Talk:Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

message: Hi, I hope this is the right place to post these factual corrections.  The article leaves the impression that I was on the regular faculty at all the institutions listed.  That isn't true of UC-Berkeley or Dartmouth.  I held a one-semester visiting lectureship (as the Mrs. William Beckman Lecturer) at Berkeley (1988); and I taught one six-week session at the School of Criticism and Theory when it was located at Dartmouth (1992).
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
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Sedgwick is a crucial figure in this area of scholarship. A panel and papers are being presented about her work at the MLA Conference in Los Angeles, 2011, so all consideration about the accuracy of the article should be made.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Accuracy primo (talk • contribs) 07:23, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
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message: When I was taking gay studies classes in the 1990s, I was told that this professor is heterosexual.  It's not something she proclaims too loudly, but no one can find any statements where she has said, "I love or have sex with women."  Her heterosexuality is important because to some it give credibility to queer theory.  Some people think if you write in that field then you are just a gay person with an agenda.  Sedgwick's presence as a heterosexual in the field has done some to validate it.  I don't think she's looking to be praised for it, however, her heterosexual status does come up in classes where her books are taught.  This is something that readers of this entry may want to know.  It does add to the discussion on the professor as a topic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chumley41 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Is there any information about her husband? His name, even? Is he Mr. Sedgwick, and is Kosofsky her maiden name? Luminifer (talk) 17:21, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This author never identified herself as "Heterosexual" but as "Queer".  Her marital/partner status is not an indication of her self-identified sexuality.  --David Shankbone 17:26, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That enters into a whole realm of identity politics, then... Luminifer (talk) 17:34, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

text: I found this helpful quote: For her, sex was split in two. There was the hygienic "vanilla" sex with her husband, during which "I have orgasms and it feels good, but it's not what I think of as sexual." Then there was the fantasy world that she'd masturbated to since childhood, which she describes in an aptly stark haiku: "Violence and pain / Humiliation. Torture. / Rape, systematic." Her fantasies had institutional settings, schools, prisons, waiting rooms, undressing rooms, quasi-medical "procedures" to be submitted to. Bravely, she tells Van Wey that "there's not one single thing about them that I'm not ashamed of -- as soon as I step outside of their own, proprietary space. There, I love them." Together they construct a catalogue of these sexual scenarios in all their excruciating, banal detail. at http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/09/27/sedgwick/print.html ... Luminifer (talk) 17:34, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I obviously can't be used as a source, but when I flat out asked Sedgwick her sexuality (and met her partner at her home) she told me "queer".  This is not a small matter for this biography, as sexual identification and "queer" as a descriptor was at the heart of her work.  She would strenuously argue against classification as "straight" or heterosexual, no matter how she lived.  --David Shankbone 17:40, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Why can't the Salon piece linked above be used as a source? I agree with the contributor who suggested that Kosofsky's contributions to queer theory may have been seen as more significant given that she proclaimed her heterosexuality, than if she were viewed as gay. It may be worth a side mention is all. It would provide the casual reader some insight. --TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 02:30, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
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message: I have hidden parts of the long, long text of this page because they are blatant expressions of opinion, personal and otherwise (WP:POV) by the cognoscenti, which have no place on her official wikipage. I don't dispute or disagree with anyone's opinions, but Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia and the tone and the POV on Kosofsky-Sedgwick's page has got to be cleaned up. I am going to watch this page in this regard. Please feel free to contact me if you want. Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk) 21:07, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
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message: An uncalled for designation of Sedgwick as an "Extinguished" professor at CUNY. Could someone with entry take care of that?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.110.216.29 (talk) 21:18, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
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message: What is the neutrality issue on this page? It has been so marked since April of last year. That's almost 12 months! Would be good to get a picture of what is wrong with it and how it may be improved. Thank you. --TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 02:26, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I have contributed to this page before. I'll look into this and figure out how to do it. Do you have any ideas for sources? The Sound and the Fury (talk) 17:21, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
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message: I was initially confused by the phrasing used this sentence (boldface emphasis is mine): "Sedgwick felt Kimball's criticism of her in Tenured Radicals was highly unfair, given she had not actually written the article, which was published only in the summer of 1991..."
On first glance, I thought Sedgwick's authorship of the article was being disputed. I think either of the following replacements for the boldface portion would make clearer that the actuality of Sedgwick's authorship isn't in question: 
"given that she had not yet written the article"
"given that it was not yet possible for Kimball to have read the article" 
I'm sorry if this isn't the best way to suggest changes, or if I should have done something else (such as edit it myself) instead. Since this topic is far outside of my area of expertise, and I'm not too familiar with Wikipedia's protocols, I thought I'd leave it to more regular readers of Sedgwick's page to decide whether any change was warranted.  Esc123456789 (talk) 14:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
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