Book group re: language use and feminism?

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Would anyone be up for a chatty thread looking at books which dissect or analyse language as it relates to women's rights?
I was thinking particularly of Man-made Language by Dale Spender but I think there are others that might be interesting too.

Sounds interesting, I've just ordered a copy off Amazon so I'll join you

If I'm not banned then I would be interested :)

I have a copy here already but it has been a long while since I read it and would appreciate the opportunity to do so with other feminists.

How will this work, we wait x time for people to get their books then read sections together and chat about them?

I'd be interested in this. I read Dale Spender - meaning I skimmed some chapters for a last minute essay rush job - twenty odd years ago. I've recently rebought Mary Daly Gyn/Ecology which is blowing my mind a bit.

I found this spreadsheet of women in philosophy which might be worth exploring;
www.newappsblog.com/2013/03/women-working-in-philosophy-of-language.html

Oh you gorgeous women!
I didn't know if anyone would be interested.

I was thinking about a dictionary monique wittig created too.

Mary Daly is another interesting one - en-courage etc

If anyone gets banned I will make a discord or something and post a code here.
But hopefully that doesn't happen.
We could see if getting Man Made language is achievable and discuss on an evening in late June maybe?or first week of July if nobody else is contending with Scottish school holidays

Section at a time sounds like it would appeal to my v poor attention span.

I also want to read nattering on the Net by Spender again. I wonder how optimistic she was

Late June sounds good to me :)

27th June?
I could start a separate thread for that specific book.
We could chat about a section for a day or two then move on to the next one, in a loose fashion maybe?

Other ideas - Mary Daly's Wickedary (maybe a few of hers - Beyond God The Father is the one I'd start with maybe.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/23/allow-me-to-womansplain-the-problem-with-gendered-language This article seems a bit confused to me in places but it's interesting in terms of jumping off points from a more modern POV

Hi, not sure if it's of interest but Deborah Cameron has written some great stuff on women and language as well as on feminism.