A review by ginameix
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

An excellent lecture by the wonderful Mary Beard on how our definitions of power and public speech are stacked in favor of men and how they have been since the ancient world. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Beard alludes to and retells several stories from the ancient world including Medusa and Philomela that include blood, death, etc. She also includes several anticodtes about sexism in current social media and threats to women.