Fanatical feminist views & motherhood
>> Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Geez, this article by Rebecca Walker, the daughter of author Alice Walker, is certainly disturbing.
I'm equal parts sad for Rebecca and her lonely, painful experiences, appalled at her spiteful airing of her mother's dirty laundry and confused about the purpose of it all.
She closes by saying that all that matters to her now is a happy family. Looks like a real work in progress there.
Anyway, now she's probably ruined Alice Walker for me, since with any future reading I might do of her work, I'll be imagining her penning it in her studio while her young daughter sits alone at home 100 miles away.
Maybe that was the purpose...?
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I still love Alice Walker - she sacrificed being a good mother for a greater cause I guess...
Reading the article, I feel sad for what Rebecca Walker went through as a child, but frustrated that she equates her mother's treatment of her with feminism as a whole. Not everyone who is a feminist has such a dismal view of motherhood. I'm always confused by any brand of feminism that has such a rigid definition of what women should or shouldn't do. To me, if feminism is truly about empowerment, then it is about giving us the freedom to choose whatever life we want to live...even if it happens to include (gasp!) motherhood.
Incidentally, the article reminded me of a post on another blog that I read, which also dealt with the whole kids or no kids issue. In case you're interested...
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