MetaJess

I don’t know much about feminism, but the “waves” model seems clumsy for describing at least the development of the philosophy. Perhaps it works for the politics. The philosophy seems to have developed more like parallel lineages with continuity of ideas across generations.

For example, one I think I grok goes: Virginia Woolf —> Hannah Arendt —> Ursula Le Guin, Donna Harroway (temporality approach) Or Simone de Beauvoir —> Betty Friedan —> Judith Butler (“other” theory/identity-constructionist approach) Does this make any sense?

I read Friedan and part of Beauvoir out of “need to grok female viewpoint” motive in my early 20s. Not strong enough a motive to get far. Renewed interest now is narrower and not about women so much as temporality where women thinkers seem to have had unusual amount to say.