Portrait of a Feminist
A Memoir in Essays
Marianna Marlowe
- Infused
- with
- a
- passion
- for
- justice,
- this
- sublime,
- expansive
- memoir
- by
- a
- Peruvian
- American
- feminist
- will
- appeal
- to
- fans
- of
- Crying
- in
- H
- Mart
- and
- How
- to
- Raise
- a
- Feminist
- Son.Through
- braided
- memories
- that
- flash
- against
- the
- present
- day,
- Portrait
- of
- a
- Feminist
- depicts
- the
- evolution
- of
- Marianna
- Marlowe’s
- identity
- as
- a
- biracial
- and
- multicultural
- woman—from
- her
- childhood
- in
- California,
- Peru,
- and
- Ecuador
- to
- her
- adulthood
- as
- an
- academic,
- a
- wife,
- and
- a
- mother.How
- does
- the
- inner
- life
- of
- a
- feminist
- develop?
- How
- does
- a
- writer
- observe
- the
- world
- around
- her
- and
- kindle,
- from
- her
- earliest
- memories,
- a
- flame
- attuned
- to
- the
- unjust?With
- writing
- that
- is
- simultaneously
- wise
- and
- shimmering,
- nuanced
- and
- direct,
- Marlowe
- explores
- her
- own
- experiences
- with
- the
- hallmarks
- of
- patriarchy.
- Interweaving
- stories
- of
- life
- as
- the
- child
- of
- a
- Catholic
- Peruvian
- mother
- and
- an
- atheist
- American
- father
- in
- a
- family
- that
- lived
- many
- years
- abroad,
- she
- explores
- realities
- familiar
- to
- so
- many
- of
- us—unequal
- marriages,
- class
- structures,
- misogynist
- literature,
- and
- patriarchal
- religion.
- Portrait
- of
- a
- Feminist
- confronts
- the
- two
- most
- essential
- questions
- of
- feminism
- today:
- What
- does
- it
- look
- like
- to
- live
- a
- life
- in
- defense
- of
- feminism?
- And
- how
- should
- feminism
- be
- evolving today?
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