Actually… I just had a chance to read this op/ed from last year’s NYT: What makes a woman? The subject is still timely, especially thanks to hijinks like those coming out of […]
‘Stand by your (wo)man’: create an expectation of equality
by Amber Healy This has been a weird few weeks for women. There’s talk of opening up the draft in the United States to women, now that more women are taking on […]
Sado-ritual syndrome, part V – applying Daly’s elements to Chinese footbinding
(part I, part II, part III, part IV) Element I – obsession with purity We have already reviewed the lotus as a symbol of purity and the fact that maimed three inch […]
“Leftists” and their sexism
So a woman on Fox said a dumb thing. Raw Story wrote about it. And, as usual, a “liberal” site’s otherwise enlightened readers didn’t hesitate to respond with misogynist asshatery. Women and men […]
Sado-ritual syndrome, part III – applying Daly’s elements to suttee
(part I, part II) In applying Mary Daly’s elements to several areas of ritualized women’s oppression, we will see how they are all related. Daly calls this feminist process “the development of […]
Sado-ritual syndrome, part II – Indian suttee
(part I) “Slow advancing, halting, creeping, Comes the Woman to the hour! She walketh veiled and sleeping, For she knoweth not her power.” — Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “She Walketh Veiled and Sleeping,” […]
Mary Daly theorizing the “sado-ritual syndrome,” part I – the elements
“The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, And she conceived of the Holy Ghost… Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to thy word… And the […]
Wrapping up Women’s History Month
Well, it is the last day of Women’s History Month so this is my final post in the series. If the reader will indulge me, I am feeling kind of reflective tonight. […]
For Women’s History Month – meet, and say good night to, Adrienne Rich
Fabulous feminist foremother Adrienne Rich has died at the age of eighty-two. I once went to a reading of hers. It was unforgettably powerful. I have read most of her books including […]
For Women’s History Month, women in mathematics history
Hypatia of Alexandria (355 or 370 – 415) Greek – philosopher, astronomer, mathematician She was the salaried head of the Neoplatonic School in Alexandria, Egypt, from the year 400. Her students were […]
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