tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post1763569274531719999..comments2023-10-10T06:48:40.299-03:00Comments on the feminist librarian: $1 review: virtual equalityannajcookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573723390785613915noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-70252187208653508142010-05-29T12:50:53.475-03:002010-05-29T12:50:53.475-03:00I think I read this book in college. I know I read...I think I read this book in college. I know I read something by Vaid. I did a lot of thinking about sexuality in college (as one does), and I bet this was in there somewhere.A'Llynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295862804070846652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-62248530697784245472010-05-26T14:27:38.126-03:002010-05-26T14:27:38.126-03:00@Juniper,
Welcome! I'm flattered that you cl...@Juniper, <br /><br />Welcome! I'm flattered that you clicked through to my blog and that you hung around as a lurker in order to comment! I enjoyed reading your comment very much. I look forward to hearing from you again in the future when you feel so moved :). <br /><br />~Annaannajcookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573723390785613915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-26186547650793460762010-05-26T12:29:48.417-03:002010-05-26T12:29:48.417-03:00Hi! I followed you here from a trans-positive comm...Hi! I followed you here from a trans-positive comment on Feministing, and I've been waiting for you to say something I could comment on.<br /><br />As a fledgling progressive I was pretty conflicted over the genetics as destiny defense. On the one hand it's really not a position of strength to claim that you deserve rights only because you can't help being gay. And on the other hand, it's deeply suspicious that our culture's concept of same-sex attraction perfectly lines up with biological inevitability, and all those other cultures that see attraction to both sexes as the rule are just confused.<br /><br />The reframe that made that sensible to me is similar to Vaid's: desire is (mostly) not chosen, but the social interpretation of desire is. A woman in our society who finds herself attracted to women and not men has a range of available options from (frustrated) heterosexual to (woman-leaning) bisexual to lesbian, and the decision to acknowledge what she feels (or not) is a choice.<br /><br />This is seriously long already, but I just wanted to add that Vaid's line about advocating for homosexual desire as a potential in everyone was a "Wow" for me. That's so delightfully subversive that it's no wonder the movement has stayed well clear of making that argument. But it's really what the movement comes down to: all of you out there have sexual orientations, and we're here to help you express them.Junipernoreply@blogger.com