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"Lyzistrata" with Donna Zuckerberg
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In the ancient play Lysistrata women withhold sex as a means of ending the Peloponnesian War. And the logic – using sex as a shaping force in marriages – is widespread both in self-help books and right-wing subreddits. Academic Donna Zuckerberg has written about the appropriation of the Classics by misogynistic groups and weighs in on Lysistrata, liberal men, ancient wives, and modern love.
If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work.
Show notes:
* Read Donna’s Washington Post op-ed about Lysistrata.
* Donna has a newsletter you can read and subscribe here!
* This American Ex-Wife is hosted by Lyz Lenz (@LyzLenz) and produced by Zachary Oren Smith (@ZachOSmith). Illustration by Alessandro Gottardo. Show art by Suzanne Glémot (@tape_remover).
Get full access to Men Yell at Me at lyz.substack.com/subscribe
12 episodes
Manage episode 401129459 series 3553645
In the ancient play Lysistrata women withhold sex as a means of ending the Peloponnesian War. And the logic – using sex as a shaping force in marriages – is widespread both in self-help books and right-wing subreddits. Academic Donna Zuckerberg has written about the appropriation of the Classics by misogynistic groups and weighs in on Lysistrata, liberal men, ancient wives, and modern love.
If you like what you hear, preorder This American Ex-Wife. It’s the best way to support this work.
Show notes:
* Read Donna’s Washington Post op-ed about Lysistrata.
* Donna has a newsletter you can read and subscribe here!
* This American Ex-Wife is hosted by Lyz Lenz (@LyzLenz) and produced by Zachary Oren Smith (@ZachOSmith). Illustration by Alessandro Gottardo. Show art by Suzanne Glémot (@tape_remover).
Get full access to Men Yell at Me at lyz.substack.com/subscribe
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