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Fatema Mernissi follows the harem into Western literature, art and psyche, sharing fascinating insights on misogyny in Middle Eastern and Western culture along the way.
During her book tour for Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood, she was surprised by […]
Filed under: books on June 20th, 2008 by Anna Lisa | 1 Comment »
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Does Wicked promote feminism? I would love to ask author Gregory Maguire that very question!
In this society, women have fewer vocational and public opportunities than men, and seem to be bound by family obligations more than men are. That sounds […]
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I don’t think a memoir can be patriarchal. I believe that the act of telling one’s own story is inherently empowering, A person can be a complete racist, misogynist jerk and lie all throughout a memoir, and the book could be used to promote and support patriarchy. But when written with integrity, a memoir is […]
Filed under: books on April 19th, 2008 by Anna Lisa | 1 Comment »
This past week, author/speaker/researcher Lyn Mikel Brown came to town to speak about the themes in her book, Packaging Girlhood. In the book, Brown asserts that girlhood is being commercialized and shaped in ways that are unhealthy and damaging to our children, primarily through false notions of empowerment, profit-driven manipulation […]
Filed under: books, events on April 12th, 2008 by Chris Hardie | 1 Comment »
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Everyone talks about the trilogy’s religious implications, what about gender? It sure seems like a fantasy series with a female main character would be a clear triumph for feminism. But Will still dominates - in part because he is older, but […]
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