Hi all,
I'm heading off to Madison, Wisconsin. My alter ego is giving a lecture. It should be interesting. I had to give an interview for pre-publicity and every thing. And even though he mis-quotes me when I talk about hip-hop being the culture that rap music come out of, it's still a pretty cool interview. He even asked me about my romance writing and if I I felt conflicted about writing romance as a feminist. Check out the interview and what I said in response to that here. So any way, of course I still need to pack and print out my paper and check my power point.... If any of you are in the area, check it out the lecture. Here's the information:
Sankofa: Hip-Hop Culture, Literacy, and Youth Empowerment Project
English PhD student Eric Pritchard uses a study of hip-hop culture to help young people of color develop skills of critical and creative writing so as to become more expressive about cultural and ethnic complexity in Madison.
Sankofa: Hip Hop, Gender and Youth Empowerment Project Symposium
Saturday, April 28, 2007
11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
6191 HC White Hall, UW-Madison
600 N. Park Street
Keynote: Gwendolyn Pough, Professor of Women's Studies and Writing at Syracuse University
Women, Rap and Hip Hop Feminism
2:00 PM
See you when I get back!
Much love and peace,
Gwyneth
Friday, April 27, 2007
On the road again...
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Oh, that's a funny one about being a feminist and being a romance author. What could he possibly mean? Where could a question like that come from? All the heroines in the romances I read are powerful women.
Great article! It's wonderful that you have the platform to help educate our society. Change doesn't happen overnight, but little by little these things add up to make a big difference. Way to go!
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Great job, Gwen! :*) You mean to tell me that there are Black folks in Wisconsin? ;*)
Ok, I don't understand how writing romance conflicts with feminism. Romances have the most kick-ass women of any genre, in my opinion. Why is feminism always portrayed as a negative thing?
Hi, Gwyneth! Good luck with your presentation. I hope you tell us a bit about it when you return.
It's interesting that the issue of romance and feminism came up in your interview. Some other writers and I were talking about the misperception that romance novels somehow undermine feminity. Just an example of people who have never cracked open the pages of a romance novel passing judgement on an entire genre.
Demon Hunter, you should check out the Green Bay Packers football team. There are some excellent-looking black people representing in Wisconsin. ;)
Oops! I meant "...undermine feminism" not "...undermine feminity." Typing too fast, I suppose. Sorry.
Hi there,
I am sure your talk will go well. Please give the future Dr. Pritchard my regards.
Farewell...
Gwyneth,
I'm not sure exactly where Madison is, but I don't think it's near the Kenosha area, which is close to me. Too bad. I would have loved to have seen you!
Have a great lecture.
P.S. Note to another response: There are plenty of black folks in Wisconsin, including a large portion of the population of Milwaukee.
Bettye,
That is news to me, I really had no idea. Learn something new every day! :*)
Gwyneth, hope your lecture went well. Surprised to learn you write under a pseudonym, with the natural ties between your day job and the brand of romance you write. Yet, makes sense because you also write scholarly stuff.
Kimber An ~ I know! But you'd be surprised how often I get asked that question... I was pleased with my answer in this interview, but I'm always looking for more ways to respond.
Tyhitia ~ Now you know we are the original people. :-) We are everywhere. :-) Actually, in some Midwestern cities where people would think that the population of black folks would be small you actually have rather large populations where they are generations deep in the city.
Gwyneth
Nancy and Patricia ~ The feminism thing is one that constantly comes up. Nancy, you're right romance heroines, especially the current ones are kick-ass. But the other thing is, what's wrong with having this aspect of womanhood represented? And you're right, Patricia, romance does not undermine feminism in fact it is a chance to make feminist themes marketable to a wider audience, in my opinion. And people who make blanket statments without having read the genre... I have no words for them... :-)
Tamika ~ Eric was the perfect host! The work he has done with these young women is amazing! I was very impressed with them and of course him. He really showed me a great time while I was there. The paper went well, I think and I told Eric you said hello.
Eric if you are reading this, the next time I see you I won't tease, torture or pick on you for an entire day. Even though you know I do it 'cause I love ya. ;-)
Gwyneth
Bettye ~ It would have been great to see you. I have no idea how close or far the cities are though.
Patricia ~ I used the pen name mainly because I had a nonfiction book out already and I didn't want to confuse the two kinds of writing. But also, because Gwendolyn D. Pough just didn't sound like a romance writer's name to me. Bolton is actually me husband's last name and Gwyneth is a version of Gwendolyn, so it actually doesn't really feel like a pen-name. It's me.... LOL.
Gwyneth
Gwen, I would LOVE to hear you lecture, I bet you're amazing!!!
I am feeling you on this. Imagine how people react when they learn I write erotic romance and fiction, and am a feminist myself? I also happen to be a social worker and mental health therapist, (before my writing days) and sometimes it takes a bit for some to wrap their minds around that. I suppose, for me, it was a matter of seeing that writing and reading erotica/romantica is freeing. Women have been "told" what we can and can't do, feel, say, believe since the dawn of time, it seems. It's wonderfully freeing to be able to showcase erotic, romantic love between a man and a woman. Hmmm...well, not always a man a woman, lol. Some of my closest friends and writers write about it ALL, male, female, male, ...female, male, male, and sometimes, well hell, I'm just not sure WHAT they are, *grin*
But in all seriousness, I'm tickled pink that we are now able to showcase all aspects of our femininity.
XO
K
Kimberly! Thanks for stopping by the blog! I agree with you, writing and reading romance and erotic romance is very freeing. Well the reading is for me anyway... Deadlines take away from some of the freedom I used to feel when writing... but that's another post. :-)
Gwyneth
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