Digressions&Impressions

On Herland, Utopian Racism, and the Analysis of Patriarchy

The women of Herland have no fear of men. Why should they have? They are not timid in any sense. They are not weak; and they all have strong trained athletic bodies. Othello could not have extinguished Alima with a pillow, as if she we...

Socratic Politics and Political Theory

“Then, if that is his chief concern,” he said, “he will not willingly take part in politics.” “Yes, by the dog” said I, “in his own city he certainly will, yet perhaps not in the city of his birth, except in some providential conjunctu...