinking far more easily than the feminist non-fiction I was reading. It resonated emotionally so strongly that I finally understood and accepted concepts that I’d been struggling with in the non-fiction stuff.

Also, apropos of very little: I love that you guys have recommended Gogol Bordello in your little sidebar over there —> After seeing the movie Wristcutters: A Love Story, I’ve fallen in love with the band! I highly recommend both the movie and the music!

]]> By: Katie http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/09/16/rubyfruit-jungle-oh-how-i-heart-you/#comment-275765 Katie Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:02:29 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=16192#comment-275765 I remember Molly having a very negative opinion of butch women. I remember Molly having a very negative opinion of butch women.

]]> By: debbie http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/09/16/rubyfruit-jungle-oh-how-i-heart-you/#comment-275764 debbie Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:09:08 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=16192#comment-275764 I read this book in high school - I was a bit older than you (probably 16?), and I loved every minute of it. I read this book in high school – I was a bit older than you (probably 16?), and I loved every minute of it.

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