Comments on: Reading Like a Girl http://www.marcellawhitecampbell.com/blog/2008/08/07/reading-like-a-girl/ Wherein the Artist Grappleth with her Tween, Complaineth to Excess, And Drinketh of Budget-Priced Sparkling Wines, Whilst Pursuing Respectable Employ, And Making ye Sign of ye Hashtag With Her Own Four Fingers, etc, etc, as Told to the Author Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: marcella http://www.marcellawhitecampbell.com/blog/2008/08/07/reading-like-a-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-256 marcella Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:44:08 +0000 http://www.marcellawhitecampbell.com/?p=45#comment-256 Do you know, in '08 my sister and I visited DC and she insisted we view the Hopper exhibit at the National Gallery. At the time, I couldn't see the women for the lighthouses, if that makes sense. Thanks for the heads-up (goes to Google Image Search)! Do you know, in ’08 my sister and I visited DC and she insisted we view the Hopper exhibit at the National Gallery. At the time, I couldn’t see the women for the lighthouses, if that makes sense. Thanks for the heads-up (goes to Google Image Search)!

]]> By: Brittany http://www.marcellawhitecampbell.com/blog/2008/08/07/reading-like-a-girl/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Brittany Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:52:57 +0000 http://www.marcellawhitecampbell.com/?p=45#comment-254 THIS. I could never say this as eloquently, but I share your defiant spirit. For some reason it reminds me of Edward Hopper's paintings of people waiting for a train, sitting in an audience before the curtain rises, an movie usher napping at her post. I guess what I am trying to get at is that Romance Readers and women's media is rendered invisible, or worthy of scorn. Hopper had us look at those invisible moments, everyday events, forcing us to value them. Maybe that is why Hopper is the favorite of so many women I know. THIS.

I could never say this as eloquently, but I share your defiant spirit. For some reason it reminds me of Edward Hopper’s paintings of people waiting for a train, sitting in an audience before the curtain rises, an movie usher napping at her post. I guess what I am trying to get at is that Romance Readers and women’s media is rendered invisible, or worthy of scorn. Hopper had us look at those invisible moments, everyday events, forcing us to value them. Maybe that is why Hopper is the favorite of so many women I know.

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