On Women and Fighting

[swan_tower]

wshaffer linked to an interesting column over on McSweeney's titled Bitchslap: A Column About Women and Fighting. The posts range around quite a bit, from actual combat-related thoughts like A Short and Potentially Hazardous Guide to Sparring Strategy (which might be of interest to the "writing fight scenes" crowd -- I promise, I haven't forgotten about that) to more philosophical things like "On Impact" to pretty good social commentary like "Dressing Up, Looking Down."

Some of the things she says bother me, because it's easy to lose sight of the fact that she acknowledges herself to be a woman with a shitty temper, and that her behavior is not necessarily a model you should follow. But it makes for interesting reading regardless.

Comments

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

As a karateka who's recently started cross-training in MMA/jujutsu, I thank you for sharing this. It's really interesting to see other people's - other women's, particularly - perspectives on fighting.