awesome awesome interview with Emily Wilson
this highlights the difference between a work being feminist because it was written by a woman who believes that women should have rights, and her beliefs influence the choices she makes in her work; and a work that is feminist because the author intentionally set out to write a feminist text. those are very different things. there’s also the third thing (which isn’t happening here) of people assuming that the author being a woman means the work is feminist. seen that a lot when we all know that a lot of women are not feminists so it’s a silly assumption to make
