Talk:Shulamith Firestone

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Anonymous IP addition

Not that it sounds impluasible at all, but I'm always suspiscious of misplaced additions by ananoymous IPs, so having not read her works thoroughly myself, I was wondering if anyone could confirm the following:

Firestone also advocated raising children in units of eight to ten adults who would all live together and share the responsibilities of childcare amongst them. Units could apply for a licence to have a child artificially or a woman could opt to have the child herself although the rest of the unit would share the responsibility for supporting her while she was pregnant and would share the child care responsibilities once the child was born.

-Erolos 19:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't necessarily an inaccurate addition, but it is misleading. There is a chapter in The Dialectic of Sex in which Firestone suggests possible alternative social structures, but it's a lot less prescriptive than the passage above makes out. It's in the context of a discussion about avoiding an Orwellian society, not creating one. Firestone is careful to point out that she does not aim at the eradication of individual life, emotion or choice - in fact, she aims at the exact opposite. A fairer summary of the point she makes would be to say "Firestone explored a number of possible social changes that she argued would result in a post-patriarchal society, including the abolition of the nuclear family and the promotion of community living." I'll amend the article. -- TinaSparkle 15:30, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Mention of Kathleen Hanna

The article mentions that, "Kathleen Hanna, among others, often cites it [eg, the Dialectic of Sex] as a critical work." I think this should be removed per WP:UNDUE. With all respect to Kathleen Hanna, I do not think that she is more important than any of numerous other feminists who have cited The Dialectic of Sex as a critical work. Devil Goddess (talk) 19:35, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed my mind, and relocated this information instead. Devil Goddess (talk) 23:05, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted unsourced death

I reverted the mention of her death which was unsourced, and so far not mentioned in any reliable source that I can find, although it appears to be an Internet rumor. It can be reinstated with proper sourcing, which I will try to follow up on. MCB (talk) 19:58, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's confirmed. http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/110721/shulamith-firestone-1945-2012 108.6.19.94 (talk) 19:37, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]