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adrianagoycoolea's review
2.0
I read the first 80% but wasn’t really interested in the final sections, so I simply didn’t read them. I enjoyed the content I did read though. I think Sontag had very unbiased views and valid points made. I know she has gotten a decent amount of criticism for being an upper-middle class white woman, but I didn’t think that made her views any less worldly.
Nonfiction is hard for me to read when it’s so dense, and this sometimes felt like a chore to pick up.
Nonfiction is hard for me to read when it’s so dense, and this sometimes felt like a chore to pick up.
goodmorningcaptain's review against another edition
4.25
Would probably be a 5 if not for that petty ass response to Adrienne Rich
tabithare's review
3.0
The first two?? Essays are legitimately foundational texts to me and the latter inclusions stuck out less— regardless, an excellent collection and a good starter Sontag I think!!
saintakim's review
3.0
mediocre collection.
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when I was in my sophomore year in university, my philosophy teacher taught us that one of the main manifestations of madness was a fragmented relationship to one's body. the hand becomes distinct from the body, and distinct from the self.
here's how Sontag defines feminity's relationship to beauty in a few essays of this collection:
Women are taught to see their bodies in parts, and to evaluate each part separately.
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when I was in my sophomore year in university, my philosophy teacher taught us that one of the main manifestations of madness was a fragmented relationship to one's body. the hand becomes distinct from the body, and distinct from the self.
here's how Sontag defines feminity's relationship to beauty in a few essays of this collection:
Women are taught to see their bodies in parts, and to evaluate each part separately.