135. A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
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We\\u2019re kicking off our month of Virigina Woolf with an episode exploring Woolf\\u2019s dense and sprawling extended essay, \\u201cA Room of Own\\u2019s Own.\\u201d At just over one hundred pages, Woolf gives herself ample space on the page to explore and consider the issues that keep women from the forefront of the literature and what might be done to give them the creative freedom to write unencumbered.
In today\\u2019s episode, we\\u2019re following along closely with the text while helping our fellow readers pull out key takeaways from Woolf\\u2019s work. We share our own experiences reading and teaching this seminal piece of feminist critique, Woolf\'s use of figurative and practical language to provide compelling arguements, and limitations of the essay, including who was included in Woolf\\u2019s critique and who was left out.\\xa0
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Books Mentioned:
- The Baby on the Fire Escape by Julie Phillips\\xa0
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- How to Think Like A Women by Regan Penaluna
- Cross Stitch by Jasmina Barrara
- The Marriage Question by Claire Carlilse