Reading Response No. 23

Summary:
In her article "Viewpoint the Laugh of Medusa," Cixous attemps to convey to her audience that women need to write with their own voices. She goes on to say that doing so will help women writers discover themselves in a male doninated industry.

Synthesis:
One could relate this article to the Flynn article we read. Both talk about how women and men hold different positions of authority in the writing community. This article and the Alexander article are a little simalar because the Alexander piece talks about transgender rhetorics, and this article mentions bisexuality. Although gender and sexuality aren't really the same thing, people in the transgender community and the bisexual community are often grouped together.

Questions for Discussion and Journaling
1. This article didn't make me uncomfortable as much as it made me groan and say "oh this again?" But I think I didn't get uncomfortable because I have read articles like this one before. I don't think thsat the author was trying to make the reader uncomfortable; she was probably just trying to make a point.

2. I think she is saying that women should find their voices and themselves in writing, and overcome this male dominated industry to find their own stories.

Personal Response:
I thought that this article was alright, but it placed too much balme on the males. It seemed like I've heard this argument half a billion times, which I have. Women should embrace their different writing style, and by doing this they will overcome the male domination of this industry