Feminist Literature/Authors

Post anything related to feminist literature and feminist authors.

First up is Charlotte Perkins Gilman.



Don't think she needs much introduction here. If you've not read "The Yellow Wallpaper", you should; an early masterpiece of psychological and hallucinatory fiction.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm

Next up is someone more obscure whom I already adore: Mina Loy.



Biographical sketch and a few poems are posted here.

Mina Loy - Poet | Academy of American Poets

[Michael]

Got three. First two are in the Weird Tradition. Last is the most underrated philosopher of the 20th century, maybe ever.

1. Needs no introduction: Caitlin Kiernan

2. Gertrude Barrows Bennet, pen name Francis Stevens

https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Other-Fantasy-Frontiers-Imagination/dp/0803292988/ref=sr_1_58?ie=UTF8&qid=1483300040&sr=8-58&keywords=bison+frontiers+of+imagination

 

https://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Other-Fantasy-Frontiers-Imagination/dp/0803292988/ref=sr_1_58?ie=UTF8&qid=1483300040&sr=8-58&keywords=bison+frontiers+of+imagination

Solidly in the Weird Tradition and highly underrated.

3. Hannah Arendt. Completed her Ph.D. in Philosophy when she was like 23 or something ridiculous like that. Massively important philosophical works and very readable. Her relationship with Heidegger wrongly overshadowed her brilliance and I would argue still does. Pound for pound, she was the better philosopher than Heidegger. Can't pigenhole her in a particular discipline (like "she was a feminist" or "she was a political philosopher"). She was beyond categorization and was and still is highly underrated as an intellectual. Deserves way more attention.

[Mr. Veech]

I've always admired Virginia Woolf, especially her To The Lighthouse. Her angular features made her quite attractive as well.

I'll be reading this soon.

https://www.amazon.com/Mermaid-Minotaur-Dorothy-Dinnerstein/dp/1892746255

 

https://www.amazon.com/Mermaid-Minotaur-Dorothy-Dinnerstein/dp/1892746255

[Zaharoff]

Poppy Z Brite

Bought everything she published.
After Hurricane Katrina, she was never the same.
Literally.

[Ruina]

Can Brite be considered a feminist writer? All his books I read seemed almost misogynistic.

[Mr. Veech]

Quote Originally Posted by Ruina

Can Brite be considered a feminist writer? All his books I read seemed almost misogynistic.

I never cared for Brite's modern Goth stories, but his prose is fantastic from what I remember.

[Hidden X]

His stuff is certainly sexual and features LGBT characters, but I certainly wouldn't classify it as feminist anymore than I would classify it as misogynist.