She Said, She Said
07/02/20 • 41 min
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In 1969, radical feminists known as the Redstockings gathered in a church in Greenwich Village, and spoke about their experiences with abortion. They called this ‘consciousness-raising’ or ‘speaking bitterness,’ and it changed the history of women’s rights, all the way down to the 1977 National Women’s Convention and, really, down to the present day. The idea of ‘speaking bitterness’ came from a Maoist practice, and is a foundation to both the #MeToo movement and the conservative Victim’s Rights movement. But at what cost?
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In 1969, radical feminists known as the Redstockings gathered in a church in Greenwich Village, and spoke about their experiences with abortion. They called this ‘consciousness-raising’ or ‘speaking bitterness,’ and it changed the history of women’s rights, all the way down to the 1977 National Women’s Convention and, really, down to the present day. The idea of ‘speaking bitterness’ came from a Maoist practice, and is a foundation to both the #MeToo movement and the conservative Victim’s Rights movement. But at what cost?
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Pushkin. Imagine there's a place in our world where the known things go. A quarter of the mind, lined with shelves, cluttered with proof, A purple cowboy hat. Oh, someone's put up here on the wall poster, it says, the personal is political. I love those day glow flowers. This place, this warehouse, stores the facts that matter, and matters of fact, the evidence of the past. It's all that stands between a reasonable doubt and the chaos of uncertai
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