Thursday, February 28, 2008

Pink Think Discussion

1.)  Zsa Zsa Gabor commented, "The best way to attract a man is to have a magnificent bosom, a half-sized brain and let both of them show".  Do you think that women today are still encouraged to follow that advise?

2.)  Are men today intimidated by smart women?

3.)  The ultimate goal of the Pink Think strategy is to end up married.  And yet in the literature for men -- back then and now -- the most attractive concept is to remain single.  Society teaches the sexes opposing things.  Why do we push things no one wants? (Think about Cosmo, they always focus the man's pleasure, how to catch a man, and how to be manipulative)

4.)  Women have a history of being both a consumer and a commodity.  Buying everything they can to make themselves desirable in order to actually sell themselves into marriage, etc.  Think about the dichotomy of that situation.

5.)  Sexual abstinence receives a lot of promotion, however we (as a society) promote sexual creatures in the publics eye (ex - Christina Aguilera).  Think about the dichotomy (virgin/slut ethic).  Why do we not teach about sexuality?



Order of Reading w/ Who is Hosting

Jessie - April 2008
Pink Think
By Lynn Peril

Christina
Midwives 
By Chris Bohjalian

A.J.
The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage
By Cathi Hanauer

Cia 
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
By Kim Edwards

Melissa 
Inner Peace for Busy Women: Balancing Work, Family, and Your Inner Life
By Joan Z. Borysenko

Courtney
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
By Lisa See

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Books That Still Need a Host!

The Virgin Suicides 
By Jeffrey Euginedes

Jane Eyre
By Charlotte Bronte

Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars
By Cynthia Gorney

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
By Kay Redfield Jamison

Ellen Foster
By Kaye Gibbons

Drowning Ruth
By Christina Schwarz

Breath, Eyes, Memory
By Edwidge Danticat

Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
By Ann Patchett

Personal History
By Katharine Graham