EWRT1A-63: Reading Response 7

Choose one of these prompts or come up with your own. In all cases, the response should be about "No Name Woman" (see syllabus).

• What other reasons besides love does the narrator hint at for her aunt’s love affair? What point is the narrator trying to make?
Or.
• Why does the narrator finally decide to tell this forbidden tale? What does this say about her? About her connection to her family?

Testosterone

Just for fun, here's a This American Life episode all about testosterone. As the site says: "stories of people getting more testosterone and coming to regret it. And of people losing it and coming to appreciate life without it. The pros and cons of the hormone of desire. "

EWRT1A-63: Rhoads and sissies

Here's the reading again for next time: Steven Rhoads, "The Case Against Androgynous Marriage"

Also, I found that audio essay by Dan Savage that I mentioned. It's from a great weekly radio show called This American Life. Savage's piece is the last one in a whole hour entitled: "Sissies." Consider this line from the intro to the episode: "Though being gay no longer has much of a stigma in some parts of the country, being a sissy still does—even among gay men." How could you explain this given Kimmel's theories?

what you've always been looking for…

… a blog about public misuses of the apostrophe.

EWRT1A-63: essay 2 prompts

Here is a pdf of the handout for essay 2. For each prompt I am asking you to enter the dialogue posed by at least two works from the class. Keep in mind that the prompt questions are just entry points. Start with an initial response and try to develop it through questioning. If you have any questions, then let me know.

EWRT1A-63: Reading Response 4

• How does Friedan's discussion of "the problem that has no name" relate to Tocqueville's discussion of gender roles in the U.S.? Refer to specific parts in both works.

or

• Do you see any problems with Friedan's argument? Or do you find her argument convincing? Provide specific evidence in your response.