A nice change...

While I am still bogged with school reading and working my way through The Feminine Mystique, I have had a couple of good reads...for school of course!

For my Feminist Perspectives in Literature class I read Lysistrata, a comic play by Aristophanes. This jist of this play is that the women of Greece decide to put an end to war by refusing to sleep with their husbands and lovers (as well as take over the treasury). It is a baudy, witty, and provacative play that toys with stereo-types, sex and the battle for peace. It was a quick read, but since I am in grad school for education I have to write a unit of lesson plans based on Lysistrata. Since I am not a lit major but and art major this could be interesting!

The second fun reading I am doing is a re-read of Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver. I read this ages ago but it fits a reading assignment I need to do for my Exploring Cultures class. I need to read a novel based on cultural struggle and/or social justice and write a response as it relates to the class. This book will do the trick nicely! It is nice to read an old favorite. It is like getting re-acquainted with a friend you haven't seen in many years.

Oh how the time flies...

Well, I haven't really been able to move on to a new book yet. I am jumping around from article to article and chapter to chapter of school reading with very little time to read Ms. Friedan!!! It is a little frusterating, but I know that homework comes first. The ironic thing is that often topics and themes in my course work is reflected in The Feminine Mystique. It surprises me that what would seem like a totally unrelated discussion pops off the pages.

What makes me really sad is that I was not able to do any fun reading over my Spring Break. No rest!!! It was all research projects and lesson planning. On that note I better get back to work.