When I was in a 19th Century British Novel class, I was told "Shame on you" for not being a feminist. I had never studied any feminist theory. I never had an interest. I felt that the instructor's shaming me was unfair. Just because I am a woman, does that mean I HAVE to study feminist theory? Since taking that class, I have studied a little bit more. Recently I read some Adrienne Rich, and still am not particularly interested in gender studies. Do I think there is a bias toward men? Of course. The bias is still toward the white, educated, hetero-normative, Christian male, for just about everything.
I have used queer theory for several papers, and am not a homosexual. I have used monster theory, and I don't think I am a monster. I am currently studying auteur theory as a marketing tool, and am certainly not an auteur (or even a filmmaker).
Bias in literature will always exist. And, there will always be new theories to tell me how to read or view something. But, in the end, I don't really care (is there a theory for that???).
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- I'm Kate. I'm working toward my MA in Humanities. I am interested in the authorship surrounding the world of film. I have been married almost one year (February 21) and my husband, Roger, is getting his PhD in Technology Education at ODU. With all the papers and homework, and work, we are pooped!
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That is something I was thinking, too. Simply because we are women, are we automatic champions for a cause? Are black writers automatically champions for fighting prejudice? Does that mean that before I write to advance a marginalized group, I'd better write about feminist theory first?
My point in my blog was that, as a straight person, are we not expected to take latent queer meanings out of text and expand on them? Is this something to be mastered by queer people best, and so, if straight people write queer literature/slash fiction, are they labeled queer themselves?
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