non anti men

From: Kate Williams (kwillia8@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU)
Date: Fri Apr 18 1997 - 06:02:14 PDT


Octavia Butler is my answer to Judith. Now who else can I read while I'm
waiting for her new book to come out?

And thanks Laura Q for this digest coming at me during my oh so
non-fictional workday.

kate

> I don't agree with either Booker's definition of 'Dystopia' or
>Gearhart's definition of 'Feminist Utopia', but haven't come up with
>anything much better. It does seem, however, that if not individual men or
>men as a group, then at least those "male institutions", which overtly or
>covertly inculcate and celebrate misogyny, ARE the major cause of sexual
>inequality.
> Question: Does anyone know of any feminist utopian works that
>don't portray men or male institutions as "the problem"?
> Question: How should 'Feminist Utopia' and 'Feminist Dystopia' be
>defined?
> Judith



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