Hi, ladies!!
Summary:
The English ideal of women’s role underwent a remarkable change in the 1830s. Emancipation of women was a natural part of Socialist programmes, while opponents mocked both the free woman and Socialisms, suggesting those were enemies both of marriage and of traditional morality.
Kate---Owenite writer wrote that abused wives was high at that time.
The French Socialist doctrines of Saint-Simon and Fourier---their followers preached social regeneration in the form of a society dedicated to hard work, social purpose, co-operation and association, as opposed to the inalienable right of amassing property, inheritance, free markets and competition.
Varnhagen and Bettina---Thinkers of Germany have arrived at the conclusion that marriage is a highly immoral institution.
…It is very interesting for me to learn these concrete effects by women activities in 19C England. I’m now looking forward to listening to your lecture scheduled for Monday morning.
See you next, have a nice weekend. Bye!
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Hi, ladies
I have not written in the blog so long...
According to Kazuko Tanaka, there are two motives that make a woman start feminism studies. Both are based on the atomosphere of the family. In one case, a mother is oppressed in the feudal system by her husband. In the other case, she has a mother who is educated throguht more liberated ideas.
She referred that Kamichika does not belong to either cases. As a stand point of humanism she started being involved in feminism movement. There are several reasons. One is she has a pious mother whose husband died leaving big family in need of support. Ichiko had seen how hard her mother and her sisters worked. It was a few years after she left home at the age of 16 when she became a member of Seito. She has a fate to live independently.
I'll write about another factors of Kamichika's ideas in another occasion.
I feel a little tense for tomorrow. Good night, my precious friends. Cherry, I am really impressed with your effort.
I printed out Ms. Tada's file. Thank you for the preperations.
After she left home when she was 16.
The second factor is the equalty reason is 3-y young and
Hi, ladies!!!
It’s Sunday, November 23rd, 2008, and it’s been another mild autumnal day, hasn’t it?
I got Mr. Luke Blower to come to my place and give a talk to us, NWSRG members. Actually, many of us got together one hour before his talk to give ourselves English speaking warm up. The first comer was Azalea, followed by:
Magnolia
Gloriosa
Peach
Cosmos
Sunflower
Rose and
Alice.
Alice said that she had got the wrong bus in Toyohashi. I wondered where she went on the wrong bus. But I was happy that she came in time for his talk.
A few minutes before 2:00 p. m., Luke came around to my house, looking for the doorbell. I did not notice him but Gloriosa and some others noticed him taking a glance through the front window and hesitating to call to us, mentioning that our guest had arrived, and so I rushed to the door and opened it for him.
Soon after he commenced his speech about contemporary British culture, Yasuko san arrived at my house. What was most interesting for me was that no sooner had he begun to talk than a listener asked him a question. I was excited to know that the audience was so eager to speak to him, which was fascinating and delightful.
Learning something through English is fun, isn’t it? I am very happy that I speak English and can share a joyful time such as the one we had today with my friends. How about you?
I’m thinking of holding another discussion meeting on Sunday afternoon, which Luke says is most convenient for him, in mid March. I won’t be in Japan in January and most of February, as I told you before. (Remember that your essay due date is the end of February. Sorry, but I have to remind you of that.)
Well, it is getting late, and almost time to get ready for going to bed, my lovely friends. See you at the feminist theory lecture meeting held at my house tomorrow. It will start at 10:30 a. m. Bring your lunch. Goodnight to you all…
Dear friends,
Today I really had a good time thanks to Prum's. I felt that Luke was really friendly and honest. One of the most unforgettable remarks of his is that lots of English female friends of his face with identity crisis. They are expected to be independent not only by the others but also by themselves. He also said that life of women is more complicated than that of men. Men can be allowed to survive by help vacumming. Anyway having lots of selections in life is not a bad thing for women only if finding a way of helping each other.
I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Dear Cherry and friends,
Hello.
I visited Plum’s house today and enjoyed talking with you a lot.
Yes. I was late because I miscalculated the time and took a wrong bus.
Currently, I’m reading about Poovey’s literary analysis of Jane Austen.
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• 6 Ideological Contradictions and the Consolations of Form: The Case of Jane Austen
Austen originally wrote novels for her family. The first novel Poovey analyzes is Lady Susan, a widow who tries to control everybody in her family. For instance, she attempts to make her daughter marry her own cast-off suitor. “[S]he wants to retain the power to exercise her aggressive energies, at the same time, the reputation for propriety that gives her power” (p. 175) While punishing Lady Susan by failing her plans, Austen ambivalently implies female destructive potential that society necessarily fails.
Hi, ladies!!!
It is Monday, November 24th, 2008, and it was cloudy in the morning and started to rain in the early afternoon.
We had a feminist theory lecture meeting at my place today. Those who participated are:
Cosmos
Sunflower
Cherry
Peach
Gloriosa
Magnolia
Rose
Alice and me.
Sunflower talked about liberal feminism, focusing on the various arguments and thoughts of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-99), John Stuart Mill (1806-73) and Betty Friedan, combined with their life stories. The lives of the first two are extremely intriguing and a number of books and articles on them have been published, although not many Japanese scholars described them any more. The recent feminist philosophies are so complicated and complex that beginning feminist theory learners often have difficulty comprehending them, just as Gloriosa remarked.
Cosmos performed a picture card show on domestic violence so impressively that perhaps all the audience except Sunflower and Gloriosa who were, probably, beginners of gender studies could understand quite easily. Her talk was entertaining and she did an excellent job!!!
Gloriosa gave us a lecture that was highly academic and well prepared, delivering beautifully written handouts, which were fairly impressive and powerful. It must have taken so many days to create those handouts and she must have committed all her energy and time to producing them. I really admire and respect her for her extraordinary efforts.
I am very happy that we had a fascinating time together, my lovely friends. Have a good rest tonight. Goodnight to you all…
Hi, ladies,
Today I went to Plum's to learn feminism theory. I missed the first thirty minutes because I was late. I am very sorry for that. DH asked me some chores and what was worse, traffic was jammed because of the city marathon. I came across numberless runners that forced me to detour. I really missed the thirty minutes!
I am interested in Sunflower's remark on Wollstonecraft. Thanks to her, I can understand why Wollstonecraft did such a marvelous job. It is interesting to know that she is part Celtic, who has a strong passion. The word Celtic reminds me of Ms. Fujisawa.
Kuniko-san, thank you for the dried persimmons and cookies. They were so delicious!
I was so much enteratained by Cosmos's cute pictures and persuasive talk. DV is a serious problem. We should overcome the terrors. I can assure that.
Gloriosa gave me abundant knowledge and information, which is valuable and specific to the field that I I have had no chance to learn. When and how feminism is varied and transformed is very difficult to me, but she tried to make it clear, which I think is very challenging and kind.
Plum mentioned about the reason why we study feminism. If we can learn feminism, it means that we are living in a peaceful society. Wartime people wouldn't think of feminism. It is a deep and profound remark.
I really had a gorgeous time.
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