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Dec 18, 2021
Julie
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Somehow I made it to my fifties without ever reading this. How did that happen? Why wasn't I made to read this when I was a teenager? Maybe it would have resonated with me less if I had read it when I didn't have as much life experience?
Her argument is simple. A person needs money and privacy and time in order to focus well on creative endeavors. Basically, Maslow's hierarchy of needs must be met to a certain degree before one can have the freedom to create art. This explains why most famous wri ...more
Her argument is simple. A person needs money and privacy and time in order to focus well on creative endeavors. Basically, Maslow's hierarchy of needs must be met to a certain degree before one can have the freedom to create art. This explains why most famous wri ...more
Jan 17, 2017
Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ...
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it was amazing
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I cannot believe it took a challenge to read this witty, intelligent, thought-provoking, challenging wonderful essay. Ms. Woolf is a feminist of the variety that I wish to be. She is bright and intuitive and clever. Her insight into what makes us male, female -- human! -- is something that I wish I had read 35 years ago when I was serving in the military. I will definitely read this again in an attempt to expand and grow.
If you believe in equality between genders, races, religions, sexual orient ...more
If you believe in equality between genders, races, religions, sexual orient ...more
I am way too tired and I should go to sleep asap, but not before writing down a few notes on Woolf's famous essay.
* Sometimes her writing is distracting and I find myself googling poems and stuff to get the references and learn more about the people she mentions.
* It is indeed a great essay about women and fiction (or women in fiction), but, of course, as with any non-fiction book, I did not agree with everything. It's an opinion, in the end. But I did like her approach, taking things historica ...more
* Sometimes her writing is distracting and I find myself googling poems and stuff to get the references and learn more about the people she mentions.
* It is indeed a great essay about women and fiction (or women in fiction), but, of course, as with any non-fiction book, I did not agree with everything. It's an opinion, in the end. But I did like her approach, taking things historica ...more
Powerful, funny, and thought-provoking. Forget walking around in a pink hat, read this... this is real feminism. Strong women get sh*t done without the stupid hat.
Sep 30, 2016
Kelsie
marked it as to-read
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Jan 03, 2018
Charles
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