Week 2:modernism, postmodernism, and the public sphere

“Modern and postmodern paradigms take different attitudes about the usefulness of these trivial, traditionally feminine concerns for the public sphere. But the feminist writers who fought hard in the 1970s to bring these issues into the public sphere did so because they believed that they were important –indeed, that ‘the personal is political’.” (McKee 34)
Just like in class when we have discussed about Tiger Woods and what he has done to his family. Although he is a type of sports celebrity, we as a society had somewhat faith in him, and saw him as a poster child for golf, now his image is completely ruined. But isn’t that what he is asking for if he wants to be a famous golfer? Shouldn’t he be held accountable as a family man, since, well, he is married and all….
I believe that if you are ready to be that famous person that auditions on American Idol or the wannabe new Survivor, then you should be up to the challenge of having your life looked at under a fine tuned microscope.
As a post modernist I do not care about Tiger Woods at all. As a modernist it is interesting to see all the women he as been with and I wonder why all the women are being treated like heroes and victims for telling the story, when they all knew he was married.


It has been a good thing that the personal is political because it shines some light on how these people we hold so high in regard for are just REAL people, that mess up or create problems too. As a society we like to see the so-called king lose his crown.