Our Whole Life (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards

A translation

Women must soften/alter reality to make it acceptable

Compromises become tangled & self-destructive

Language/frameworks created by those in power

Women's authentic voices killed/deadened

Women's true meanings stripped away

Women communicating pain to those who can't understand

Parallels women's oppression with colonial violence

Breaking free from traditional constraints

Sense of urgency & continuous struggle

Fragmentation of authentic expression

Women must express in male-created language systems

Shared condition of womanhood under patriarchy

Space for authentic female voices

Feminist manifesto