Intro

Hi I'm Katarina, 

I am a senior here at Fredonia. I am majoring in English with a creative writing minor. I took this class because I really enjoy this topic. I took Scribbling Women with Professor VanDette a couple of semesters ago and she was so passionate about the topic it really interested me. I also play Soccer and Lacrosse for Fredonia, which I absolutely love. 

“To Examine Women’s Literature from a feminist perspective is to assume that the distinction between “masculine” and “feminine” is important to the generation of all writing.” This is one of the many quotes that I found interesting in the reading. “ASSUME” being the key word to this sentence, verifying that we as women are agreeing that gender has an effect on writing. By having classes such as this, “Women Writers,” class we are separating ourselves all on our own. However, I am not saying I don’t think women are mistreated and under looked when it comes to all forms of writing, but, I also do not think what is being done is helping the cause. I think by making this a complaint, of gender equality, we are putting a target on our back and maybe women who don’t deserve or are less as brilliant as past authors are getting recognition for the wrong reasons. The wrong reasons being just to quiet the protestors.