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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Feminists Rethinking The Odyssey
Feminist authors who have rethought the Odyssey.
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Biopunk: Essential Sci Fi If We Are To Survive
In her dissertation, Majda Nizamič makes a compelling case that biopunk is one of the most important genres being written today.
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Lit, a Critical Defense against Fascism
Have Democrat’s suffered from a lack of imagination? Literature can help fix that. (For instance, “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Ozymandias.”)
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Atwood Predicted ICE
In her sequel to “Handmaid’s Tale,” Atwood describes arrest scenes that immigrants snatched by ICE are actually experiencing.
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Kafka and America’s Disappeared
America is “disappearing” people, bringing to mind the fate of K in Kafka’s “Trial.”
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Gilead Guardian
Pete Heseth, Trump’s nominee for Sec. of Defense, is indistinguishable from the guardians in “Handmaid’s Tale.”