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May. 14th, 2003 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adrienmundiGrrr. I have a peculiar relationship to things that strike me as interesting, but wrong; I must, because I get irritate, sometimes angry, but I continue reading/watching/listening anyway. More often than not, of course, this is usually about gender issues, more specifically about someone telling me how I am/should be. Susan Sonntag was the first (though hardly special for that), but since then it's included Walter Benjamin, Janice Raymond, Kate Bornstein, and Riki Wilchins, among others (Camille Paglia isn't on this list, for despite being very definitely wrong, she's just not interesting, and is thus easily avoidable).
My initial response is always, "Wow, I'm taking this personally; I wonder why that is?" Some time later, I realize that of course I'm taking it personally, as it's someone who's not me trying to circumscribe my actions, my options, and my very identity to suit some purpose of their own; how can that be anything but personal?
Strangely run out of steam again; that's been happening a lot lately. Maybe there's something to this astrology thing, after all.
My initial response is always, "Wow, I'm taking this personally; I wonder why that is?" Some time later, I realize that of course I'm taking it personally, as it's someone who's not me trying to circumscribe my actions, my options, and my very identity to suit some purpose of their own; how can that be anything but personal?
Strangely run out of steam again; that's been happening a lot lately. Maybe there's something to this astrology thing, after all.
