In effect, those two verses were where the author wrote Truth as she knew it, and that’s why those verses shone. Unfortunately, since we’ve not…
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Les Guérillères (pt. 2)
Oppression & technology The previously mentioned example is not the only instance of the co-existence of both a lack of, and a distinct awareness of,…
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(“The Warrior Women”) by Monique Wittig translated by David Le Vay (first reviewed April 2005) Wittig’s book, quite frankly, puzzles me — or perhaps it’s…
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Well, that was clumsy of me. Not only did I forget I had another posting scheduled, but of course, right after I get through chastising…
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So in quick synopsis, as far as I can tell, people stick with harmful doctrines (such as religions which label you guilty simply on the…
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I have been asked why I put so much time and thought into my critique of WomanChrist. As one friend put it, at least the…
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I emphatically do not understand this. How can a woman on the one hand lyrically proclaim not just the equality, but the apparent spiritual supremacy…
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Perhaps most dramatically for me: why does Weber wish to stay with a Church which effectively defiles her sacred nature, when she is so clearly…
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Unfortunately, I ultimately found the four archetypes offered by Weber to be somewhat limiting, in that they all seemed to define a woman in terms…
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I found myself wondering, in fact, just how much abuse women were supposed to put up with. When was the pain supposed to stop? When…
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