ok, so since i've kinda run outta things to comment on i'll do my last commentary-esk blog on the extended metaphor of the town and the yarn. ok, so i c this in a marxist lite. first, the womyn are the proletariat rising up against the dirty, capitalist bourgeoisie, the men. next, the yarn that these womyn want to spin is a utpoia and the explaination of how to spin yarn is the plan for creating this utopia. scrubbing it in a public bath can mean exposing all the corruption of the current government to the people so that they know what's really going on, kinda like airing ur dirty laundry. cudgeling the leeches and vermen is expelling the corrupt officials from office and making sure the problem won't repeat itself and cause the yarn to unravel because of imperfections. the next step is essentially getting the people on the same level, making them equal like standard distribution of land. then culling the colonies is opening up free trade so that the econ can survive and flourish and even brining all the communist states together to help revolutionize the rest of the world to create a tru workers' paradise. the idea that this is being done by womyn fits in with communism too cuz hey were all about equality of all ppl n they tended to allow womyn to do more and hold higher, bttr positions. suddenly i'm feeling that the book could be a key for communist revolution all over. there are a lot of places where u can do a marxist reading and get even more outta this play. it sounds like the steps that should have been taken by Kruschev after gettin rid of Stalin to truly insure the survival of the USSR and communism (rather that Stalinism) are in this play. it's unfortunate that these leaders weren't up on their classic greek plays and IB english cuz they may still have power and not b the "bad guys" in our history books.
** disclaimer: i am not a commi, just a historical thinker and an opportunist
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I really liked this blog and I'm impressed by your ability to look at the work from a Marxist perspective, something I was never really good at myself. The wool metaphor was one of my favorite aspects of the play and I enjoyed looking at this perspective because it really helped me to look at this situation in a different light!
communist lysistrata is the new (old) revolutionary! she leads an uprising against the "friends of the oligarchy" who have grown corrupt, and she succeeds in taking the wealth from the wealth, and she plans to distribute it. Interesting...i wonder if marx or engels read this, haha
wow, david, what am i gonna do w/u? thanks Maya, i think i do a feminist readin first and then marxist cuz my mind/personality just works that way. but yeah, thanks, and i'm glad i could help some how and that u weren't lost in my psyco babble.
i really like this. i kinda just forgot about the metaphor with the wool, so i'm glad that you looked into it and put it into this perspective. it boggles my mind.
you crack me up, too...nice pun. Also, nice analysis, Talor.
aw, thanks
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