Spent the day in the library today, which was nice...I really do love my biblioteca! I just love being surrounded by so much knowledge. I wish I could read every book in the place, just devour them all. Unfortunately I have to spend my time learning such interesting Spanish vocabulary as the words for 'political dissident' and 'to Europeanize' instead.
Off to James's (boyfriend) at the weekend for his 21st...I can't wait!! I've just this morning finished a huge collage for his present, which is made up of tonnes of images cut out from arty magazines and club flyers and so on. I've also got a lovely dress (which is, unfortunately, too big around the boob area, and I refuse to wear a padded bra; wearing any bra at all is a big enough deal for me!). However, before then I have a shocking amount of work to do. I really want to get started with our next text for my module on Mozambique but doubt I'll have time. Our last text was wonderful; it sent shivers down my spine. It was by Lilia Momplé, who has a bit of a reputation for being Lusophone Africa's first feminist. The text reminded me a great deal of 'The Women's Room' by Marilyn French, specifically in the way it overlapped spatial and temporal spheres, and the use of memory. One of its dominant themes was the way in which Mozambican women were exploited first by the colonial regime, and then by the post-independence Marxist regime, and how it is men that start the wars and women that pick up the pieces. So interesting.
About Me
- Ele
- I love early mornings, Absolut on ice, red wine and interesting 60s dancing, and I am horrifically addicted to caffeine. I'm quite shy and meeting new people terrifies me, meaning that I either say nothing or babble endlessly. I study Spanish & Portuguese and I'm ludicrously passionate and geeky about it, especially Lusophone African literature. I'm trying to recover from anorexia and bulimia.
4 comments:
That's fascinating about the women in Mozambique. I think that men start the wars and women pick up the pieces in a lot of places.
Argh, I know what you mean about bras. I can't stand padded bras or push-up bras or molded bras. I discovered "bralettes" and they do the trick for me.
Happy birthday to James!!!
Ooooh, what is a 'bralette'?? I very rarely wear a bra at all - there is very little point; my 13-year-old cousin has bigger boobs than me, even when I'm at a healthy weight, and the underwiring kills me - but when I have to I wear either one of the spandex bandeau ones from American Apparel or a 'two handkerchiefs and a ribbon'-type thing.
A bralette is basically a soft cup bra with less support. It just covers the boobs and keeps them from bouncing up and down too much.
Hmm, not much 'bounce' going on here unfortunately...grrr.
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