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A review by 3rdtimelucky
Veils by Hélène Cixous, Jacques Derrida
5.0
"-Do not forget me. Keep forever the world suspended, desirable, refused, that
enchanted thing I had given you, murmured myopia.
-If I forget thee, oh Jerusalem, may my right eye, etc.
-Ah! I see coming in place of my diffuse reign a reign without hesitation.
-I shall always hesitate. I shall not leave my people. I belong to the people of
those who do not see."
I re-read 'Veils' like three times and nothing has ever made me feel like this, not in strength of emotion but I'm still in awe of a feminist vision that can embrace failure and lack but in the most hopeful, triumphant way without ever conceding that we are broken <333
enchanted thing I had given you, murmured myopia.
-If I forget thee, oh Jerusalem, may my right eye, etc.
-Ah! I see coming in place of my diffuse reign a reign without hesitation.
-I shall always hesitate. I shall not leave my people. I belong to the people of
those who do not see."
I re-read 'Veils' like three times and nothing has ever made me feel like this, not in strength of emotion but I'm still in awe of a feminist vision that can embrace failure and lack but in the most hopeful, triumphant way without ever conceding that we are broken <333