“[Single or lesbian motherhood] can be seen as [one] of the most violent forms taken by the rejection of the symbolic ... as well as one of the most fervent divinizations of maternal power - all of which cannot help but trouble an entire moral and legal order without, however, proposing an alternative to it” FamilyQueerLesbianSingle MotherhoodMaggie NelsonThe ArgonautsJulia KristevaLesbian Motherhood Author:Julia Kristeva
“It’s not possible to live twenty-four hours a day soaked in the immediate awareness of one’s sex. Gendered self-consciousness has, mercifully, a flickering nature.” Self AwarenessGenderCarpe DiemTransgenderGender IdentityBody AwarenessDysphoriaMaggie NelsonThe ArgonautsLiving The Moment Book:Am I That Name?: Feminism And The Category Of Women In History Source: Am I That Name?: Feminism And The Category Of Women In History
“(About parenthood and BDSM) Note that a difficulty in shifting gears, or a struggle to find the time, is not the same thing as an ontological either/or.” ParenthoodAdulthoodBdsmDichotomyMaggie NelsonFalse DichotomyThe Argonauts Book:The Argonauts Source: The Argonauts