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How is jelly's comments insulting? The field of literature, especially at a postgrad level, is not perfect nor is it above criticism. I've studied English, and yeah, I have problems with how literature is dissected and taught. Could you tell us why you find it to be misinformed?
Thanks for your interest but this is not the topic of this thread as @jellyv and I already agreed earlier. However, if you want to discuss postmodern and contemporary literary criticism, read my dissertation or buy me a drink and I ll walk you through my research.
Okay, if you want to keep this thread on topic, fine. But people (like myself) share Jelly's sentiments, and they aren't 'insulting.'Thanks for your interest but this is not the topic of this thread as @jellyv and I already agreed earlier. However, if you want to discuss postmodern and contemporary literary criticism, read my dissertation or buy me a drink and I ll walk you through my research.
I wholeheartedly disagree. I think people who have been oppressed, sometimes for generations, are finally empowered to speak up.
I don’t know why you are so dedicated to insulting me over and over again in this thread. By the way, I am both an academic and a member of an underrepresented population so I know the struggle of growing up “oppressed” first hand.
Just playing Devil's advocate here, but one would argue that, historically, Europeanization was forced onto other populations (evangelism, slavery, colonialism, etc.) and that it's impossible to examine today's society without taking into consideration the ramifications of this process.
).Yay! Thanks for sharing. I was reading the same article! (Creepy?)
This is beautifully articulated.+1
Someone wise once said, "I´m responsible only for the words I utter, not for how you choose to interpret them". I.e., our personal interpretation of someone´s words reveals more about us and how we choose to interpret them about than the actual content of the message. We read an intention where often there is none behind it - because we all have filters, biases, taboos and caveats, our own, and, as adult, mature thinking people, I believe that how each of us chooses to react to any given message is very much our choice. In other words, I can be triggered or offended by someone´s words, but also choose not to be bloody-minded by presupposing that person went out of his/her way to offend me on purpose. Most of the time there is no offense meant - and therefore, none given
Be it out of personal or inherited trauma, or other subjective reasons, there are a lot of false assumptions nowadays that often lead to unfair projections ("I feel hurt by something I see/hear, so therefore of course you acted in bad faith and your intent was to deliberately cause me offense"). It´s a little bit like some people who go, "If you actually cared for me, you´d just simply KNOW what I wanted from you without me having to tell you explicitly, so this shows you´re a mean selfish insensitive person". It´s simply impossible for anybody to know everything, foresee everything, and take into account everybody´s feelings, as desirable as that kind of omniscience might be.
By way of analogy, and to fit the above into a purse discussion: I would definitely pass on a python purse, a lizard wallet and a pony-fur backpack, and their sight does sadden me - but I would not think anybody who makes them, sells them, buys them, or uses them is a bad, ignorant or uncaring person who means to be rude or offensive (yes, I´m leaving out another can of worms re: exotics breeding for fashion.... for another day).
