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westonculture's review against another edition
5.0
wittig is brilliant. this is one of a handful of feminist texts that radically changed the way i saw the world.
almags_'s review against another edition
3.0
Los primeros ensayos son muy interesantes, me quedo especialmente con la critica que hace del pensamiento marxista y con la consideración que hace del sexo como una categoría social y no biológica (tal y como hace también Delphy). Eso de comparar continuamente la opresión de las mujeres con la racial no se lo compro, pero bueno. Sin embargo, me ha hecho falta que estas ideas y críticas se desarrollasen mucho más, por lo que me sirve de incentivo para seguir leyendo sobre el tema. El final del libro recoge ensayos que desarrollan una visión feminista sobre cuestiones literarias y lingüísticas, en mi opinión, muy inteligentes (aún en 2021 seguimos hablando de "literatura de mujeres") y me ha hecho reflexionar sobre y reforzarme en concepciones que tenía sobre el tema.
m4rinette's review against another edition
5.0
vraiment la reine des lesbiennes ??? genre trop d’intelligence dans son cerveau c’est fou!!! y’avait des notes sur Les Guérillères du coup j’ai envie de le relire ptdr
ahmedaminea's review against another edition
2.0
Beaucoup d'idées intéressantes (même si certaines peuvent sembler limites, comme la comparaison très fréquente entre race et genre et l'absence de lecture intersectionnelle), mais le jargon académique est extrêmement lourd. De plus, j'ai trouvé que les différents essais se répétaient souvent.
katnissevergreen's review against another edition
4.0
"The category of sex is the political category that founds society as heterosexual. As such it does not concern being but relationships (for women and men are the result of relationships)...For the category of sex is the product of a heterosexual society which imposes on women the rigid obligation of the reproduction of the 'species,' that is, the reproduction of heterosexual society"
"The result of the imposition of gender, acting as a denial at the very moment when one speaks, is to deprive women of the authority of speech, and to force them to make their entrance in a crablike way, particularizing themselves and apologizing profusely. The result is to deny them any claim to the abstract, philosophical discourses that give shape to the social body. Gender then must be destroyed. The possibility of its destruction is given through this very exercise of language. For each time I say 'I,' I reorganize the world from my point of view and through abstraction I lay claim to universality. This fact holds true for every locutor"
"The result of the imposition of gender, acting as a denial at the very moment when one speaks, is to deprive women of the authority of speech, and to force them to make their entrance in a crablike way, particularizing themselves and apologizing profusely. The result is to deny them any claim to the abstract, philosophical discourses that give shape to the social body. Gender then must be destroyed. The possibility of its destruction is given through this very exercise of language. For each time I say 'I,' I reorganize the world from my point of view and through abstraction I lay claim to universality. This fact holds true for every locutor"
milksoup's review against another edition
2.0
i can see where wittig came from but i really disagree with where it took her. if only she didnt conflate biological sex with the artificially assigned social roles!