tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869335414903067957.post3535232577168571463..comments2008-07-09T18:43:26.732-07:00nicolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169nicolaz@aol.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869335414903067957.post-74828147189650853872008-07-09T18:43:00.000-07:002008-07-09T18:43:00.000-07:00Wups, I replied to the wrong post; meant this for 'separate, but unequal.' Been reading all of them.Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869335414903067957.post-40655119169050004812008-07-09T18:22:00.000-07:002008-07-09T18:22:00.000-07:00I'm slow with this response, but here it is anyway.<BR/><BR/>I thought what Niall over on the LBC had to say (about his reviewers being mostly men and about how all of his reviewers mostly picked women's books to review) was pretty telling. He also said he doesn't get as many women's books submitted to review, but of course there aren't as many published either. <BR/><BR/>Do most hetereosexual women read books by/about men because they are attracted to men?<BR/><BR/>That was a great little history review you gave in your essay regarding the origins of this line of thinking/being. It's always annoyed me to see the way that women participate in the perpetuation the whole 'women as second-class' thing. Maybe what Kelley mentioned in her interview -- re: the systemization of sexism in our culture being not always felt on an individual basis -- is one of the big reasons for this. I know that I personally don't notice it so much on a day to day basis.<BR/><BR/>How are we ever going to break out of this if the majority of women don't seem to care all that much about it?<BR/><BR/>Well, maybe because it's the vocal minority that makes things happen anyway. It just seems like it's such a big job that everyone needs to do a little bit instead of a few doing a lot.<BR/><BR/>I've been following all of your posts and links, and I enjoyed it all. However, I do want to point out an error in the reference to Susan Sontag. Actually when she wrote that book on the AIDS situation, she had come out publicly as a bisexual. She did that in 1995 in a New Yorker profile, and that book was published in 2001. Some people (even gays and lesbians) just can't seem to accept the concept of bisexual. She was publicly berated for basically 'pretending' to be bisexual instead of lesbian. I found <A HREF="http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,283623,00.html" REL="nofollow">this interview in The Guardian</A> from 2000, wherein she talks about loving 9 people - 4 women and 5 men. Nine people -- no wonder she didn't have time to be a political activist for feminism or glbt stuff. Never mind her battles with cancer. People have to make choices about what they are interested in doing with their lives, and I am certainly not one to say how they should choose (most of the time). Sounds like she may have had a few regrets.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this is getting way too long. Thanks for writing these thought-provoking posts and for making that essay available.Jennifernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869335414903067957.post-248787465921439702008-07-04T20:14:00.000-07:002008-07-04T20:14:00.000-07:00lynne: I love the quote, too.<BR/><BR/>meg: That WisCon just blew me away. The sense of community was overwhelming. I hope WisCon has babies...nicolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401940329164370169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869335414903067957.post-6616435284212759322008-07-04T09:01:00.000-07:002008-07-04T09:01:00.000-07:00I had that exact same feeling watching that letter being auctioned. It was an incredible rush.megmccarronhttp://megmccarron.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869335414903067957.post-74600711444005642542008-07-03T21:03:00.000-07:002008-07-03T21:03:00.000-07:00Great quote. Gibson is a wonderful writer; Pattern Recognition is one of my favourite novels.Lynne Jamneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09970372960602480125noreply@blogger.com