How to Suppress Women's Writing

from rivkat

"She didn't write it. She wrote it, but she shouldn't have. She wrote it, but look what she wrote about. She wrote it, but 'she' isn't really an artist and 'it' isn't really serious, of the right genre-i.e., really art.... She wrote it, but there are very few of her." Brilliant and angry, Russ wr...

from Devil_llama

The author writes with a measured tone, not inflammatory or accusatory, but merely explaining the ways in which women authors have been marginalized in the canon. She explores several women writers I have never heard of (and you probably haven't either) but who were influences on the women writer...

from ltimmel

This is a re-read (of course!) made in preparation for a panel at Readercon dedicated to discussing it. It continues to be relevant, though as with every reading of books one reads and rereads over decades, it speaks to me differently now, and in some sense explains my decision to become a publis...

from Coobeastie

A classic book. I don't think I've ever read such a short book that's made me think so much. Punchy, succint and brilliant.

from satyridae

This one belongs on the Feminist Classics shelf. I stumbled across a reference to it online, and was intrigued enough to order it through Inter-Library Loan, which should say something right there. A feminist classic about how women's writing is suppressed, written by a woman... that's unavailabl...