“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” I know, I know. Virginia Woolf’s phrase “a room of one’s own” is so often repeated by women in literary circles that it has almost become a cliché, which means we are in danger of forgetting its truth. When Woolf first spoke those words at a lecture at Cambridge in 1928, it was clear to her audience that most women lacked the agency and resources to do creative work. And it is tempting to think that now, nearly a hundred years later, “a room of one’s own” is no longer as relevant. After all, women can vote and work and raise families and own property and pretty much “do it all” these days, right?
> CD #102: A room of my own
> CD #102: A room of my own
> CD #102: A room of my own
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” I know, I know. Virginia Woolf’s phrase “a room of one’s own” is so often repeated by women in literary circles that it has almost become a cliché, which means we are in danger of forgetting its truth. When Woolf first spoke those words at a lecture at Cambridge in 1928, it was clear to her audience that most women lacked the agency and resources to do creative work. And it is tempting to think that now, nearly a hundred years later, “a room of one’s own” is no longer as relevant. After all, women can vote and work and raise families and own property and pretty much “do it all” these days, right?