Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know how I overlooked that line! I read it three times looking for the word "mother" and missed it totally. Yes, I see what you mean, Paul. I read it as women supporting each other in a male-dominated profession, but it could be interpreted as a feminist rejection of a woman who tries to get ahead by being "one of the guys." I guess I'll read the book before I jump to conclusions, too. Thanks - Tina At 08:33 PM 2/1/01 -0500, you wrote: >Here's the motherhood line I was referring to: > >"Kogan, who left photojournalism for TV news in 1992, and then left >journalism altogether in 1998 to become a full-time mom, is not, >contrary to the media buzz around the book, some kind of neo-fem >heroine to women journalists." > >This one left me with the "feminist polemic" feeling" > >"I'm grateful to the women who took me under their wing, pointing out >how nice those khakis and that sensible, and loose, white T-shirt >looked on me, sharing their contacts and giving me assignments. Women, >not men, taught me how to interview soldiers and how to hide, and then >run, when someone is shooting at you." > >To me this reads as a two-level argument. On the surface it's >sensible - women do need to support each other, especially in >male-dominated professions. On another level, because she's reviewing >Kogan's book and by implication her actions, she seems to be saying >"Kogan was not grateful to the women in her profession. She did not >seek them out to accept or provide support. Instead she sought to >emulate the men. Her masculine sexual promiscuity proves who she >really sided with, and it wasn't us." > >Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but I still want to read the >book and form my own opinions. > > From Mars, >Paul Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com