Who is Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 30 years. They are found in a dozen solo works: nine books of non-fiction, two novels, and a collection of short stories. Another three volumes were co-written or co-edited with US Constitutional law professor and feminist activist, Catharine A. MacKinnon.The central objective of Dworkin's work is analyzing and theorizing Western society, culture, and politics. She did this through the prism of men's sexual violence against women in a patriarchal context. She wrote on a wide range of topics including the lives of Joan of Arc, Margaret Papandreou, and Nicole Brown Simpson; she anal...
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- A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered.
- As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going to become what you want to become or who you want to become. You are not going to live in the world you want to live in.
- Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not.
- Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.
- As long as there is rape... there is not going to be any peace or justice or equality or freedom. You are not going to become what you want to become or who you want to become. You are not going to live in the world you want to live in.
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Easy_andy: j.k. rowling's lifestyle really baffles me. why do she, a billionaire, use webcam photos as a pfp, watch die hard on a tv stuck on the floor at 720p and quote andrea dworkin, of all people, to justify her anti-trans rallies?Kittychocklit: andrea dworkin's brain is like a work of art. she's so specific that it comes to a point where whether or not you agree with her ceases to be the point, her thots are just *there* and you go "ah, i see"
Somemuttscantb1: when i see jk rowling quoting andrea dworkin, i can let myself hope that things are gonna be alright.
Radfemcollectiv: our resistance has not been serious. it has not been enough. andrea dworkin
Faggot9000: ok? should we celebrate? should we throw a party? should we invite andrea dworkin?
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