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A.D: A Memoir
A profile of the author's Aunt Dorothy, who was called A. D. or Anno Domina by Millett and her two sisters, offers a dialogue between student and teacher that also reveals the gay experience in 1950s America.
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325 pages, Hardcover
First published August 1, 1995
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About the author
Kate Millett
38 books335 followersKatherine Murray "Kate" Millett was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended Oxford University and was the first American woman to be awarded a postgraduate degree with first-class honors by St. Hilda's. She has been described as "a seminal influence on second-wave feminism", and is best known for her 1970 book Sexual Politics," which was her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University. Journalist Liza Featherstone attributes previously unimaginable "legal abortion, greater professional equality between the sexes and a sexual freedom" being made possible partially due to Millett's efforts.
The feminist, human rights, peace, civil rights, and anti-psychiatry movements have been some of Millett's key causes. Her books were motivated by her activism, such as woman's rights and mental health reform, and several were autobiographical memoirs that explored her sexuality, mental health, and relationships. Mother Millett and The Loony Bin Trip, for instance, dealt with family issues and the times when she was involuntarily committed. Besides appearing in a number of documentaries, she produced Three Lives and wrote Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography. In the 1960s and 1970s, Millett taught at Waseda University, Bryn Mawr College, Barnard College, and University of California, Berkeley.
Millett was raised in Minnesota and has spent most of her adult life in Manhattan and the Woman's Art Colony, which became the Millett Center for the Arts in 2012, that she established in Poughkeepsie, New York. Self-identified as bisexual, Millett was married to sculptor Fumio Yoshimura from 1965 to 1985 and had relationships with women, one of whom was the inspiration for her book Sita. She has continued to work as an activist, writer, and artist. Some of her later written works are The Politics of Cruelty (1994), about state-sanctioned torture in many countries, and a book about the relationship with her mother in Mother Millett (2001). Between 2011 and 2013 she has won the Lambda Pioneer Award for Literature, received Yoko Ono's Courage Award for the Arts, and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
The feminist, human rights, peace, civil rights, and anti-psychiatry movements have been some of Millett's key causes. Her books were motivated by her activism, such as woman's rights and mental health reform, and several were autobiographical memoirs that explored her sexuality, mental health, and relationships. Mother Millett and The Loony Bin Trip, for instance, dealt with family issues and the times when she was involuntarily committed. Besides appearing in a number of documentaries, she produced Three Lives and wrote Not a Love Story: A Film about Pornography. In the 1960s and 1970s, Millett taught at Waseda University, Bryn Mawr College, Barnard College, and University of California, Berkeley.
Millett was raised in Minnesota and has spent most of her adult life in Manhattan and the Woman's Art Colony, which became the Millett Center for the Arts in 2012, that she established in Poughkeepsie, New York. Self-identified as bisexual, Millett was married to sculptor Fumio Yoshimura from 1965 to 1985 and had relationships with women, one of whom was the inspiration for her book Sita. She has continued to work as an activist, writer, and artist. Some of her later written works are The Politics of Cruelty (1994), about state-sanctioned torture in many countries, and a book about the relationship with her mother in Mother Millett (2001). Between 2011 and 2013 she has won the Lambda Pioneer Award for Literature, received Yoko Ono's Courage Award for the Arts, and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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January 15, 2020
«”No esperes nada de mí”, dijo Dorothy. No lo hice».
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Cuando pienso en la biografía de alguien o mi propia narrativa, nunca la imagino como una «línea de la vida» sino más bien como una trenza, nudos incluidos. Al fin y al cabo vivimos dando vueltas en torno a determinadas situaciones o personas que nos marcan por algún motivo y mucho de lo que viene después tiene su origen allí.
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Es por ello que al crear nuestro relato solemos dar traspiés, saltos hacia delante y hacia atrás en el tiempo, aclaraciones. Lo mismo hace Kate Millett aquí, desanudar el caos, con la honestidad brutal que le caracteriza. Habla de cómo su querida tía, su protectora y mecenas, la repudia por «loca y lesbiana». Cómo su madre y sus hermanas confabularon para ingresarla en un psiquiátrico. Cómo la soledad se convirtió en una sombra alargada y la literatura y el arte fueron su Refugio.
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¿A quién de nosotras no le ha sucedido lo mismo alguna vez? ¿Quién no ha sufrido el rechazo de alguien querido, admirado, por el mero hecho de vivir nuestra propia vida? Y es que la reconstrucción de una memoria es también la reconstrucción de una propia narrativa.
#KateMillett #ADAMemoir #escrituraspeligrosas #feminismos #autorasreferentes #construyendoelrelato #mujeresylocura
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Cuando pienso en la biografía de alguien o mi propia narrativa, nunca la imagino como una «línea de la vida» sino más bien como una trenza, nudos incluidos. Al fin y al cabo vivimos dando vueltas en torno a determinadas situaciones o personas que nos marcan por algún motivo y mucho de lo que viene después tiene su origen allí.
🥀
Es por ello que al crear nuestro relato solemos dar traspiés, saltos hacia delante y hacia atrás en el tiempo, aclaraciones. Lo mismo hace Kate Millett aquí, desanudar el caos, con la honestidad brutal que le caracteriza. Habla de cómo su querida tía, su protectora y mecenas, la repudia por «loca y lesbiana». Cómo su madre y sus hermanas confabularon para ingresarla en un psiquiátrico. Cómo la soledad se convirtió en una sombra alargada y la literatura y el arte fueron su Refugio.
🥀
¿A quién de nosotras no le ha sucedido lo mismo alguna vez? ¿Quién no ha sufrido el rechazo de alguien querido, admirado, por el mero hecho de vivir nuestra propia vida? Y es que la reconstrucción de una memoria es también la reconstrucción de una propia narrativa.
#KateMillett #ADAMemoir #escrituraspeligrosas #feminismos #autorasreferentes #construyendoelrelato #mujeresylocura
March 4, 2020
¿Cómo se formula el duelo? Hay muchos tipos de duelo. Está el duelo por alguien que ha fallecido, por un amor que se ha perdido o no correspondido; está el duelo por una etapa de nuestra vida que ha terminado o por un amigo o un familiar del que nos hemos alejado.
Kate Millet en A.D. a memoir nos lleva de la mano por todos y cada uno de ellos, explicándonos la trascendencia de las emociones, en los espacios y en el tiempo de la relación con su tía Dorothy, hermana de su padre, del padre que les abandonó. Una mujer de clase alta, distante, con la qué mantuvo una relación intima en la infancia y a la que adoró durante toda su vida, pese al rechazo sistemático de está a su manera de ser, a la esencia de la autora.
Podéis leer la reseña completa aquí:
https://killedbytrend.com/2020/03/03/...
Kate Millet en A.D. a memoir nos lleva de la mano por todos y cada uno de ellos, explicándonos la trascendencia de las emociones, en los espacios y en el tiempo de la relación con su tía Dorothy, hermana de su padre, del padre que les abandonó. Una mujer de clase alta, distante, con la qué mantuvo una relación intima en la infancia y a la que adoró durante toda su vida, pese al rechazo sistemático de está a su manera de ser, a la esencia de la autora.
Podéis leer la reseña completa aquí:
https://killedbytrend.com/2020/03/03/...
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