tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post7817998379025034611..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Revisiting films... Little WomenLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-31721920035317293842011-02-26T21:50:45.017+00:002011-02-26T21:50:45.017+00:00That's why I said it- I'm being funnnnny!That's why I said it- I'm being funnnnny!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-19067561132100589832011-02-26T19:51:19.223+00:002011-02-26T19:51:19.223+00:00well it came out 8 years after she died so I doubt...well it came out 8 years after she died so I doubt she was a fan of the film!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-38353479114242368092011-02-26T19:30:28.855+00:002011-02-26T19:30:28.855+00:00Haha, apparently so- but bless you for it, now I d...Haha, apparently so- but bless you for it, now I don't need to read it! Ah, feminism... I love that Simone loves Little Women too though! (Probably not the film though, huh?) :)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-46261838923396899182011-02-26T19:16:29.025+00:002011-02-26T19:16:29.025+00:00It talks about Simone de Beauvoir's love for l...It talks about Simone de Beauvoir's love for little women and how appalling it is that it was ignored by literary criticism for so long. I think it might comment on her possible lesbianity. <br /><br />"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe" is something Louisa said and it reminds me of the Gilmore Girls when Emily is telling Lorelai how much she admires her for being independent. (I am such a loser!)<br /><br />ooh Elaine quotes Alcott:<br />"I am more that half-persuaded I have a mans soul, put by some freak of nature into a woman's body...because I have fallen in love in my life with so many pretty girls and never the least bit with any man." Which I think sounds pretty conclusive! But Showalter says 'It is impossible to say whether her spinsterhood was the result of a lesbian sexual preference unfulfilled in Victorian cultures, or her recognition that her needs for independence could not be satisfied in the marital opportunities she was offered.'<br /><br />Not sure why I have written all of this out.. perhaps I am missing essays!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-84478143327852592192011-02-26T18:53:33.844+00:002011-02-26T18:53:33.844+00:00You didn't- I think you may have mentioned it ...You didn't- I think you may have mentioned it once, but I think your book was in Didders! Does it have lots of Emerson and Thoreau mentions and then 'Louisa may have been a lesbian, but maybe not..'?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-39096951295497098842011-02-26T18:27:55.168+00:002011-02-26T18:27:55.168+00:00I watched Little Women on Christmas Eve (as a fran...I watched Little Women on Christmas Eve (as a frantically tried to finish all the Christmas presents I had foolishly decided to make) and it was nearly the best bit of Christmas. <br /><br />Did I make you read the introduction in my copy for little women? I think you would enjoy it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com