Hélène Cixous

❝...living means wanting everything that is, everything that lives, and wanting it alive.❞

-Hélène Cixous

I haven't written in a while. I've been very busy. Schoolwork has been ridiculous recently. But now I'm on the last stretch and I just finished my last big paper. So last week I got robbed, and basically this whole week has been retelling the story in a humorous way. And I'm cool with it, because it really is funny. And I'm in the fricken Lamoni paper. There's a picture and everything. It's kind of ridiculous. But it has been a source of laughter and talking to people.

So today, as I said, I wrote my last big paper. And it had to deal with women writing. And just feminism in general. And I love, love, love Hélène Cixous. She's an amazing french feminist. What I really love about her is that she doesn't expect women to give up men or having babies. I feel like a lot of feminism tries to make women feel guilty for wanting to have sex and for wanting children. But I have never agreed with it, and it always made me feel badly about feminism. Cixous, though says that to refrain from doing what you want, and being with the people you want to be with would be deprivation. I love that. Like I'm sick of feeling guilty because I want things that "traditional" women want, having babies. But reading her was eye-opening. She's amazing. The essay is called "The Laugh of the Medusa." It is so great. And I really loved that quote up there. Thats what she said about the whole wanting sex and babies thing. That wanting things like that is a part of life. I kind of want to buy the book. It's only $20 on amazon. Hmm.

So yea, besides that, I'm really sad school is ending. This semester has been awesome. I've been enjoying every minute of it. Next semester I don't know how many people I will know in my classes, but I'm planning on spending more time at the college outside of class. Hopefully I'll still be able to hang out with my friends! But it will be good for the summer to come about. I'm going to do so much stuff!