A Left-Handed Commencement Address: Compare and Contrast
A Left-Handed Commencement Address: Compare and Contrast
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood and Ursula Le Guin have been friends for many years, and it makes us wonder which came first: their friendship, or their remarkably similar views on feminism, life, and science fict...
Neil Gaiman
You might be thinking, "Uhh, this guy writes comic books. What could he have in common with Ursula Le Guin?" Our answer: so much. Gaiman doesn't just write comic books, and Dr. Who episodes, and ex...
Gloria Steinem: "Living the Revolution" Speech
In May of 1970, Gloria Steinem gave a commencement address to the graduating class of Vassar, and the similarities between her speech and the one Le Guin delivers thirteen years later are many.Call...
President Ronald Reagan: Address at Commencement Exercises at Eureka College
Only a year before Le Guin gave her historic commencement address, Ronald Reagan spoke to the graduates of another small school, his alma mater Eureka College. (Source) In his address, Reagan focus...
bell hooks (a.k.a. Gloria Jean Watkins)
Just as Gloria Steinem's name is synonymous with the Second-Wave, bell hooks (yup: all lowercase) is one of the leading figures in the Third Wave of Feminism. Long a controversial figure due to her...