The reason this blog exists is thanks to my English class. As I mentioned in my first post, I am always rather wary of my English classes at the start. I never know what to expect because of the flexibility offered the professors. That’s why I was so happy when Moliere’s Tartuffe was our first reading. I already read it once, and knew that I liked it, and this time we discussed the characters and their roles in the family and society. It was really relieving because I have always been bias towards the topic of societal norms and breaking the molds, especially on the topic of women. I thought that this class would be a perfect fit for me. We get to talk about interesting topics including the one of greatest interest to me.
In Tartuffe there are these two amazingly intelligent and independet female leads and it was just wonderful to be able to talk about how they contrasted with the men and the role of women during the time. It’s pretty clear that Moliere was making a statement about advancing to a more advanced society where women have a slightly more equal role, even if it wasn’t his main point. Here are the links to the original posts on Moliere’s girls:
https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/womenandgreatworks/?p=9
https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/womenandgreatworks/?p=7
When we were given the options for our final projects I knew immediately that my topic was going to be on women. I guess I can be considered a feminist, but I don’t want to be the type that just argues for the strength of women. Women are people and equal to men. This means that they can be strong, weak, intelligent, foolish, resilient, and everything else. What I want to show is that women are people, sharing the same strengths and weaknesses as anybody else.
This is why I love this tumblr post: http://jeanswaifu.co.vu/post/64725226390/they-are-all-okay-and-all-those-things-could
especially the quote on the bottom, “They are all okay, and all those things can exist in the same woman. Women shouldn’t be valued because we are strong, or kick-ass, but because we are people.” I’m not completely sure who said this. I can’t tell if it is by the site’s author or the writer for the Teen Titans’ show. Anyways, I thought I’d share the link because it conveys the message so clearly, and because these issues about women are still being discussed today through all sorts of mediums, even children’s superhero shows (and also because Teen Titans was one of my favorite shows growing up).