Hello all! I was wondering is anyone found the readings at all interesting this week? I thought they were pure drudgery, and I usually do not say this about anything! I really hated reading Ramage again, although this week it seemed to be the text that I most connected with, maybe that's because of the Sidebars about politics and the State of the Union Speech. I also liked the feminist perspective on "The Taming of the Polos/Polis." I was wondering however, why Sutton uses the Amazons (very male-like warrior women) to convey femininity on a binary level. Shouldn't she have used vestal virgins or some other uber feminine characters to get her point across, especially if Aphrodite (the goddess of love and lust) is its mother? I don't know, maybe I am blabbing.
See you all next week.
Jen
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Hi Jen,
No doubt the readings for this week were not your standard 'Ramage' fair, but I found their content fascinating! In particular, I loved the Jane Sutton article. I never felt like I more understood 'legitimacy' and the mythos surrounding the rhetorical condition until after I read her essay talking about woman/horse, wife/harlot, divisions (please don't cut off my penis for saying :)).
As for drudgery, I did feel like I passed a kidney stone after I was done. Hard, esoteric, albeit valuable material makes me tired too.
Cheers, Steve S
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