Lakoff Response

I have to admit that I sometimes have trouble getting through the whole reading in one sitting. I must admit though that this reading held my interest a LITTLE more! Starting off with Thelma and Louise was a great way to grab my attention. It was definitely not needed, but still fun to start out with. (I still have to see the movie)

I really felt I was into the next story about Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill. I was disgusted with the quote from the New York Times Magazine, "Hell confronted and unltimately breakched a series of taboos in the black community...Anita Hill put her private business on the street, and she downgraded a black man to a room filled with white men who might alter his fate-surely a large enough betrayal for her to be read out of the race." This is one example of all of the "expressions of anger" towards her decision to STAND UP FOR HERSELF after being SEXUALLY HARASSED! I cant tell you enough how angry I was the furth i read on.

I was brought back by the next subject...the Watergate incident. I thought it was quite funny how she put it...."people in the oval office plotting like common thugs." It marks the beginning of the downward progression between the republicans and democrats.

I really did enjoy this chapter more than the previous ones. I thoguht there were little instances of humor thrown in (i.e. the godfather example and the 'sleeping with the fishes' example) and i felt this helped keep it light enough to enjoy.