This is so interesting! I’ve been thinking a lot about sort of unconscious assumptions of presentism re: feminism & women’s lib like this lately, I suppose partly bc I reread that Drift piece on queer presentism in the same week as discovering the online archive of The Abolitionist (70s/80s publication by uk org Radical Alternatives to Prisons - they’re all on the abolitionist futures website) & was reading all the thoughtful, interesting abolitionist feminist discussions of sexual violence law (inc marital rape law!) in that - really challenged my ideas about how these discussions happened or the timeline/direction of progress - makes me wonder how it would compare to cultural works of each era, tho I suppose those would be geographically as well as historically specific! Sorry for long comment lol anyway loved this think this project has been great! & exciting lesson in returning to things with more experience/new insight etc ❤️❤️❤️
That is such a good tip about that archive! I know a lot less about 20th century UK politics/laws, when the common stops being the source for American laws as much, but what a great resource of thinking through these problems on the ground.
This is so interesting! I’ve been thinking a lot about sort of unconscious assumptions of presentism re: feminism & women’s lib like this lately, I suppose partly bc I reread that Drift piece on queer presentism in the same week as discovering the online archive of The Abolitionist (70s/80s publication by uk org Radical Alternatives to Prisons - they’re all on the abolitionist futures website) & was reading all the thoughtful, interesting abolitionist feminist discussions of sexual violence law (inc marital rape law!) in that - really challenged my ideas about how these discussions happened or the timeline/direction of progress - makes me wonder how it would compare to cultural works of each era, tho I suppose those would be geographically as well as historically specific! Sorry for long comment lol anyway loved this think this project has been great! & exciting lesson in returning to things with more experience/new insight etc ❤️❤️❤️
That is such a good tip about that archive! I know a lot less about 20th century UK politics/laws, when the common stops being the source for American laws as much, but what a great resource of thinking through these problems on the ground.