#Wollstonecraft

Vic Clarke

vjc_torianist

Okay I have seen the Mary Wollstonecraft statue. I have many questions and they all start with why https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/10/mary-wollstonecraft-finally-honoured-with-statue-after-200-years Like, even the nakedness aside

Another Angry Woman

stavvers

It surprises me that so many people don't know much about Mary Wollstonecraft's personal life, and I suspect it's a fairly puritanical attempt to rehabilitate her reputation after a long

Samantha Shannon

say_shannon

I am . . . not sure of my feelings on this statue.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/10/mary-wollstonecraft-finally-honoured-with-statue-after-200-years I understand what it's trying to do, and I know the artist is a woman and w

Leeds Libraries

leedslibraries

We are so pleased to hear that Mary Wollstonecraft finally has her own statue to recognise her important work. To celebrate, our #RareBookOfTheWeek is our 1st edition of 'A Vindication

Tabitha McIntosh

TabitaSurge

1. Contemporary portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft 2. New statue of Mary Wollstonecraft Fuck all the fucks off How it started. How it’s going https://twitter.com/RynnBrooke/status/1326124358255996928 Several people have pointed out that

Hannah Dawson

DrHannahDawson

I hear the criticism, I feel the criticism, about the new #Wollstonecraft statue - naked Mary objectifies her, truncates her personhood, focuses us on her body when she was a

Helen Saxby

helensaxby11

When I was an art student I was always firmly of the belief that art and politics do not mix (not fine art anyway, not sculpure, which is what I

Linsey McGoey

LinseyMcgoey

Yup, I certainly believe that. Check out, for example, Mary Wollstonecraft's Rights of Men, which preceded Thomas Paine's tract (with the same title) by a few months. An early, major

Katherine Faulkner

k_faulkner

When I went to see the Mary Wollstonecraft statue yesterday, two members of the committee who chose it were also there. They were lovely and well meaning. You could see

Robert James Sutton

robertjsutton

Finally made it to Newington Green to see the Wollstonecraft statue and I have some thoughts. What struck me most, quite aside from the content, was the poor quality of

aaron blue gabriel

philosophequeer

in 'a vindication of the rights of women', mary wollstonecraft critiqued works written by men about women precisely because in them, women 'are only considered as females, and not as

Stephen Bush

stephenkb

Might do a daily thread of statues I'd like to get rid of, not because of their histories, just because I'm an aesthetic snob. Benjamin Disraeli, Parliament Square. Disraeli is

Dr Fern Riddell

FernRiddell

I’m incredibly sad to see the new statue covered with an emblem of the anti-trans movement. Something that was created by the local community for their own community, has been

Aimee Dawson

amldawson

Having helped aggregate some of the Twitter reactions to this new public sculpture in London "honouring" the 18th-century English philosopher and womens' rights advocate #MaryWollstonecraft, I can reveal the top

James Barry

JamesBarry1789

"Sure stick a Barbie on top of it and tell them it's a women's monument".https://twitter.com/Jackcantsleep1/status/1326135132449693697 If it was in Ireland it would already have a nickname like “Sindy on the

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

I do all my Zoom calls & webinars with a portrait of a topless activist as my background and “The Revolution is My Cunt” is a saying of mine. BUT

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