[100 Challenge] Roberta Gattel_71 December 10, 2024The Harem within, Fatema Mernissi, 1994 “Pessimism is the luxury of the powerful.” This is the phrase said by Aunt Habiba, one of the female characters in "The Harem Within."...
[100 Challenge] Roberta Gattel_70 December 9, 2024Gender trouble, Judith Butler, 1990 My baptism with Judith Butler's vision of gender occurred late one evening in a bar in Venice. It was my favorite bar when I was...
[100 Challenge] Roberta Gattel_69 December 7, 2024The bluest eye, Toni Morrison, 1970 I've often wondered if men, at least cisgender men, ever regret being men. I also asked myself this when I read some passages from Toni...
[100 Challenge] Roberta Gattel_68 December 6, 2024The second sex, Simone De Beauvoir, 1949 I heard of Simone De Beauvoir for the first time during the 18th birthday party of one of my classmates. The birthday invitation...
[100 Challenge] Roberta Gattel_67 December 5, 2024Story of justice, injustice and prison, Bianca Guidetti Serra, 1944 – 1992 “I liked doing, and I did what I could, always trying to be myself” are the words of...
[100 Challenge] Roberta Gattel_66 December 4, 2024Feminist Art, Activism and Artivism, Katy Deepwell, 2020 Leafing through Deepwell's book, I came across an article by Paula Chambers on Pussy Riot. The article recounted the episode of...