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I began this series by saying that there was a time when “reading feminism” was a joyful, liberating journey. That was pre-1980.…
Lydia Sargent
Lydia Sargent (January 10, 1942 - 27 September, 2020) was a mother of three, a feminist, a playwright, publisher, director, actor, and activist. She cofounded Z Magazine, South End Press, and Z Media Institute.
She was a member of the Newbury Street Theater in Boston and drew significant acclaim for her play, I Read About My Death in Vogue Magazine (1985). She produced, directed, and acted in many plays with the Woods Hole Theater Company.
Lydia was the author of Women and Revolution, Playbook, and many journalistic works and essays. She engaged in countless other projects as an anti-war activist, civil disobedience organizer, and teacher. She is remembered as an inspiring example of bravery in overcoming personal circumstance, and of loving always firstly to pursue better for all.
In Parts I and II of this series I looked at the “scientific” claims made about women in Dianne Hales’s book Just…
In Parts I and II of this series about reading “feminism” I examined the claims in Just Like A Woman by Dianne…
Lydia Sargent As I said in Part I, the title 37.7 seconds refers to the average amount of time fathers spent each…
Lydia Sargent What is the significance of my title, 37.7? I got it from Has Feminism Changed Science? by Londa Schiebinger who…
Lydia Sargent Welcome to Hotel Satire where men are people and gals are their bra size. Yes, Gals, it’s important that we…
Sargent Gals. Welcome to Hotel Satire where gals learn (through rigorous training) to be the true gals they were born to…
Hotel Satire Too Many Young Males By Lydia Sargent Welcome to Hotel Satire where we have been sickened by the sex…
Welcome to Hotel Satire—where traditional values inhabit our tastefully decorated rooms, where the enterprise is free for those with the right…
that makes corsets and peek-a-boo dresses, but this shouldn’t concern you.) Here are the letters she picked out and her answers. …