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4.04 AVERAGE
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we have no template for what a powerful woman looks like, except that she looks rather like a man.
mary beard is a professor of classics at the university of cambridge, which is why she has experience with women being silenced: if you're familiar with the very first classics (both greek and latin), you'll know our society isn't much different at its very core than the greek society. homer is the father of greek literature - and of all literature - and in the iliad we get to know telemachus as he establishes his power silencing a woman, his mother. it's clear that the roots of sexism run very deep in our culture; this is perhaps the only interesting thing beard has to say in the first speech.
the book is, in fact, divided into two, and i found the second essay much more compelling; i thought the first one wasn't as polished as it maybe should have been. the second essay, on the other hand, discusses women in power and the things they have to do to get there - so basically, walk, talk, dress and act like a man. what it doesn't do is provide you with answers; but it is well-structured and interesting.
overall, though, it's not saying anything i hadn't heard before.
mary beard is a professor of classics at the university of cambridge, which is why she has experience with women being silenced: if you're familiar with the very first classics (both greek and latin), you'll know our society isn't much different at its very core than the greek society. homer is the father of greek literature - and of all literature - and in the iliad we get to know telemachus as he establishes his power silencing a woman, his mother. it's clear that the roots of sexism run very deep in our culture; this is perhaps the only interesting thing beard has to say in the first speech.
the book is, in fact, divided into two, and i found the second essay much more compelling; i thought the first one wasn't as polished as it maybe should have been. the second essay, on the other hand, discusses women in power and the things they have to do to get there - so basically, walk, talk, dress and act like a man. what it doesn't do is provide you with answers; but it is well-structured and interesting.
overall, though, it's not saying anything i hadn't heard before.
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wow what an interesting read! I love it when history(because I love history so much haha) is used in feminist books. I learn so much about history and feminism from them and I loved how the author used literature, art, mythology, etc. as examples to prove her point. I made it a hundred times easier to understand.
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Nothing in this book was exactly news to me but Mary Beard is always a good listen imo. Definitely a very important topic and highly recommend to people just getting into learning about women's studies and/or feminism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment
This was an interesting and well thought out conversation starter. I recommend it because there are alot of good points, because it's well written and because the ideas are sound and well presented, but it is fairly brief and...that's not a bad thing, it's a manifesto not an extensive and thorough study or whatever but it does feel almost too light on its feet in a way? it's definitely an 'early on the journey' kinda book, as i said, it's a conversation starter and i confess to wanting more, that might be an odd reason not to give this the full 5 stars, but that's where we are. I recommend this and maybe suggest making a study of the subject and reading a few other perspectives around the same time? idek. good quick smart read.
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