Monique Wittig Quotes


Today, together, let us repeat as our slogan that all trace of violence must disappear from this earth, then the sun will be honey-colored and music good to hear.


Citations

Wittig, Monique. Les Guérillères. Translated by David Le Vay, Beacon Press, 1985, p. 130.

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Monique Wittig
Monique Wittig
  • Born: July 13, 1935
  • Died: January 3, 2003
  • Nationality: French
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Monique Wittig was a French author, philosopher and feminist theorist who wrote about overcoming socially enforced gender roles and who coined the phrase "heterosexual contract". She published her first novel, L'Opoponax, in 1964. Her second novel, Les Guérillères (1969), was a landmark in lesbian feminism.