A Vindicated Woman: Kulumbegashvili Constructs Potent, Profound Study in Body Horror
I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves,” wrote Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in The Vindication of the Rights of Women all the way back in 1792, one of the earliest publications of feminist philosophy. Although many details about her personal life obfuscated her literary contributions until recently, including coverage regarding multiple suicide attempts, she died of septicemia days after giving birth to her daughter, Mary Shelley (who would later write Frankenstein). It’s been over two centuries since this publication and still we have yet to see transformational equanimity which would satisfy her wish.… Read the rest
