Persephone Article

[slemslempike]

There's a short article about Persphone Books here. It's nice, although I have no idea why Lamb's Conduit Street qualifies as "mysterious". But I just wish that pople would stop engaging with feminism in a way that trots out the trite little sayings of "what is loosely called the bra-burning feminist" (well, yes, anti-feminists quite often say that, but really, that doesn't mean that you have to call it that)and "we're the kind of feminism that likes men". Oh, the good kind of feminism. I see. Well, I quite like some men. But to be honest, my kind of feminism doesn't really care whether or not men feel liked, and doesn't feel the need to pander. I adore the books that Persephone publish - I love the writing, the feel, the look and the ethos, and I do like that their books value the dailiness of women's lives - and I really admire Nicola Beauman, ever since I read A Very Great Profession, but reading these comments just make me feel sad.

Comments

[ladyxoc.livejournal.com]

I'm the kind of feminist that doesn't fucking apologize for being a feminist. ;)

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

I was ratehr pleased that she didn't really do the whole "not really a feminist, don't hate me" bit, and was very forthright about being feminist, but it is entirely possible to do that without denigrating other kinds of feminism.

[stellanova.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I adore Persephone (and I really like Nicola herself, who is absolutely lovely) but I wish they didn't keep doing the "we ARE feminists, but...." thing.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Yes. We could do with a bit of "we ARE feminists" FULL STOP.

[gair.livejournal.com]

Gah.

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm still looking forward to visiting the shop again in February though.

[lsugaralmond.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!