I frequently see comments around the internet asking people to lay aside their “feminist perspective” and look at an issue “objectively.” This misconstrues both the nature of objectivity and the entire point of theory. Pure objectivity does not exist in … Read more →
Two things make me want to write this post: #TellAFeministThankYou, which is happening on Twitter right now, and Suzanne Venker’s latest assertion that “Feminism didn’t result in equality between the sexes, it resulted in mass confusion.” I’m a big fan of … Read more →
I’ve come across an interesting confluence of articles about pregnancy and family planning today.The first is from Steph Herold at RH Reality Check, and it’s about ambivalence over pregnancy: [I]t’s not teens that have the highest unintended pregnancy rates, but young … Read more →
The feminist bugbear has been summoned! Oh, that we were fated to live through such a time, that the precious flower of womanhood is sent to the front lines. So naturally I have a few points to make. The first … Read more →
This is my last post in my series on Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies (1405). Please start with Part I. Lady Justice tells Christine that it is time to introduce the city they’ve built to … Read more →
This is a continuation of my reading of Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies (1405). Please start with Part I. Christine asks Rectitude about authors who claim that educating women ruins their mores. Rectitude argues that … Read more →
This is a continuation of my reading of Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies (1405). Please start with Part I. Christine asks Rectitude about family relations, beginning with the preference for sons over daughters. Christine asks: … Read more →
This is part of my reading of Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies (1405). Please start with Part I. Just as Mary Wollstonecraft would do centuries later, Christine argues that women were held back through lack … Read more →
This is a continuation of my reading of Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies (1405). Please start with Part I and Part II. Christine asks Reason why women don’t plead law cases in court or hand down judgments. Reason’s response illustrates … Read more →
This is Part II of a series on The Book of the City of Ladies, written by Christine de Pizan in 1405. Please start with Part I. Christine is visited by three crowned ladies, who introduce themselves as Reason, Rectitude, and Justice. … Read more →