Gender, Feminism and Psychoanalysis: Criticizing the Utilization of Critical Theories in Three Jstor Articles

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I also noticed that another similarity amongst the articles was that the writers would use an additional critical theory in order to reinforce and expand more on their primary critical theory. Whether it was simply writing a few sentences or various paragraphs, the secondary critical theories were all described thoroughly and tied in well to what the writer was explaining. Later on in some of the articles, much like we have done in class, some of the critical theories were used to reinterpret what is normally understood about gender, feminism and psychoanalysis. In one of the articles pertaining to feminism and psychoanalysis, the writer chose to reinterpret psychoanalysis by “re-sexualizing” and it was something that proved to be quite interesting.

Numerous comparisons were also done along the way, which I personally liked. They were mostly phrased as questions that would form part of the text and I would try my best and answer them myself before continuing to read and see if I was right. It was a useful tool that kept me paying close attention to the articles. Based on the multiple things I have mentioned, I can honestly say that there is not much, if anything, I can criticize. Overall, the articles were entertaining to read, the transitions were flawless, the overabundance of sources was astounding and in the end it all amounted to three very informative articles. If there was anything I would have to complain about it would be that although having many outside sources allowed me to understand the text better, the countless in text citations eventually started becoming very repetitive in the sense that one could not go a few seconds without seeing another one appear. It created what I would describe as a sort of clutter that did not allow me to be able to focus exclusively on each paragraph. However, besides that small annoyance, the rest was without a doubt some of the best informative reading I have done in quite some time that didn’t come out of a textbook.