Yes I noticed it & I mentioned it in my blog post but looking back on that page, I got confused so that part of my post didn’t really make sense. I fixed it… I think! Haha.
I agree with Berni that “I hear in each of the character’s writings, Hustvedt’s voice talking to me.” While reading The Blazing World, it also occurred to me that Harriet might […]
What a perfect poem to go with our readings today.
I love that she pairs horror with giggles and capitalizes the word “One” and says “a Day as huge As Yesterdays in pairs.” I think she is emphasizing the […]
After reading a few pages of this text, I thought the authors must have titled the book “There Was This Goat” because of the phrase’s randomness. I thought it indicated the unknowability of Mrs. Konile’s story. On […]
Ooops Sorry! I wrote that comment before I noticed your comment to my project post. I’m a little intimidated by the idea of doing a performance myself haha but I love the idea of analyzing several of his pieces […]
Just a quick note to say that I love your idea!! I’m writing about Stelarc and also wish to depict the self as “multiplicitous, out of reach, fractured.” You say you also plan to depict the self as […]
1) Lieberman believes we are “wired together” for an intensely social existence. He says: “evolution moves us toward interdependence” and this is a “design feature, not flaw” […]
I’ve decided to do my project on the performance artist Stelarc. I plan to do a multi-media project (thanks for the advice Prof Tougaw!) I think a multi-media approach will effectively embody my thesis/project […]
David, I agree it is amusing that blue was once associated with femininity and pink with masculinity. A potential explanation for this is that the color red was traditionally associated […]
Thanks for the comments Yael. I struggled writing the list so I really appreciate the feedback. I also really enjoyed your list. I love when you incessantly draw attention to the inevitability of prejudice. Its […]
Damasio believes consciousness can be found in the brain stem and therefore that the outside world is largely determined by the brain. Noe believes consciousness is largely found outside of the brain (holistic and […]
This question really fascinates me. As both a dedicated yogi and a graduate of a women and gender studies program, it’s been a struggle for me to rectify the feminist insistence on embodiment and the yogic ideal […]
I think the reason Damasio uses a “framework” is because he does not want to define or categorize consciousness in an absolute or monolithic way. Nevertheless, I think he believes consciousness is an evolutionary […]
Remember a few years ago when Harvard awarded dr. Richwine a doctorate for his dissertation that argued Latino immigrants are less intelligent than white Americans? I […]
Since finishing The Shaking Woman, my mind has been spinning in the best possible kind of way. Hustvedt sheds light on some very murky and interesting issues. While her work is non-conclusive, it certainly […]
1) The women of Millennium Hall are obsessed with cleanliness, purity and virtue. The women’s clothes are described as having “the same neatness and the same “cleanliness.” The girls’ clothes are described as […]
“There must always be a certain effect of hardness and thinness about Utopian speculation. Their common fault is to be comprehensively jejune. That which is the blood and warmth and reality of life is largely […]
