A furor of cleaning or...
Mar. 19th, 2003 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
charlottezwebif I have no feminist literature on my bookshelves, am I still a feminist?
Sortof rhetorical. But. I've been possessed by an overwhelming desire to delete items from my stuffed to the brim room and house. This includes everything, especially books. My community center is having a garage sale on April 12th so I'm getting a table, and have been packing things up in preparation.
It's not easy; I've been taking a hard look at why I own and keep some of the things I have. I realize that I have literary books on my shelves so people won't think I'm shallow, even though I never reread them. I'm worried that if I get rid of all my feminist writings, I'll somehow be less in the fight. For some reason, the presence of Faulkner and Porter and my shelves seem to balance out the enormous collection of Buffy novels, even if I hate Faulkner.
Damn it. Maybe I am shallow, and soon everyone will know by my bookshelves, but at least it'll be easier to pack.
Sortof rhetorical. But. I've been possessed by an overwhelming desire to delete items from my stuffed to the brim room and house. This includes everything, especially books. My community center is having a garage sale on April 12th so I'm getting a table, and have been packing things up in preparation.
It's not easy; I've been taking a hard look at why I own and keep some of the things I have. I realize that I have literary books on my shelves so people won't think I'm shallow, even though I never reread them. I'm worried that if I get rid of all my feminist writings, I'll somehow be less in the fight. For some reason, the presence of Faulkner and Porter and my shelves seem to balance out the enormous collection of Buffy novels, even if I hate Faulkner.
Damn it. Maybe I am shallow, and soon everyone will know by my bookshelves, but at least it'll be easier to pack.
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Date: 2003-03-19 07:49 pm (UTC)