In “The Second Sex” Simone de Beauvoir doesn’t use the term “gender”, however several statements in her work imply the … More
Category: Gender and Sexuality
Catastrophe of Language in "Herland" and "The Left Hand of Darkness"
_ Literature can function as a sphere in which one can illustrate solutions or alternative notions against the discourses to … More
Letter from Gilman’s "Herland"
Dear Friend, _ I know that you waited for so long to hear from me. It has been a week … More
Herculine Barbin: The Unintelligible in the Threshold between Life and Death
_ The obscurity on Herculine Barbin’s gender might be better analyzed in the context of her memoirs, which would contribute … More
On Foucault
I’ve recently finished reading Foucault’s History of Sexuality in which he proposes impressive dimensions of thinking on relations between sexuality, … More