slemslempike | Persephone Article

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.