Adrienne Rich and Margaret Atwood understand what Steinem understood: how men, like women, are trapped in crippling mythologies.
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Steinem, Rich, Atwood, and Men in “Walls of Iron”
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Feminism’s Deep Dive into the Female Psyche
In “Diving into the Wreck,” Rich captures what Gloria Steinem was preaching, that women must break free of controlling social myths.
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For Labor Day, a Labor Strike Novel
For Labor Day, I cite a Brecht poem and passages from Rachel Kranz’s Leaps of Faith, which is partly about striking clerical workers.
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Theories of Aslan’s Crucifixion
In which I discuss the nature of Aslan’s “crucifixion” in Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Does it put Lewis in a Calvinist camp or is there more to Aslan?
Jane Eyre Opened Me Up to Feminism
Friday Memories of Books that Shook My World While I will be devoting a special post next week to the late Gloria Steinem, I examine today a work that helped open me up to feminism’s message. I can remember exactly where I was when I first sat down to read Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. The year […]
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Tech Bros Stuck in Sci-Fi Childhood
An Atlantic article traces how Silicon Valley tech bros misread the sci-fi authors they loved as children, with horrific consequences for the rest of us.
C.S. Lewis Speaks for the Trees
Images of Trumpian assaults on nature can be found in C.S. Lewis’s The Last Battle, where we encounter horrific images of deforestation.
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Fahrenheit 451, ICE, and MAGA Book Suppression
Fahrenheit 451’s firemen behave a lot like ICE agents while the book suppression is becoming increasingly familiar.
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