Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life decisions. Graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura. Not so difficult, as one of my favorite authors, bell hooks, writes extensively on the subject. Laura kipnis is an american cultural critic and essayist. A conversation with laura kipnis why would anyone be against love. Deliberately provocative arguments, by cultural critic kipnis bound and gagged, 1996, etc. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and life. Love is, as we know, a mysterious and controlling force. Sep 20, 2017 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. Jeannie suk gersen writes about laura kipnis, a filmstudies professor at northwestern university, and the contested nature of sexual harassment. In her polemic against love, laura kipnis argues that love cannot exist as traditional expressions of love such as marriage, monogamy, and mutuality.
Laura kipnis, a professor of radio, television, and film at northwestern u. 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. 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. Jan 16, 2009 who would dream of being against love. May 17, 2017 graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura kipnis s new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy. Against marriage ould be a much more accurate title for laura kipniss booklength essay, against love. Sexual paranoia comes to campus, men, how to become a scandal, against love, and a few others. A kipnis accuser speaks and kipnis corrects the record the. Is this the one subject about which no disagreement will be. Laura kipniss endless trial by title ix the new yorker. Laura kipnis is the author of how to become a scandal, against love, and the female thing.
Laura kipnis is a cultural theoristcritic and former video artist. Notes from an ongoing investigation, laura kipnis distinguishes between two different kinds of humor. Like kipniss four previous books, men feels like something written by your most hyperverbal friend, the sort of person who can turn even. About a year ago i decided that perhaps i should educate myself about this ephemeral concept of romantic love. 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. She began her career as a video artist, exploring similar themes in the form of video essays. Against marriage ould be a much more accurate title for laura kipnis s booklength essay, against love. 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. But is there something a bit worrisome about all this uniformity of opinion. 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. I like to end with kipniss bestknown work, against love. That about summarises the philosophy of laura kipnis. 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. Banning laura kipnis would betray wellesleys values the.
Hell is other people, existentialist jean paul sartre once said. 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. 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. Laura kipnis is sued over portrayal of graduate student in. While acknowledging that there may in fact be some good marriages out there, somewhere, her main thesis is. Feminism is broken, argues laura kipnis, if anyone thinks the sexual hysteria overtaking american campuses is a sign of gender progress. 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. Laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted advances kipnis, a professor at northwestern, argues that title ix investigations of sexual misconduct on. Love is, as everyone knows, a mysterious and allcontrolling force, with vast power over our thoughts and.
A professor in the department of radiotvfilm at northwestern university, she has received fellowships from the guggenheim foundation, the rockefeller foundation, and the nea. Laura kipnis is a professor in the department of radio, tv, and film at northwestern. A lawsuit against the northwestern professor alleges that she inflicted harm on one of her subjects. But of course there was that one book that seemed so absurd i had to go for it. Love has vast power over us, it shapes us as selves. 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. 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. Notes from an ongoing investigation and unwanted advances. Her book offers a very jaundiced and bitter look at marriage in particular and relationships in general. 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.
Notes from an ongoing investigation by laura kipnis metropolitan. 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. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Her work focuses on sexual politics, gender issues, aesthetics, popular culture, and pornography. Apr 05, 2017 unwanted advances sexual paranoia comes to campus by laura kipnis 245 pages. A kipnis accuser speaks and kipnis corrects the record. Analysis of the poem against love by laura kipnis essay 1987 words 8 pages. Graduate student who is subject of title ix critic laura kipniss new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy. Laura kipnis tackles campus sexual politics in unwanted. The boundaries of assault have stretched northwestern professor laura kipnis was recently cleared in a title ix investigation prompted by student complaints over an. 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. Pdf the author discusses the way affairs are typically approached in our. 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.
Northwestern university professor laura kipnis became the. Sexual paranoia on campus and the professor at the eye of. A polemic is a super catchy title, but a disappointingly inaccurate description of the contents of this essay book. Here, she explains why monogamy turns nice people into petty dictators and household tyrants sunday september 7, 2003 the observer. Laura kipnis is a professor at northwestern university and a provocative feminist critic. Here, she explains why monogamy turns nice people into petty dictators and household tyrants sunday september 7. Unwanted advances tackles sexual politics in academia the. In her new book, rebecca traister invokes rage to unify women in a.
Marriage is made in hell american writer laura kipnis has provoked a storm in the us with a new book attacking marriage. Sexual paranoia strikes academe the chronicle of higher. 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. The pain caused by such love related 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.
Yes, it was abused by two people trying to censor and punish laura kipnis for disagreeing with them. 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. A more engaging but still very challenging anthology piece, loves labors, the first chapter of laura kipniss 2003 against love. 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. Edward hirsch against love is a wonderfully provocative book, daring and incisive, written with verve and no small amount of humor. Unwanted advances sexual paranoia comes to campus by laura kipnis 245 pages. 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. By laura kipnis february 27, 2015 premium content for subscribers. 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading against love. 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. Shes been reading a novel by the comic writer patricia marx, a parody of a former lover who happens to be kipniss ex too. May 18, 2017 laura kipnis, a professor of radio, television, and film at northwestern u.
Kristen bearse printed in the united states of america first edition 4 6 8 9 7 5. 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. Read enough stories about the madness whipping through college campuses right now, and you cant help. Most of her work, in fact, refers to societal constructs such as monogamy, marriage, and domesticity.