I'll just be straight.
Here's a little background :
The more I delve into academic life, the more I get frustrated with the daily discussion happening in my surrounding. It appears to me that in each literary works we read, the blame is always on capitalism and patriarchy. Although I am glad it is my last year that I have to constantly hear that male domination is the root of evil in our world even in children literature, I can't seem to bear the burden alone anymore. Shouldn't university be a place where students are free exercising their critical thinking and challenging dissenting views?
My experience was that, whenever I tried to see a literary work from different views than marxism and feminism perspective, the supervisor pulled me back in trying to see the dynamic in each stories from either views. Is it really always the fault of capitalism?what if the characters in the novel is just exercising their freedom of thought and action? they're inanimate objects after all. What if it's not about patriarchy? but anyway, it's getting even harder to have a civil discussion especially when we have dissenting views.
I try not to care about others view but I hate it when I have to comply to their perspective. They can be free seeing literary work from their views but let me exercise mine. Even they say ' there's no right or wrong answer, there's still 'I agree and disagree with your answer' which comes with consequences. Obviously, if they disagree, one would have to rewrite the views and comply to theirs. same shit.
So, any advice how can I stay sane with that kind of environment?
