for me it was more useful as a summary, than as an original take on irigaray. in my opinion, there is too little critical distance to the material (and i'm saying this as a fan of irigaray writing a phd thesis on her). helpful nevertheless, especially later chapters

March 10, 2023

can't say i fully understand it, can't say i agree with what i understand. but i definitely feel it

June 23, 2022

started out forcefully but the ending is a hot mess

March 30, 2024

this is the best book that was never written

June 4, 2024

i really liked the analysis of particular films and literary texts but still not quite sure why it is justified to strictly distinguish the weird from the eerie (and both of them from the freudian unheimlich)

April 24, 2022

i have never read anything like it, and at the same time it feels as if i have always known it by heart

June 1, 2023