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Podcast: Problematic Women
Episode: Bizarre Roots of the Feminist Movement No One Talks About
Description: The English Romantic poet Percy Shelley, who died in 1822 at age 29, played a significant role in developing the ideas of the feminist movement, author Carrie Gress says. Ideas of the âthe occult, smashing the patriarchy, and free loveâ played a significant role in Shelleyâs writing and ideology, says Gress, author of the new book âThe End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy Has Destroyed Us.âShelley was a âbarbaric manâ who was âinvolved in the occult,â Gress says. His wife was Mary Shelley, author of the 1818 novel âFrankenstein...