Edited by author 03-19-2004 01:03 PM
I really love that song Lauren!! I actually liked the chapter about menstration, although it has taken me a couple of days to appreciate it. when i first began reading i was very interested b/c it gave alot of suggestions on things to think about. She offered alot of options on what to use that I was not aware even existed and I especially loved the part about the "menarche", which i think that I brought up earlier in the semester(i did not use that term for it). I think that we should celebrate the coming of our menstral cycles. That said, I could not help thinking about the men in our class and how they were taking all of this graphic detail. I'm happy that you're getting through it o.k. Joe. At times though, I got irritated by the chapter b/c it seemed almost like a "how to" book (how to properly menstrate). The part about rinsing one's sea sponge in a public since just did not seem sanitary to me at all!! There were some problematic points that I found in the book, which I am suprised that no one discussed. The chapter "Reproductive Control For Cunts" really bothered me. I will have to save most of my thougts for class but i pose his question to the class. When speaking of "cunts", does the author mean specifically the female organ and all that it can do, or is she using it metaphorically to mean women and their rights? If she is writing about the former then I have a real problem with this chapter. How can we truly appreciate cunts without truly appreciating all of the wonders that they can create? In this chapter, it seemed that she was using healing, magic, and the right to an abortion interchangably. Doing this made it seem as if pregnacy was some disease that needed to be healed/fixed. I am definatly prochioce but what about reproducion and the beauty of it. this chapter was a "how to" on choosing not to reproduce. I can't speak for everyone but my cunt was not pleased. Bleeding is a wonderful necessity and important for cleansing but the month that I noticed my period was gone I did not feel a sense of doom, i felt flattered, Like "wow, why did these beautiful lives choose me". That it what both books are missing. I have yet to finish all of Cunt and hopefully it will redeem itself, but neither book seems to do reproduciton and motherhood any justice. Other than that, i really respect the book for its boldness and even the fact that it is graphic. I don't know of a neat way to talk about bleeding uncontrolably. Sorry for ranting, I'm through.