angel4hope Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 thanx wolfie....well i was obliged to read atwood for one of my classes, so i thought, "hey why not start a thread on it and c what people think?" lol well, her style of writing is too complicated and weird, i hope this isnt poetry here, i dont consider it as poetry either...nothing compares to edgar allen poe hehe sorry had to stick that in there...but im not much of feminist u know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den_wolf Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 thanx wolfie....well i was obliged to read atwood for one of my classes, so i thought, "hey why not start a thread on it and c what people think?" lol well, her style of writing is too complicated and weird, i hope this isnt poetry here, i dont consider it as poetry either...nothing compares to edgar allen poe hehe sorry had to stick that in there...but im not much of feminist u know... Not at all. I was just making some comments on Atwood in general, not necessarily on that piece. What class is that for? Is it about gender studies or just plain boring English literature analysis? Just thought I'd throw some suggestions if you're writing something about it. I haven't read the article you posted, but I will post again once I read it, and tell you what I think about it (not that I'm an authority on Atwood or anything). I'm not a feminist either. But I respect movements and views, and believe that in order to gain a better understanding of society, one needs to look at it from all sides. Certainly not ignoring the anti-feminist misogynist twit, "Dr." Henry Makow. I wonder what Betty Friedan and Simone de Beauvoir would've thought about his writings and views. That would be interesting. Anyhow, I'm going slightly offtopic here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel4hope Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 lol wolf thats dope...hehe thanx for the resources though...oh yeah anb btw this is for an english class...analysis of texts for gender roleing and identity...i have an exploratory draft due tuesday..im still podering on the issue(s)..aka am too lazt to start writing them...in the thought process...hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den_wolf Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 (edited) I actually wrote a review of one of Atwood's books The Edible Woman, and gender roles in it (good story, poorly written though). If you need help and some outside ideas that you can relate to the main text(s) you're analysing, let me know. Some key words I would consider including: patriarchy, gender hierarchy, gender performance, sexuality, gender identity, concepts of femininity (by itself, or in comparison to masculinity), sexual politics, stereotypes (and stereotyping). Those are pretty obvious ones, I think. Edited February 9, 2004 by den_wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel4hope Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 thanx wolf!! im only confined to use three assigned texts one by atwood, another by john mcmurthry titled "kill em!cruch em! eat em raw!" and one other by dave barry titled "guys vs. men" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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