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Flat White

Pride and shame

3 September 2022

8:00 AM

3 September 2022

8:00 AM

I first read Pride and Prejudice in a feminist theory course. I wanted to be cynical about it and notice the patriarchy, the structural inequity, the horrors of a class system managing the lives of women like commodities and business deals…

But despite myself, I was caught in the dream of a woman who had long since left the earth.

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