"Like one of Yayoi Kusama's 'Infinity Rooms,' my consciousness, and that of the women I knew, gained new dimensions."
— Adams, Carol J. (b. 1951)
Author
Date
September 7, 2017
Metaphor
"Like one of Yayoi Kusama's 'Infinity Rooms,' my consciousness, and that of the women I knew, gained new dimensions."
Metaphor in Context
I was 19 years old when I bought a first edition of "Sexual Politics" in 1970. Kate Millett's first book, published the year before, was that unlikeliest phenomenon — a dissertation heard around the world. What I remember most about that year was the dizzying experience of reading Ms. Millett, who died on Wednesday, and the new theories of her sister feminists that came in its wake. Like one of Yayoi Kusama's "Infinity Rooms," my consciousness, and that of the women I knew, gained new dimensions.
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Carol J. Adams, "The Book That Made Us Feminists," The New York Times (September 7, 2017). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
09/11/2017
