I remember reading the Female Eunuch in year 11 or 12 & having my tiny mind blown but finding #KateMillet’s book #SexualPolitics while I was studying English literature & Freud at uni was 🤯. Without the swagger & bravado of Dr Greer, this book was forensic in its excoriation of the cultural & literary heroes presented to us as a pinnacle of cultural achievement. There was no escape - the canon we were being enculturated to admire is inextricably grounded in hatred of women. It’s also pretty pathetic. (I later found literary authors & research programs I did admire & guess what? They were overwhelmingly populated by women & queers who understood that every perspective is situated. Funny that.) Millet’s book The Loony Bin Trip about being diagnosed bipolar & forced to take lithium was hugely influential also. Would love to find it again.

If you’ve not read the book, this is an excellent introduction.

https://theconversation.com/kate-millett-pioneered-the-term-sexual-politics-and-explained-the-links-between-sex-and-power-her-book-changed-my-life-227376?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%203%202024%20-%202958730075&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%203%202024%20-%202958730075+CID_3db5018e71e8c0f7052c9a294bf3d85b&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Kate%20Millett%20pioneered%20the%20term%20sexual%20politics%20and%20explained%20the%20links%20between%20sex%20and%20power%20Her%20book%20changed%20my%20life