tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513072620566117695.post1667585138888742156..comments2023-07-06T06:53:55.004-04:00Comments on Athena Magazine: Mental Health Mondays: Ongoing Influence of Past CommentsAthena Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03467283997184728024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513072620566117695.post-40533624367358553762009-12-05T19:19:46.874-05:002009-12-05T19:19:46.874-05:00May I also point out that anybody who refers to hi...May I also point out that anybody who refers to himself in the third person probably isn't someone whose opinion of us should matter *coughcough*Plato*coughcough* LOLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17316512662794970232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513072620566117695.post-39586563218113826112009-12-01T12:30:05.374-05:002009-12-01T12:30:05.374-05:00et tu, Kurt Vonnegut?
It makes me so angry, the s...et tu, Kurt Vonnegut?<br /><br />It makes me so angry, the stigma against female writers. It's no secret that the likes of Mary Shelley and the Bronte Sisters all had to publish under fake names at one point, but did you know the whole reason J.K. Rowling billed herself as J.K. instead of Joanne was because her publishers thought a female name attached to a book would not draw in a large enough audience? The sad thing is there was probably some truth in that - works by male authors are seen as universal, works by female authors are usually billed as "chick lit" or romances, even when they're not (I take it personally when people dismiss Wuthering Heights as a sappy romance when it is so obviously not).AFitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613780883221764802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513072620566117695.post-14399403909507516452009-11-30T19:03:08.024-05:002009-11-30T19:03:08.024-05:00I personally wouldn't mind being compared to a...I personally wouldn't mind being compared to a hyena. They're cute and cuddly when they're not angry and trying to rip your throat out.<br /><br />As for how it affects me; I couldn't care less about what Napolean said because he's megolomaniacal psycho. As for the others, I just have to laugh and go 'oh yeah? Well if you're talking about me mister, you're sorely mistaken'.<br /><br />The only real way these quotes have affected me is that I have just lost a lot of respect for some of these people, namely Plato and Aristotle, whom I always thought of as wise, forward-thinking, open-minded guys.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17316512662794970232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6513072620566117695.post-4951622508586807852009-11-30T17:13:51.592-05:002009-11-30T17:13:51.592-05:00Ouch, I can't believe Kurt Vonnegut said that!...Ouch, I can't believe Kurt Vonnegut said that! <br /><br />To be fair, I'm sure the Mark Twain comment was taken out of context or just interpreted rather radically - he was a supporter of suffrage + equal rights for women (for most of his life, anyways, he reportedly said some pretty asinine things in his youth) and I doubt he'd say something like that in all seriousness.<br /><br />"To win freedom always involves hard fighting. I believe in women doing what they deem necessary to secure their rights."<br /><br />In an interview in the Chicago Tribune in 1909.Michellehttp://www.wicked-whimsy.comnoreply@blogger.com