http://thegoldennotebook.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:26:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK―I must admit that if The Golden Notebook had randomly dropped off the bookshelves and bumped me on my unsuspecting bookstore-browsing head, I probably would not have purchased it. I might have picked the book up. I might have caressed its front cover. I might have read the back cover ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2009/02/resting-here/ It's been very interesting to read everyone's thoughts on the process. I think that, coming into the project I was the person with the most experience writing online (even though my own blog is sadly neglected, I was lead writer for a long-running online story/game). So I guess it was quite ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2009/02/on-the-process/ I just posted my thoughts on feminism and women in the form of a comment to Naomi's post, but re the process: I agree with Laura about wanting to hear the point of view of men.  All too often books that are perceived to be "feminist texts" are relegated to feminists ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2009/02/my-thoughts-on-the-process/ It's been a few weeks now since I put down The Golden Notebook, and so I thought I'd use this space to share some thoughts and ideas I've been mulling over since our project came to an end. It's really been a fascinating process for me. Reading a book and discussing ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2009/01/final-thoughts/ Sorry, to add to my own post, it also seems like being too emotional nowadays is anti-feminist.  I don't agree with this fundamentally, but I often see myself taking that knee-jerk stance when a woman (or in this case, a protagonist) is masochistic about men. http://thegoldennotebook.org/2008/12/and/ I'm just going to say it: even though I can occasionally relate to Anna, I don't like her.  I don't look up to her, and I'm not reading The Golden Notebook as a motivational feminist text.  Not that we're necessarily supposed to like her.  My reaction says less to me ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2008/12/feminist-manifesto-in-2008/ We're halfway through our six weeks, I'm halfway through the book. Time for a few random musings on the project so far. I'm certainly experiencing this novel in a new and intriguing way. I see that last week I was worried that I was losing a form of communion with the ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2008/11/hump-day/ I still haven't shaken the habit of reading and reading and reading...then chilling back for a few days and soaking it all in.  I can't help it.  Of course, if one is a freelancer, it's just a fact of life that some days are twenty times busier than others.  But ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2008/11/reading-in-chunks/ I have already had too many mood swings over this project to count. Sometimes I feel exhilarated by the excitement of participating in something so new, other times rebellious at having to read to a rigid structure. Sometimes I feel privileged to be reading in such learned company, other times ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2008/11/perhaps-reading-is-my-religion/ A recent story in The NY Times asked if stories have a future. If we're blogging, texting, doing rapid response communicating, who cares about the narrative, tortoise slow and painfully digressive? Naomi's comment that she needs to come up for air now and then from TGN to overcome the characters' ... http://thegoldennotebook.org/2008/11/the-death-of-a-reader/