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“To destroy the institution is not to abolish motherhood. It is to release the creation and sustenance of life into the same realm of decision, struggle, surprise, imagination, and conscious intelligence, as any other difficult, but freely chosen work.”

Book:Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

This book delves into the multifaceted nature of motherhood, analyzing its impact on individuals and society. It explores the personal experiences of mothers and the broader institutional structures that shape motherhood, offering a comprehensive look at this complex and significant aspect of human life. more

Author

Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich was an American poet known for her profound poetry and feminist perspective. Her works explored themes such as gender, politics, and social justice, having a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

“In my humble, probably wrong, select-all-delete opinion, we womenfolk today are faced with a decision: Salem or Barbie. We can either rip off the internal trapdoor that your Alanis Plath of Arc has been suffocating under or cement over it and instead luxuriate in a Hello Kitty porny Instagram-filtered cell where the validation is better than heroin and the thoughts are shorter than Mickey Rooney. (HEY-YO!)”

Women Feminism Feminist Objectification

Book:All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

Source: All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns

“With the ability to read, however, there developed new patterns of private behavior that were to threaten the legitimacy of both the Church and secular authorities on a permanent basis. Women who learned to read at that time were considered dangerous. For the woman who reads acquires a space to which she and no one else has access, and together with this she develops an independent sense of self-esteem; furthermore, she creates her own view of the world that does not necessarily correspond with that conveyed by tradition, or with that of men. All this does not yet signify the liberation of women from patriarchal guardianship, but it does push open the door that leads to freedom.”

Reading Women Freedom Private

Book:Women Who Read Are Dangerous

Source: Women Who Read Are Dangerous

“Instinct is a funny thing, a whisper of trouble that we can never quite name, never quite define, that allows us to locate danger. Women are taught from a young age to ignore theirs.”

Women Danger Instinct

Book:The Lies I Tell: A Novel

Source: The Lies I Tell: A Novel