While acknowledging that there may in fact be some good marriages out there, somewhere, her main thesis is. Laura kipnis is a professor in the department of radio, tv, and film at northwestern. Pdf the author discusses the way affairs are typically approached in our. Like kipniss four previous books, men feels like something written by your most hyperverbal friend, the sort of person who can turn even. Her book offers a very jaundiced and bitter look at marriage in particular and relationships in general. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and. Shes been reading a novel by the comic writer patricia marx, a parody of a former lover who happens to be kipniss ex too. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions.
Deliberately provocative arguments, by cultural critic kipnis bound and gagged, 1996, etc. I n march 2015, news reached laura kipnis, a highprofile professor who teaches filmmaking at northwestern university, illinois, that a group of students had staged a protest against her in. Notes from an ongoing investigation by laura kipnis metropolitan. Cases such as that of the activist film star and the young actor jimmy bennett may be about much more than sex, says the author laura kipnis. Read enough stories about the madness whipping through college campuses right now, and you cant help. Apr 02, 2017 i n march 2015, news reached laura kipnis, a highprofile professor who teaches filmmaking at northwestern university, illinois, that a group of students had staged a protest against her in. Marriage is made in hell american writer laura kipnis has provoked a storm in the us with a new book attacking marriage. Really, the book is much more an examination of adultery not a topic i have a huge personal interest in or would have picked up a book about, as after fifty years living on this planet, ive never been. Apr 05, 2017 unwanted advances sexual paranoia comes to campus by laura kipnis 245 pages. A kipnis accuser speaks and kipnis corrects the record the. Hell is other people, existentialist jean paul sartre once said. A conversation with laura kipnis why would anyone be against love.
Jeannie suk gersen writes about laura kipnis, a filmstudies professor at northwestern university, and the contested nature of sexual harassment. Laura kipnis opposing northwestern graduate students. A professor in the department of radiotvfilm at northwestern university, she has received fellowships from the guggenheim foundation, the rockefeller foundation, and the nea. Not so difficult, as one of my favorite authors, bell hooks, writes extensively on the subject. Aug 26, 2003 the pain caused by such loverelated lapses as infidelity, guilt, and deception is the subject of the art of love, in which kipnis notes the potholeridden intimacy systems that refuse to acknowledge their own contradictions and hence encourage damaging selfdeceptions and emotional burdens. But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion. Northwestern university professor laura kipnis became the. Notes from an ongoing investigation, laura kipnis distinguishes between two different kinds of humor. In the essays collected here, laura kipnis revisits the archetypes of wayward masculinity that have captured her imagination over the years, scrutinizing men who have figured in her own life. Graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura. Laura kipnis is a cultural theoristcritic and former video artist. Clarity of expression and the uncompromising vehemence of her thought make laura kipnis the best polemical investigator writing today, which both sells her short and raises an unexpected question.
Sexual paranoia on campus and the professor at the eye of. A committed feminist, kipnis was surprised to find herself the object of a protest march by student activists at her university for writing an essay about sexual paranoia on campus. Laura kipnis is a professor at northwestern university and a provocative feminist critic. In unwanted advances, her account of campus inquisitions that go well beyond the mccarthyite into the kafkaesque, laura kipnis is everything the academic bureaucrats she writes about are not. A more engaging but still very challenging anthology piece, loves labors, the first chapter of laura kipniss 2003 against love. Laura kipnis and publishing house harpercollins publishers llc filed an opposition june 9 to a motion from a northwestern graduate student to continue using a pseudonym in her. Edward hirsch against love is a wonderfully provocative book, daring and incisive, written with verve and no small amount of humor. Aug 26, 2003 laura kipnis s witty and cunning treatise against modern love is as trenchant and unexpected, as jubilantly incendiary a work of social criticism as ive read in years. Here, she explains why monogamy turns nice people into petty dictators and household tyrants sunday september 7.
I like to end with kipniss bestknown work, against love. A kipnis accuser speaks and kipnis corrects the record. Graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura kipniss new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy. But every age also defines love differently, which raises the question of how and why our current definitions of coupledom became what they are, also whether theyre workable or sustainable. A polemic is a super catchy title, but a disappointingly inaccurate description of the contents of this essay book. Sep 20, 2017 jeannie suk gersen writes about laura kipnis, a filmstudies professor at northwestern university, and the contested nature of sexual harassment. Banning laura kipnis would betray wellesleys values the. May 17, 2017 graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura kipnis s new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy.
When northwestern university professor laura kipnis published sexual paranoia strikes academe in the chronicle of higher education in february 2015, she didnt expect shed become the target of a title ix investigation as a result. Mar 23, 2017 why banning laura kipnis would betray wellesleys academic mission six professors at the college insist that campus speakers like the feminist intellectual will cause students damage or. Notes from an ongoing investigation and unwanted advances. That about summarises the philosophy of laura kipnis. Kristen bearse printed in the united states of america first edition 4 6 8 9 7 5. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Laura kipnis, a professor of radio, television, and film at northwestern u. Against marriage ould be a much more accurate title for laura kipniss booklength essay, against love. Apr 09, 2017 laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted advances kipnis, a professor at northwestern, argues that title ix investigations of sexual misconduct on campus are vastly overexpanded. She began her career as a video artist, exploring similar themes in the form of video essays. Love is, as we know, a mysterious and controlling force.
The boundaries of assault have stretched northwestern professor laura kipnis was recently cleared in a title ix investigation prompted by student complaints over an. Unwanted advances sexual paranoia comes to campus by laura kipnis 245 pages. Sep 19, 2014 in the essays collected here, laura kipnis revisits the archetypes of wayward masculinity that have captured her imagination over the years, scrutinizing men who have figured in her own life. In her polemic against love, laura kipnis argues that love cannot exist as traditional expressions of love such as marriage, monogamy, and mutuality. Her present work focuses on the intersections of american politics, psyche, and the bodywith detours through love, marx, gender distress, adultery, scandal, freud, and the legacy of the avantgarde. Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be. Against marriage ould be a much more accurate title for laura kipnis s booklength essay, against love. Laura kipnis is the author of how to become a scandal, against love, and the female thing. Kipnis says in a preface that her arguments are meant to be taken in a contrarian spirit, but i think that arguments made as the devils advocate must still be coherent argumentsa criterion that not everything here seems to meet.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading against love. Sexual paranoia comes to campus, men, how to become a scandal, against love, and a few others. Analysis of the poem against love by laura kipnis essay 1987 words 8 pages. A lawsuit against the northwestern professor alleges that she inflicted harm on one of her subjects. Yes, it was abused by two people trying to censor and punish laura kipnis for disagreeing with them. The pain caused by such loverelated lapses as infidelity, guilt, and deception is the subject of the art of love, in which kipnis notes the potholeridden intimacy systems that refuse to acknowledge their own contradictions and hence encourage damaging self. Sexual paranoia strikes academe the chronicle of higher. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Why banning laura kipnis would betray wellesleys academic mission six professors at the college insist that campus speakers like the feminist intellectual will cause students damage or.
May 18, 2017 laura kipnis, a professor of radio, television, and film at northwestern u. Laura kipnis is an american cultural critic and essayist. The boundaries of assault have stretched northwestern professor laura kipnis was recently cleared in a title ix investigation prompted by student complaints over an essay she wrote. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life. Unwanted advances tackles sexual politics in academia the. Laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted. Feminism is broken, argues laura kipnis, if anyone thinks the sexual hysteria overtaking american campuses is a sign of gender progress. Laura kipniss witty and cunning treatise against modern love is as trenchant and unexpected, as jubilantly incendiary a work of social criticism as ive read in years. Laura kipnis is sued over portrayal of graduate student in.
About a year ago i decided that perhaps i should educate myself about this ephemeral concept of romantic love. But of course there was that one book that seemed so absurd i had to go for it. Laura kipniss endless trial by title ix the new yorker. Love has vast power over us, it shapes us as selves. Laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted advances kipnis, a professor at northwestern, argues that title ix investigations of sexual misconduct on.