I had to stop reading The Testaments because 1. I'm not interested in the ways that white women's violence must be rationalized so that they can be rendered as sympathetic victims; 2. I'm not into trauma porn, I don't think gratuitous depictions of violence against 1/
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women is critiquing the problem of violence against women. As bell hooks says, "When we gleefully consume this violence, we are colluding in acts of violence. We are stimulated in erotic ways by this violence." 2/2
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @DrDadabhoy
I still have the book sitting on my shelf, but my fear of these two points is why I haven't read it yet (and #2 is why I didn't watch the tv show)
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Vastauksena käyttäjille @LaraDodds ja @DrDadabhoy
I *strongly* disliked it. I only finished it because we were reading it for a faculty book club. I would not waste a minute of your time on it, Lara.
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I was skeptical going in, but then it just got to the point where I was questioning how it was affecting me emotionally, and decided to stop reading.
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