Author: Susan Sontag
Although she was in the right circles and highly regarded, I’m not sure how liked Susan Sontag was. Which I’m sure wouldn’t have bothered her at all. From reading these essays, I get the impression Susan Sontag’s entire raison d’être for writing was to prove that she doesn’t care about any other inferior intellects – which is everyone. This is the quote that summed it up for me: “Although I defy anyone to read what I wrote and miss its personal, even autobiographical character, I much prefer that the text be judged as an argument and not as an “expression” of anything at all, my sincere feelings included.” Sigh, another powerful smarty pants who can’t use the sentence “I feel…”
The essays cover a variety of subjects that impact women, such as ageing or the division of labour in households. You might like this too if you want to read someone who truly ‘tells it like it is’ for the state of women in Western political systems.
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