Word: sisterhoods
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bears a powerful psychological impact. Throughout the nation, many thousands of women are awakening to a new sensitivity about what Author Kate Millett (TIME, Aug. 3) calls "sexual politics." In every major city, women, most of them young, gather for "consciousness-raising" rap sessions, the awareness rituals of The Sisterhood. The National Organization for Women (NOW) and other feminist groups have called on women to stage a Strike for Equality on Aug. 26. Last week, in a preliminary demonstration, feminists brandished antisexist placards beneath the Statue of Liberty...
Amidst the efflorescence of Women's Lib, Joan Didion might easily be confused with the new sisterhood of grievance collectors who blame men for everything. True, she thinks that men fail women. But she also feels that women are careless and callous, and that both sexes spend time and love and integrity as if they were unloading counterfeit money. Obsessed by waste and loss, she is a brooder who sifts her experience over and over again. The last lines of Play It As It Lays appear in a paraphrase throughout her work. They imply questioning-and possibly a survivor...