tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post192457729895730062..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Male-Bashing is EverywhereMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-91115600645060973012017-08-04T05:29:24.736-07:002017-08-04T05:29:24.736-07:00That man should be given a medal! Seriously, I'...That man should be given a medal! Seriously, I'm sure it's a very good show. Probably I'll end up a passionate convert one day.<br /><br />Thank God I have never heard of Emily's List. I don't think we have it here.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-13906603669167959472017-08-04T05:21:20.966-07:002017-08-04T05:21:20.966-07:00I've read that poem to so many people... One c...I've read that poem to so many people... One claimed he hadn't heard of GOTs. I don't know, though...<br /> Do they have EMILY'S LIST in Ireland? (It's a US founded group that funds electoral campaigns of WOMEN ONLY, but they must agree with all forms of birth control to get the grant, and probably agree with a lot of other strange things also.) It's used here mostly by the Australian Labor party (like the American Democrats they were once the preferred party for Catholics for many years.) A few Labour women decline involvement.Séamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-77494149147824280742017-08-04T04:56:23.344-07:002017-08-04T04:56:23.344-07:00I'm glad to hear they are fighting against pat...I'm glad to hear they are fighting against patriarchal oppression!Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-73167701883828007242017-08-04T04:51:31.848-07:002017-08-04T04:51:31.848-07:00But there is a connection between the two points, ...But there is a connection between the two points, I'm sure?? Going back to GAME OF THRONES,I read that it's popularity is largely due to the feminist slant-it abounds with strong female warrior characters who, I assume , slaughter men in abundance. Séamusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-59286308037291575322017-08-04T03:52:41.864-07:002017-08-04T03:52:41.864-07:00Thanks, Séamus. I do agree with you but I think it...Thanks, Séamus. I do agree with you but I think it's a fine line because literary criticism is always speculative. Not just literary criticism; anyone who's ever become really interested in any movie, book, song or painting tends to speculate about what the author might have meant by this or that. The truth is that sometimes authors didn't even mean things that EVERYBODY assumed them to mean. So I think there's a valid field for speculation, and some of the theories can be fun. Obviously, you can take it too far.<br /><br />In this context of the post, I wasn't so much complaining about the author assuming Christina Rossetti meant this, as assuming that we agree with his claim that romantic conventions are patriarchal, sexist, insincere etc.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-79864557435388558822017-08-04T03:51:41.783-07:002017-08-04T03:51:41.783-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-4295944712525277902017-08-03T16:21:22.592-07:002017-08-03T16:21:22.592-07:00Aside from the male-bashing (and you're right ...Aside from the male-bashing (and you're right as usual) I find it hard to believe that these literary critics really know the minds of nineteenth century writers as well as they think. The amount of psychoanalysis they find in the likes of the Brontës, who were no fools despite their isolation-yes-but I'm quite certain they weren't interested in psycho-anything. A young author named Craig Silvey mentioned a few years ago how astounded he was with the hidden meanings people were reading into his first book, which weren't there at all Séamus (Australia)noreply@blogger.com