Boswell
Recents Comments from Boswell
- Here's what I'm thinking: If a work of art should be offensive, that's just another way of saying that it should challenge our underlying assumptions and cause us to re-examine the world around us -- "make it strange" or "defamiliarize"
(posted to The Unfunny Feminist) - "And I think questioning how someone can be both feminist and a "wife" isn't helping anything." I disagree: it is always helpful to question the things we take for granted and to challenge our preconceptions. If only because the dialogue
(posted to More about feminist marriage) - Two things: 1. Read opheliaswake's post above mine. Their comment about resisting marriage as a "futile gesture" prompted my response. 2. I think you should read my original post more carefully. I definitely don't want to judge feminists who are
(posted to More about feminist marriage) - I think we're talking about similar things, just calling them by different names. And for me, the politics is largely in the nomenclature. I'm not saying that ritualized partnership or legalized union are inherently sexist institutions, I'm saying that marriage,
(posted to More about feminist marriage) - When I was growing up, my parents used to make me address everything (thank you notes, whatever I was writing) to "Mr. and Mrs. His Last Name." Having been taught that it was "correct," I became one of those people
(posted to Being a Rapp: Marraige, Names & Feminism)
Responses to Comments from Boswell
- I'm getting "married" next year (very untraditional ceremony) and he will be taking my last name--which was actually his idea from the beginning. Now that I think about it, since it is about equality, it would have been more "equal" (posted to Being a Rapp: Marraige, Names & Feminism)
- I'm getting "married" next year (very untraditional ceremony) and he will be taking my last name--which was actually his idea from the beginning. Now that I think about it, since it is about equality, it would have been more "equal" (posted to Being a Rapp: Marraige, Names & Feminism)
- I don't know if anyone said this yet, but you should do a similar project depicting a 19-year-old male butt (like his, that is) as a coin slot. If he thinks it's funny, cool (I guess?). If not, then he's (posted to The Unfunny Feminist)
- "I've been thinking how to put this. I'd ask this kid what he was thinking when he made this piece. Because it sounds as if there isn't a lot of layers, as Kate points out. And then, ask him how (posted to The Unfunny Feminist)
- the middle paragraph of your post sums up the entire debate on feminism and marriage . I genuinely think that a lot of people lack the raw intelectual ability to understand the nuances that you pointed out . (posted to More about feminist marriage)
