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rikakohlrabi's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This is a fascinating essay about how society's interpretation of "woman" is not based on biological principles, but rather societal ones based in oppression. Wittig's writing is incredibly dense and I had to read many sentences several times to break them down because of how long those sentences ran. Still, I found the essay very thought-provoking.
readinginbed888's review
4.25
Would’ve been 5 stars if she didn’t compared escaping woman as a social class to black slaves escaping their condition??? wtf
marsnicoli's review
Some of her comparisons with racial oppressions were very uncomfortable to read, the equivalence of womanhood and literal enslavement of black people seems, among many other issues, to forget completely about the existence of black women.
The points raised about lesbian as its own social category were very interesting though, and I think it's ironic how I've seen quite a few terves quote her when she explicitly critiques, multiple times, the belief that the root of women's oppression is biology.
The points raised about lesbian as its own social category were very interesting though, and I think it's ironic how I've seen quite a few terves quote her when she explicitly critiques, multiple times, the belief that the root of women's oppression is biology.
kartail's review
2.0
interesting work about lesbianism and the disconnection from womanhood which primarily and currently focuses itself around the man, but racist and a bit of a drag to read.
amayee's review
5.0
this text changed my life. however, i will always be uncomfortable with white women calling themselves “slaves”. 4.75 if i could.
monenti_antoniae's review
4.0
Every time I was about to agree with her she made a comparison to slavery. Like, no sis stop it