"Right-Wing Women" by Andrea Dworkin - a discussion by Anne Ehrlich and Julia Beck

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[@minakshibastapure2254]

"Why should the powerless put their trust and faith into the powerless?" Wow.

[@dajuggernaut2099]

Themselves?

[@ValleyoftheRogue]

This book is Andrea Dworkin's best book, in my view. The chapter on abortion is perhaps the best summary of what the 1960s, the "generation gap," and the "sexual revolution" were all about.

[@LadyStudio1]

I just thought about Julia Beck today while watching Speaker's Corner. I'd wondered what happened to her since her Fox News interview years ago.

[@dragonfox2.058]

Dworkin inspires my rage very well

[@cheryl5667]

omg I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait! One of my favourite books of hers.

[@Clareffic]

Go to the live chat. Some prominent contemporary feminists often chat

[@AdrieneSays]

If it's forced, it isn't sex - to the man, but not to the woman

[@az-tl3mh]

Amazing discussion, I just rediscovered dworkin a couple months ago and read Last Days at Hot Slit. I had stayed away from her work for so long because I believed what other people said about her, that she collaborated with the right wing, that she was wrong, etc. But after engaging with other "left-wing" groups online, and when I tried to join a political party, I was taken aback when I articulated my issues as a woman. I said that all I ever wanted was to be able to self-sufficient, not to be forced into sex work or be forced to marry, just being able to have a income without being raped. Yet they didn't sympathize with me. For these dudes, it just didn't "compute." And this was a socialist party. FFS... This pushed me into exploring radical feminism more, and I decided to give Dworkin a chance this time. And I am so glad I did, because her work is amazing. She articulates perfectly how the world works. I am finally learning the words I was never taught to describe my life. My life and experiences were validated for the first time. I am looking forward to reading the rest of her books.

[@dragonfox2.058]

I am so infuriated I need to go lay down I think

[@lavlmoon]

Thanks for this! Andrea Dworkin's work is so important.

[@briana9918]

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you!

[@laurenlevey9252]

Great job explaining how concepts in “Right Wing Women” can illuminate the woman hating culture of the present time.

[@marionb2870]

Sorry I missed the premiere. Great show. Thank you

[@abouvier3457]

Good lecture.

[@abirdkilledmeh]

This is great, thank you!

[@yehmen29]

Very good point on care homes (hiding away elderly women so that the younger women cannot see what their fate will be. Guess who died in droves of Covid 19? Care home residents) and on encouraging women to reproduce so that a steady supply of workers will be available for the jobs no one wants to do... and about drugging up women. I have heard psychiatrists say that if psychotropes had existed at the end of the 19th and the beginnning of the 20th century, women would never have gotten the right to vot.

[@carleton7020]

Thank you very much !

[@pinwheelart2825]

Yes! Creative intellect is completely ignored. Among others.

[@katewilliamson4464]

Excellent summary. Thank you.

[@c.3347]

Thank you, Anne and Julia, for such an amazing, clear (and fun too!) presentation of the book.

[@fieldsmaymusic]

Is this book rare? It’s like $120 bucks when I look it up to buy it.

[@Grace-xb7nm]

Wow. Brilliant. I’d better go read it now :)

[@mylittleponycorner]

WAS THAT A HOLE REFERENCE? "GO ON TAKE EVERYTHING, TAKE EVERYTHING I DARE YOU TO".

[@maxinecollier7296]

Brilliant lecture

[@pinwheelart2825]

So good!

[@Ruza.Liza.]

Absolutely fantastic…! 💯

[@Peter-ov6xh]

Did Julia Beck always have that occasional lilt in her accent?

[@19katsandcounting]

What’s the solution?

[@aliceinwonder8978]

militant action against the powerful who uphold male supremacy

[@maxalberts2003]

"A radical mister-ectomy."--Mary Daly

[@dajuggernaut2099]

How many in here have an OF? 😂😂

[@Justtowatch-zy7si]

Wouldn't you like to know.