emily2348's reviews
241 reviews

her writing is so beautiful, heartbreaking in such a small book. wish it was longer though i would have loved to have read more about Firdaus’ life.

reads like a very condensed version of caliban and the witch with a few more theories. I don’t read a lot of marxist feminists because they sometimes focus to much on the marxism and not enough on women’s oppression but Federici definitely has the right balance of both!

this really reminded me of jeanette winterson’s writing maybe it is because they are both mainly sci-fi writers idk, just nice second-wave feminist fiction!

I didn’t particularly appreciate the random burlesque performer’s opinion piece but there is never a perfect anthology, also i really didn’t need information on random people’s careers for 75 pages. However, You can truly see in her essays how much Sheryl Lee cares about her portrayal of Laura i could read a whole book of her thoughts. The essays of other women talking about Laura did have me sobbing The second half was perfect, i carry laura palmer with me always. “Northern Star”  is something i need people to read before talking about Laura Palmer.

“When Carrie Page emits that iconic scream at the end of Season 3, Sheryl Lee said, she traveled back in her mind to Laura’s experience and the possibility of the nightmare happening again. She said she imagined what women go through: “There are still women who need to scream who are not allowed to scream. The statistics [regarding violence against women] are going up, not down. That is the scream.”

every single one of her books stresses me out so badly, i do love the combination of horror and water though! her commitment to making every character a lesbian is admirable. (do still prefer our wives under the sea a little more)

i’ve gone down a socio-linguistic rabbit hole and this was so amazing. she wrote about how male-centric language is, how women are silenced, the exclusion of women from literature and how the naming of women’s oppression is power. an amazing book on language!

her poem’s in here oh my god, i think about laura palmer everyday

reading this after the past couple of days in my life has made it hit so much harder. Mackinnon is definitely one of the women i look up to the most the way she writes about women, laws and especially pornography is so smart. The last two essays back to back had me staring at my wall.

a powerful read on being black and female, Morrison’s prose is something so unique i really need to read the rest of her works.

the fact Gilda runs a BROTHEL and exploits these young girls being skimmed over and treated as freedom is pissing me off too much 👎