“Twilight” as a cautionary tale about traditional gender roles
The most tragic part of the whole story is that this empty shell of a person – which at this point is nothing more than a frozen echo of Bella, twisted and destroyed as she is by her co-dependence with Edward, fails to see what has happened to her. She ends the story in denial – empty, annihilated, and having learned nothing.
Thank you!
To Ryan, for the Michael Chabon and the David Foster Wallace. And to anonymous for the Paul Auster. You two really brightened my day! Thank you so very much.
...read moreThe best thing you will read today
Love Stories, by Phoebe Connelly in the Paris Review.
...read moreFrom the mouths of babes (on the subject of babes)
Watching your youth and childhood fictional favorites make the transition into adulthood can be jarring sometimes. I don’t think I made it all the way to the seventh season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, because yaaawn… so bored. I didn’t like the Harry Potter epilogue. Or when Shawn-Douglas Brady got ugly in the fall of [...]
...read moreFarewell, Feministers!
This is my last post. Sob. I know you are all in mourning, what with my charm, sweetness, and sparkling personality. I thought I’d leave a list of books that I’ve enjoyed (or that I’m currently enjoying). As I have jury duty this week, I’m doing this as a shameless way to get people to [...]
...read moreNot liking The Help that much
(I know Jill posted on the movie. I read the book and I have thoughts, which I was finally able to edit today.) I haven’t seen the movie The Help, but I did read the book. I wasn’t impressed. First, I am sick to the teeth of feel-good, revisionist fiction. I am really fed up [...]
...read moreHow many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Shut the f*ck up everyone who is not able to understand that sometimes, there’s nothing more complicated here than Funny Book Is Funny. Nobody is suggesting that there’s a connection between Adam Mansbach’s book and child abuse or child neglect. Still, there’s no denying the reason “Go the F*** to Sleep” should be kept out [...]
...read moreYou know who definitely does not get enough attention?
Young white navel-gazing men who have extreme narcissism issues but are somehow lauded as representing Everyman because they’re willing to detail their masturbation habits.
...read moreBad Parents and “Go the F*ck to Sleep”
Go the F*ck to Sleep is the latest all-the-rage “children’s” book. It’s a Goodnight Moon-esque text where a parent begs their child to please, for the love of all that is holy, go the fuck to sleep (here’s Samuel L. Jackson reading it). It’s crass, and the tone is one of sheer frustration (“hell no [...]
...read moreyes I said yes I will Yes.
It’s Bloomsday, nerds. I am sadly not in Dublin or even in NYC for a proper celebration, but I’ll drink up to Mr. Joyce today, re-read Molly Bloom’s soliloquy, and, uh, listen to some James Joyce some rap tributes. And no, I never did read all of Ulysses.
...read moreThe 10 Most Powerful Female Authors
A pretty solid list, including some I wish would go away (Stephenie Meyer); some whose sales are largely in the grocery store circuit (Danielle Steele, Mary Higgins Clark); and some heavyweights (Toni Morrison, Jhumpa Lahiri, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Joyce Carol Oates). It’s also a notably diverse list, with the white authors skewed heavily to [...]
...read moreRude Awakenings: Stories of Political Origins tonight at Housing Works
Feministe pal The Rude Pundit has a new book out, and we’re celebrating him/it with a reading at Housing Works in New York City tonight. I’ll be reading a story about promise rings and Christian Horse Camp — you don’t want to miss it. The details: What: Rude Awakenings: Political Origin Stories at Housing Works, [...]
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