miraniel:justastormie:davidmalki:Daughters of the horse-leech, thy tempest out-thunders me.source: I
miraniel:justastormie:davidmalki:Daughters of the horse-leech, thy tempest out-thunders me.source: Israel Zangwill, Without Prejudice, 1899. This description, at the time meant to be as absurd a set of charges and demands as could be placed in a straw woman’s mouth, today reads like a beautiful manifesto.@zaiatzgeistbethWait, no, this is exactly how this passage should be read? As a manifesto? Zangwill was a Jewish political activist who campaigned for women’s suffrage and Jewish emancipation… these women are clearly meant as feminist representations of the diverse, empowered desires of all women. -- source link
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