In which I explore why I love Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew when I was 12.
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Tag Archives: Sexism
At 12 I Fell in Love with Taming of the Shrew
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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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The Taming of the Electorate
Petruchio’s gaslighting in “Taming of the Shrew” helps us to understand authoritarian tactics in our own age.
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Still Relevant? Whittier’s Suffering Quakers
Whittier’s poem “The Women Went from Dover foreshadows MAGA’s war on women.
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Child Spy Rats Out English Teacher
The child spy tip line in Virginia received a complaint about how a teacher was teaching “Beowulf.” Meanwhile, a Texas school has banned Neil Gaiman’s works.
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Kesey, Spokesman for Reactionary Men
“One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” anticipates rightwing attacks on women and people of color.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged COVID-19, Ken Kesey, male identity crisis, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, racism, Tucker Carlson Comments closed
Chaucer Was No Sexist or Anti-Semite
In which I agree with a recent article defending Chaucer against charges of sexism and anti-Semitism.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged anti-Semitism, Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, Prioress' Tale, Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Comments closed
Elizabeth Warren, Like Eve, Persists
It was four years ago when McConnell said about Sen. Warren, “Still she persisted.” Milton’s Eve also persisted but the comparisons end there.
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Who Gets to Be Called “Dr.”?
Alexandra Petri satirizes a dismissal of Jill Biden’s doctorate by imagining herself as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
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