Sunday, March 1, 2009

revisiting swift and misogyny

quick note that i thought i'd post: i asked angela my spouse what she thinks about swift and the issue of woman-hating, and she said, to his favor, that he is very interested in the body and all it's "inappropriate" functions. The body having typically been associated with femininity, Swift is doing one of two good things: dissociating intellectualized masculinity from body-hating, or bringing (perceived) femininity to the fore. not that this settles the issue, but i thought that was an interesting way to look at it.

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