Kiwi, 9/4

“ It is this rupture which must be studied ” Pierre Macherey, pg 23). This week in class we talked about how we need to be studying what’s stuck in the middle of all this stuff. As critical readers of theory we need to study the gaps of what’s NOT being said by these people. But the question is, like Rog said, “who are these people? This assumption needs to be studied of who “they” is.”
So the other day I was on the phone with one of my friends and she was telling me about her new hair cut etc.. and somehow we started having a conversation about how many times a week we wash are hair. I told her that I washed my hair everyday and her response was… “ you know, you’re not supposed to wash your hair every day, they say it’s really bad for your hair. Right away I started laughing and thinking about are conversation we had in class. I said, “Katie, I have a question for you…who is they”? She was so confused and did not understand what I was talking about. I then explained and said, “well, you told me that it’s really bad because they say it is… But really, can you tell me who they is? I’d love to know because I’ve been trying to figure out who they is. She did not think it was very funny and thought I was being a smart*ss.
I never really thought of how many times people always come up to you telling you something extremely important and you must do because “they” said it’s the right way when really… no one really knows who the “they” is. Honestly, next time you are with a friend you should start keeping track of how many “theys” he or she talks about. You would be shocked! Not to mention it’s kind of funny.
I’m enjoying this class a lot and I love how I’m starting to notice things we talk about in class outside of the classroom.