As a writer, I have embraced my woman’s body with theoretical vigor. I am aware of the (yes, still) prejudices within academic and literary circles against most things feminine. You’ve most likely heard it before: retrospectively, men dominated the “public” world (i.e. work, wars, politics, academia, etc.) while women inhabited the private realm (i.e. cooking, [...]
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The Point
Posted in The Essays, tagged art, babies, birth control, cartesian split, domestic novels, femenism, genre fiction, kitsch, literature, motherhood, private, public, women, writing on February 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My Inconvenient Body
Posted in The Essays, tagged art, birth control, cartesian split, feminism, introduction, motherhood, writing on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While participating in an art form that elevates the mind and its proficiency with the abstract and general, it is difficult to not find the body–with its inescapable and messy specifics–somewhat inconvenient. Especially when you are a woman. Especially when you are a woman growing a baby. My name is Elisha Webster Emerson. I am [...]
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