I had terrible insomnia last night. One of the downsides of working out at the gym in the evening. After sitting in bed for an hour writing a draft of a paper in my head, I gave up trying to sleep, got out of bed, and checked out the blogs. A couple of blogs had some excellent link-fests.
Ann Bartow has been surfing madly and coming up with some good stuff. She found a blog devoted to sexism in academia.
She also points to responses by Katha Pollitt to her negative Times review. One was an op-ed in the Times and the other was an interview in Salon. I've got no stake in this Wonkette v. Pollitt rumble, although I'm finding it entertaining. I am confused as to why Pollitt's words in the interview are exactly the same as her phrasing in her written article. How did that happen? As a former editor, I am aolso fascinated that not only is bad book publicity a good thing, but writing about weathering bad publicity is also a new genre of writing.
Sandy at Imponderabilia also has a ton of links related to motherhood and feminism. Via Sandy, I found an interesting post and comments at Alas about the Pollitt book, with comments by Katha herself.
(A post later on boys and reading.)
Hey, thanks for the plug.
Posted by: Ann Bartow | July 13, 2006 at 01:37 PM
And thanks from me, too.
From the comments at Alas (A Blog), I also noticed that the this issue of "Off Our Backs" is all about feminism and motherhood - and only $5: http://www.easycart.net/offourbacksinc./Current_Issue.html
At least Hirshman is really putting these issues in the news. Maybe that's really her ulterior motive? LOL.
Posted by: Sandy | July 14, 2006 at 09:26 AM