Tag Archives: patriarchy

And Took from Thence a Rib

By Robin Bates | Published: October 5, 2024

In “Paradise Lost,” Milton does interesting things with Adam’s rib and the creation of Eve.

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Pakistani Girl Saved by “Little Women”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 30, 2019

Wednesday NPR has done it again. Ira Glass’s recent This American Life episode about a classic novel coming to someone’s rescue reminds me of Morning Edition’s account of Anna Karenina doing the same for an unjustly imprisoned Somali prisoner. (See my account here.) The radio program reported on how Little Women came to the aid […]

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#MeToo: A New Day for Cassandra

By Robin Bates | Published: December 27, 2017

The prophetess Cassandra wasn’t listened to, but the #MeToo movement is changing that.

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Finding Freedom in Masquerade

By Robin Bates | Published: March 26, 2017

Looking for sexual freedom in a rigid confines of the marriage plot, 18th century playwrights Susanna Centlivre and Hannah Cowley turned to the masquerade motif.

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