A Critical Approach to Marx and Feminism
Women’s economic dependence on men historically ensured that women married. Marriage was, and is still today, seen as aspiration for women and a way to access material wealth and secure basic sustenance. Though in the last half century due to the women’s movements of the 1960s and 1970s, women’s ability to sustain themselves economically has... Continue Reading →
Singletons, cynics and feminists unite! The 14th of February, as we all know, signifies the annual commercialisation of romantic love. As Marxist feminists, we at OTWQ see Valentine's Day as a homage to the bourgeois nuclear family — pah! Of course, we couldn't let it pass without criticism. With that in mind, we have ten... Continue Reading →
Today Queer Theory is taught within the Humanities subjects of the Western academy as a matter of consensus, but its historical roots half a century ago tend not to be included on the syllabus. We must ask how did Queer Theory originate? How did the prominence of queer thinkers on sexuality come about? Prior to... Continue Reading →
