Christine de Pizan defamed men, justified Ovid’s castration, and urged repressive punishment. She’s seminal in the misandristic tradition. … Read the post Christine de Pizan’s defamation in the misandristic tradition
When her husband Etienne du Castel died, Christine de Pizan wrote of loneliness. Lessening loneliness requires overcoming narrow-mindedness. … Read the post the loneliness of Christine de Pizan in narrow-mindedness
Feminine power, the Citi exhibit at the British Museum, shows Christine’s Livre de la Cité des Dames to be wholly rhetorical, as Henry Adams understood. … Read the post medieval feminine power: divine to demonic in elite discourse
Le Jeu de la feuillée depicts men of Arras as betrayers, brutes, idiots & frauds. A woman-fairy in this medieval play saves men’s self-esteem. … Read the post women-fairies in the madness of Le Jeu de la feuillée
To lessen risk in criticizing women, study tactics of the medieval Proverbia que dicuntur super natura feminarum and religiously invoke NAWALT. … Read the post diverse tactics for lessening risk in criticizing women