tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361215320362852003.post6053031196834219678..comments2023-10-29T03:13:04.134-07:00Comments on The Fallopian Tube Monster: This is, like, so REVOLUTIONARY!Laurax Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04554078393996153127noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361215320362852003.post-3305890733467644342008-02-20T13:15:00.000-08:002008-02-20T13:15:00.000-08:00Laura, you do raise some critical points in your r...Laura, you do raise some critical points in your response; however, I would have liked to see a more careful assessment of the text. To quote from the syllabus, "In your critical response papers you should summarize, analyze, critique, and assess the text’s main points. You are encouraged to position the text’s argument against the arguments in other texts read for this seminar or other related courses. Also, please feel free to include links to additional relevant readings, in particular as they pertain to the original text’s contemporary relevance." I wonder if perhaps your immediate reaction of disapproval prevented you from engaging the text more carefully. I do want you to develop a personal critical voice, though, and there's room for emotional reactions in such a voice. But keep in mind also what kind of voice you want to develop and present; what is the best strategy of getting people to listen to you? <BR/>AnneAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216616459705692371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361215320362852003.post-18685477163167451812008-02-20T08:21:00.000-08:002008-02-20T08:21:00.000-08:00I was also unimpressed by this book. The supposed...I was also unimpressed by this book. The supposed mission is great, but nothing seemed very new--the message is still that you have to be "raunch-y" to be liberated. What really bothered me is the lack of concern for women's health. Now, I realize this book does not intend to be a thorough health manual--they leave the STIs up to Our Bodies, Ourselves. But the vibrators they stamp as "CAKE approved" are not the safest for women's health--the legendary Rabbit, for example, contains plastics that would not be allowed in infant toys. See this page on "Pussy Politics" from Smitten Kitten for more information: http://www.smittenkittenonline.com/pages/CATT.cfmhannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093167292765041863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361215320362852003.post-54904732854040853332008-02-19T21:49:00.000-08:002008-02-19T21:49:00.000-08:00I agree that the "interviews" seemed contrived and...I agree that the "interviews" seemed contrived and manipulated. All of them had similar tones. I can't imagine that every woman who wrote in would have such homogeneous, stereotypical, fantasies and desires. I also am not particularly interested in reading the fabricated pornographic imaginings of "hot women" that I can't relate to...where does the reality of women's real experience (mundane or not) come in? If we're all supposed to be sexually liberated, why are all of our sexual fantasies supposed to involved forceful penetration and men ejaculating on our bodies? Reading these "accounts" did little to sexually liberate me. In fact, I felt sort of boxed in by the limited scope and incredibly objectified language utilized by the CAKE authors.Anya Gallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456891076686105792noreply@blogger.com