Tag Archives: World War II
“Femininity”
“Femininity” Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, the painting above, takes an uncommon view, since the self-display is rather complete. Usually, in photos from all over the world, every clime and hue, the feminine look has slightly lowered eyelids, a face turned sidewise, … Continue reading
Posted in academe, art, culture, femininity, feminism, literature, philosophy, political, psychology, relationships, sexuality, social conventions, the examined life, the problematic of woman
Tagged Afghanistan, An American Bride in Kabul, Birth of Venus, Botticelli, Ernest Hemingway, Femininity, France, German, Hadley, Hadley Richardson, hermetic tradition, Kabul, male authority, nazis, Phyllis Chesler, United States, westernized, World War II
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“All About My Mother”
“All About My Mother” Unlike me, my mother would give advice, solicited and unsolicited. For example: “Never tell other people your sexual history or how much money you have. That’s Life Capital.” In the little town in Maine where my … Continue reading
Posted in academe, culture, femininity, philosophy, political, relationships, the examined life
Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal, Abigail Martin, academic politics, France, Holocaust, hospice, Jewish, Jewish history, Kafka, Lausanne, Maine, Maternal insult, Mother, Mother Teresa, mother-daughter relationships, sexual history, state department, World War II
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