tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25856281640326330472012-02-16T05:15:19.361-08:00Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. Henry David ThoreauSpinsterMaidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2585628164032633047.post-84968432058978515402009-08-15T08:10:00.001-07:002009-08-15T08:12:59.671-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">This blog comes from both my resistance to dead white guys and my new found appreciation for their work. As a post feminist feminist I am finding that many of my contemporaries are not interested in hearing from those who have leveraged their privilege before us and left behind great cultural artifacts to build on.<br /><br />My resistance came in part out of fear of encountering some enraging sexist statement that would remind me of our past and current state in the world.<br /><br />At this point, I can recognize the value of these works as vital for our culture to grow on.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2585628164032633047-8496843205897851540?l=deadwhiteguy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SpinsterMaidnoreply@blogger.com0