5/19/2023 0 Comments Woman hating by andrea dworkin![]() ![]() When Andrea died I followed her instructions and had her cremated. And what I want to tell you is how I’ve come to answer the question in hopes that it can help you answer the question too. ![]() There’s that wonderful poem by Marge Piercy, “To Be of Use,” and it’s been kind of a touchstone for me, and if I couldn’t be of use then there was no reason to be here.Īnd what I wanted to share with you was the story of how when 31 years ago, by June, I had come to the conclusion-I knew it with a certainty that that I had not known anything until then-and what I knew was that I couldn’t imagine life without Andrea. I just had to come round and believe it.Īnd I wanted to bring that to you tonight because I realized I could only do this if in some sense it was of use. And it took me a few days to realize that I could figure out what she would be telling me. Among the things I’ve missed the most is our conversation. And we started a conversation that lasted until the evening of April 8, when she fell asleep in my arms and slept peacefully and did not wake up in the morning. So I’m going to try.Īndrea and I met 31 years ago this month. ![]() And she would be telling me I could do this. This afternoon I started realizing what Andrea would be telling me. When Ramatu* asked me to be here tonight, several days after Andrea died, I didn’t think I could. ![]()
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