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Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression

This scholarly work delves into the complex interplay between femininity and domination, examining the phenomenology of oppression from various perspectives. more

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Sandra Bartky

Sandra Bartky was an influential figure in the field of identity. Born on May 5, 1935, and passed away on October 17, 2016, she made significant contributions to academia with her unique perspective and profound insights. She is recognized as a pioneer in the field, leaving a lasting impact on her contemporaries and future scholars. more

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“I was under twenty when I deliberately put it to myself one night after good conversation that there are moments when we actually touch in talk what the best writing can only come near. The curse of our book language is not so much that it keeps forever to the same set phrases . . . but that it sounds forever with the same reading tones. We must go out into the vernacular for tones that haven't been brought to book.”

“Where does our investigation get its importance from, since it seems only to destroy everything interesting, that is, all that is great and important? (As it were all the buildings, leaving behind only bits of stone and rubble.) What we are destroying is nothing but houses of cards and we are clearing up the ground of language on which they stand.”

“I wish I could take language And fold it like cool, moist rags. I would lay words on your forehead. I would wrap words on your wrists. 'There, there,' my words would say - Or something better. I would ask them to murmur, 'Hush' and 'Shh, shhh, it's all right.' I would ask them to hold you all night. I wish I could take language And daub and soothe and cool Where fever blisters and burns, Where fever turns yourself against you. I wish I could take language And heal the words that were the wounds You have no names for.”