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I have to admit that like Elizabeth319, I have little to no previous experience with reading feminist texts and therefore can't really recommend too many, but I’ve reacted very strongly to the text we’ve read so far and definitely have a thirst for more. Of what’s already listed on the syllabus, I’m particularly interested in reading Gilman’s Herland and after a talk I attended at Haverford this evening titled “You only think You Know Me: Passing as a Social Phenomenon in Prominent Hollywood Films” I would also be interested in reading Nella Larson’s Passing,so please don’t take those off the plan!

After having being told by Spivak and others about what we shouldn’t be reading, I’d really like to read something they might approve of! Perhaps a novel written from the perspective of a woman that’s not influenced by imperialism or hegemony? That is, assuming that one exists. And also assuming (probably wrongly) the existence of an intrinsically feminine form or perspective of writing. Maybe I just need to read some Judith Butler.

I guess my first insight to what feminist theory might look like was reading Aftermath: Violence and the Remaking of a Self by Susan J. Brison for my "Violence, Terror and Trauma" course last semester. It’s a personal narrative of recovery from sexual assault; I found the book truly inspiring and would definitely recommend it. I’m not sure how it would fit into the context of the course, though it does look very relevant to the session on Rape, Violence and Torture at the Gender, War and Militarism Conference that Flora brought up (which looks very cool by the way).