A phalanx of recent books by women are refusing old-fashioned plot structures and paying special attention to the unruly sexual lives of their characters. Is this the way to liberation?
“Sexuality is a murky realm of contradiction and ambivalence. It cannot always be understood by social models, which feminism, as an heir of nineteenth-century utilitarianism,…
Susan Sontag believed that intellectuals should, must, take political stands. She was active in the movement against the Vietnam War. She tried, with passion and…