Books, Brothers and Birthday Presents

Jun. 17th, 2006 09:41 am
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So I ordered three books from Amazon.com (I stupidely got them shiped to Israel, but never mind I had a gift card so it was no big deal in any event).
One of them uber-geeky - Sex And The Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer For The Buffy Fan by Lorna Howllet.
And two by Judith Btler - Bodies that Matter and Gender Trouble.
Again, yeah I know it was silly to ship them home instead of here as it would have saved me money, but you live and learn right?
*sigh*
I feel like a dum-dum.

In happier notes, got my birthday gifst from Robbie (who arrived safe and sound, you can read his most recent entry on [livejournal.com profile] hemlock_sholes) - Got me two books; one which I've started reading: זהויות במדים: גבריות ונשיות בצבא הישראלי ע"י אורנה ששון לוי in English it's titles Identities in Uniform: Masculinities and Femininities in the Israeli Army by Orna Sasson-Levy. It's very academic, but it's not written in a boring way and I haven't asked anyone to explain new words to me, so I'm feeling fairly intelligent reading this.
The other book is לא רוצות להיות נחמדות: המאבק על זכות הבחירה וראשיתו של הפמיניזם החדש בישראל ע"י חנה ספרן which in English is Don't wanna be nice girls: The struggle for suffrage and the new feminism in Israel by Hannah Safran.

All in all not a bad selection of new books, I think I'll need a new bookshelf for all my new books.
I'm really proud of them all, especially since I was a very late comer to the world of reading, my first "real" book was Jane Ayre which I read for the first time when I was twelve. That's not an early age to become a bookworm, when all your siblings were big readers since they... well since they could actually read!
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  • hearing Libby shrieking and Shvo mimicking her
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V and Justice

V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.

Justice: Good evening, V.

V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...

Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.

V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."

V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.

Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!

V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!

V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.

Justice: Uniform? Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, V. You were the only one...

V: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let him have his way with you, him with his armbands and jackboots!

V: Well? Cat got your tongue? I though as much.

V: Very well. So you stand revealed at last. you are no longer my justice. You are his justice now. You have bedded another.

Justice: Sob! Choke! Wh-who is she, V? What is her name?

V: Her name is Anarchy. And she has taught me more as a mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that justice is meaningless without freedom. She is honest. She makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So good bye, dear lady. I would be saddened by our parting even now, save that you are no longer the woman I once loved.

*KABOOM!*

-"V for Vendetta"

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