Intro Post

Hi everyone! My name is Jessica Mitchell. I am a sophomore, with a Childhood Inclusive Major and a concentration in English. I am from Homer, New York. Most of you probably have no clue where that is, very few actually do, but if you know where Syracuse is, Homer is a tiny town about thirty minutes south of there. It is about three and a half hours away from Fredonia. A fun fact about me is that I absolutely love dogs, and most would say that I have a slight obsession. My favorite breed is Golden Retrievers and I have a nine year old Golden named Hunter.

As far as interest in the course goes, with my concentration being in English I have to take some 300 level courses in English. Out of the choices available and the courses that would work with my schedule, this class seemed to be the most interesting. I figured that it would be a good class to take to learn more about other authors, since I am more familiar with male authors. I also would like to learn more about how the way the women have written in the past and how they write now. I am also curious about how men writers fit into the mix.

In the reading, the quote that stood out to me was on page 2, “According to their journals and essays, they write to express deep feelings, send messages to others, create alternate worlds, make order of chaos, seek transcendence, celebrate themselves.” I don’t really understand why the fact that women write about the things mentioned in this quote makes them so completely different from men writers that people feel that they should be in different categories. I just feel that there are several men that write about these same topics. Just because men may write about them a little differently and may write with a less emotion, I don't think they are necessarily two different categories. You can pick up a book by a women and a book by a man and have them be about similar things, so I don’t really understand why people think that there is such a big distinction between wimen and men writers. The only thing that I feel really is different between the two is that women do tend to write more about their bodies and sexuality, but I am sure that there is a male writer out there some where who writes about that.