So good! I was glued to reading. I love this: "The only thing worse than losing the story is stumbling into cliché." The idea at the end of care and maintenance reminds me of the 60s postmodern dance trend of trying to subvert narrative, like in Yvonne Rainer's Trio A, and the idea of democratizing dance performance with task-based movement structures. Also -- I haven't read Zakaria, so I don't know if this is what I would think if I had... but my thought is that the value of her description of her experiences is that it helps to make her known to a general audience that doesn't have much cultural insight into a Pakistani female lawyer-activist's perspectives. You wouldn't need to do that as much with say Gloria Steinem, there's a sense of where she would be coming from, what she's up against, what is motivating her, what her values are, she has a character that is known in the dominant mainstream culture. PS - Is this whole essay actually just coming out of coping with the end of Game of Thrones? :D
A girlfriend and colleague sent this to me today, and I was riveted. So happy to have crossed your path and cannot wait to read everything you've ever written.
So good! I was glued to reading. I love this: "The only thing worse than losing the story is stumbling into cliché." The idea at the end of care and maintenance reminds me of the 60s postmodern dance trend of trying to subvert narrative, like in Yvonne Rainer's Trio A, and the idea of democratizing dance performance with task-based movement structures. Also -- I haven't read Zakaria, so I don't know if this is what I would think if I had... but my thought is that the value of her description of her experiences is that it helps to make her known to a general audience that doesn't have much cultural insight into a Pakistani female lawyer-activist's perspectives. You wouldn't need to do that as much with say Gloria Steinem, there's a sense of where she would be coming from, what she's up against, what is motivating her, what her values are, she has a character that is known in the dominant mainstream culture. PS - Is this whole essay actually just coming out of coping with the end of Game of Thrones? :D
A girlfriend and colleague sent this to me today, and I was riveted. So happy to have crossed your path and cannot wait to read everything you've ever written.
Ugh, the Steinem gaze. She really irritates me.