tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post7923406697200180663..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Gendered JournalingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-49266172272046997152017-07-20T15:24:09.481-05:002017-07-20T15:24:09.481-05:00From the start Kinney imagined Diary of a Wimpy Ki...From the start Kinney imagined <i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i> as an object that Greg got saddled with: his mother bought the blank book labeled “Diary,” and his older brother scrawled the rest of the title on it. <br /><br />That series’s closest and most successful imitator, <i>Dork Diaries</i>, also uses the D word. I wonder if that narrator, who’s female, says anything about the gender implications of the label or the habit. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-8322469900167596392017-07-18T23:31:47.196-05:002017-07-18T23:31:47.196-05:00I remember wondering to myself whether I should te...I remember wondering to myself whether I should term my personal record a diary or a journal. I had certainly picked up the femming of "diary" so partly decided to call it a diary because I wasn't gonna pushed around by no gender bullshit. Besides, "journal" seemed so generic. It means lots more than a daily record. <br /><br />Interesting that in the very first lines of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" the protagonist disclaims the word "diary," being as the title for the series (and the movies made from it) is very prominently "Diary of ..." It's a very popular series. Maybe the title is doing its part to re-gender the word. Glenn Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995noreply@blogger.com