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No. 3 – The Woman Destroyed by Simone De Beauvoir

(This book is a compilation of 3 short stories, namely the age of discretion, the monologue, and the woman destroyed)

Narrated by an elderly scholar-lady, … mais 1.106 palavras

2018

Satisfying my Craving for Details: Autobiography, Auto-Fiction, and Letters

On one of our daily walks this week, my dear friend was telling me about a cousin she had lost touch with but through a series of different circumstances she had the opportunity recently to meet and reconnect with her family member.  mais 1.188 palavras

Nonfiction

# Féminin

Rosa Luxemburg, Simone de Beauvoir and Emma Goldman (1930’s)

Clarice Lipstector (1920-1977) was a Brazilian writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories. mais 91 palavras

Photography

Breve recuerdo: realidad intacta

Recuerdo que cuando iba a graduarme de la universidad mi profesor de pregrado, el que debía revisar mi informe de práctica,  me recomendó que evitara meterme en las discusiones y los estudios de género. mais 252 palavras

Mujeres

Simone de Beauvoir’s Political Philosophy Resonates Today: ‘One Is Not Born, But Rather Becomes, Woman.’

Simone de Beauvoir is rightly best known for declaring: ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, woman.’ A less well-known facet of her philosophy, particularly relevant today, is her political activism, a viewpoint that follows directly from her metaphysical stance on the self, namely that we have no fixed essences. mais 926 palavras

Ideas

Having to live only in my own skin when the world is so vast.

— Françoise, when asked about her regrets, from She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir

Interview with Simone de Beauvoir (1959)

Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. Though she did not consider herself a philosopher, she had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory. mais 95 palavras

Philosophy