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Finding A Name For Myself
Welcome back to a new episode of Mostly Lit!
This week we have an ACTUAL episode on feminism with Rai in the studio!
Rai questions what role language and sexuality has.
Derek doesn't believe there are masculine or feminine energies.
Alex asks about your #WorldMentalHealthDay literature, music and film care package.
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Essays from this week:
The Laugh of Medusa - Helene Cixous
https://artandobjecthood.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/cixous_the_laugh_of_the_medusa.pdf
GUARDIAN OF LANGUAGE:
An Interview with Hélène Cixous (March 1996) by Kathleen O'Grady
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/cixous/index.html
Luce Irigary: Thé Sex Which Is Not One:
https://caringlabor.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/irigaray-this-sex-which-is-not-one.pdf
Additional articles:
Bechdel Test:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
On Masculine and Feminine Energies:
The Truth About Masculine and Feminine Energy - Part One
https://masteringalchemy.com/content/truth-about-masculine-and-feminine-energy-part-one
Brand New Word For People Who Hate Labelling Themselves As Gay:
http://attitude.co.uk/theres-a-brand-new-word-for-people-who-hate-labeling-themselves-as-gay/
Books:
A Woman Looking At Men, Looking At Women - Siri Hustvedt
Black Feminist Thought - Patricia Hill Collins
The Shack - William Young
The Prophet - Khalil Gibran
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim - David Sedaris
Self Reliance - Ralph Waldo Emmerson
The Rosie Project - Graeme Simsion
Nervous Conditions - Tistsi Dangarenba
Journey to Ixlan - Carlos Castaneda
Only Dull People Are Bright Before Breakfast - Oscar Wilde
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