What did this woman who was born more than 150 years ago in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, and who emigrated to the United States as a teenager, do to deserve such attention? What she did was challenge age-old ideas about leaders and followers. A recent flurry of new Spanish-language editions of Goldman’s writings show that her ideology is still relevant and even thriving. A popular paraphrase of her ideas – “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be in your revolution” – has been reproduced on countless memes, stickers and posters, as has “I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.” And she would surely laugh to see her name near the top of “Philosophers ranked by their punk credentials,” far above eminent philosophers like Hobbes, Heidegger, Confucius, Burke and Kant.īut in all seriousness, Goldman’s place in contemporary iconography is as real as her influence on feminists as diverse as Virginie Despentes, bell hooks, Rosi Braidotti and Vivian Gornick. ApicĮmma Goldman would surely be amazed to see T-shirts and mugs bearing her likeness for sale on the internet. A 1910 photo of Emma Goldman (1869-1940), the Lithuanian-born anarchist and feminist.
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