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rdrift_reads's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Woolf's brain is a powerhouse. The chapters of this op-ed build upon each other to discuss the different layers of societal sexism - from the physical and economic confinement of women in the early centuries to the more mental / cultural confinement that existed in Woolf's time. Her observations of the ways they each confine women writers' creativity are astute. Austen, Eliot, etc wrote about local British society and relations because that's all they had access to, for example, contrasted with female writers not being as talented but getting to sprawl out in topics and character - but that it'll still take years of building on each other's practice for women writers to catch up. Especially as men write works that seem to respond to women's progress by more self-consciously asserting their masculine superiority.
It's sort of amazing that Room of One's Own feels SO modern - to the extent that bits of it feel almost cliche to me, like that little incident Woolf relays where she's asked by a male scholar to keep off the grass, (which could've been ripped straight off a social media short), or indeed many of her arguments on the disadvantages women writers contend with. Then one remembers when Woolf was writing - these ideas feel cliche now partially because of the work that she did.
I'm not sure I learned anything new, but I do value seeing the origins of thinking I'm indebted to.
It's sort of amazing that Room of One's Own feels SO modern - to the extent that bits of it feel almost cliche to me, like that little incident Woolf relays where she's asked by a male scholar to keep off the grass, (which could've been ripped straight off a social media short), or indeed many of her arguments on the disadvantages women writers contend with. Then one remembers when Woolf was writing - these ideas feel cliche now partially because of the work that she did.
I'm not sure I learned anything new, but I do value seeing the origins of thinking I'm indebted to.
sarahroen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
aitam098's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Me ha gustado y el final me ha motivado mucho pero en general siento que hay mucha paja en el sentido de que se va por las ramas o cuenta cosas que no me parecen tan relevantes
klhitt's review against another edition
4.0
Got more and more mad as I read about the plight of women and writers. Very frustrated. Made good point that if our mothers had been writers, we probably wouldn't have been born. Her solution - good, especially for the time, but now - wonder if it is enough or if we just need more time to see what will happen with women & writers
hibzzz's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I absolutely loved it. I need to reread it immediately and annotate every single page.
therightintruder's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0