@amydiehl slightly off topic, but if you're interested in how the system* perpetuates violence against the self then others, read Orwell's writing about his school days, and read about the awful relationship he and his contemporaries (like TH White and Robert Graves) had with sexuality and self hatred. You can see how the harm done to Orwell during his school days caused his attitude towards women.

*sorry, not comfortable with the word patriarchy, no disrespect to the intent of anyone who is

@amydiehl

Women have been ignored by Historians for centuries.

The "Lady of the Mercians" was Æthelflæd. Daughter of Alfred the Great.
Aethelflaed, was a formidable military leader who actively fought and defended against Viking attacks.

Ask anyone in the UK or anywhere else if they know her name and what she did and they will say no.

But most will know the name of her Father Alfred the Great and her brother, Edward the Elder.

@amydiehl
The wife-https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_(2017_film)
Film treatise on this phenomenon of erasing the existence and contributions of women- Husband gets Nobel prize for literature, because of his “unique” insights & perspectives on people.

Punchline: His wife (ghost)wrote all his material but would not have been published as patriarchy decided women are not writers, and removes any means of publication+recognition.

Question: Should the Nobel prize been awarded to her as she was the author?

@amydiehl I'm with you on this one - and the one that bugs me the most is The Rider Waite tarot deck.

Rider (bloke (wizard)). Waite (the publisher (more blokes (probably))).

The person who actually drew the fucking things was Pixie Smith.

You see that Led Zepplin 4? The hermit standing on a mountain etc? That was drawn by this amazing proto-hippie named Pixie Smith and it took me about 40 years to find out.

I'm not even sure she was that good, but holy hell the impact she had.