This blog is titled Beaumont's Folly, solely due to Madame de Prince de Beaumont, a little recognized early feminist and writer. Along with dedicating her life to the creation of equal educational rights in England for women, Beaumont is credited with writing the canonized Beauty and the Beast, creating a strong didactic tale exemplifying her life's purpose.
Currently, I am a student at the University of Alberta and am often struck at the extreme apathy towards women's issues that surround me at work, in my personal life, and in school. Here, I plan to write on issues that Beaumont would have been shocked by still exist in 2011, whether they exist in politics, literature or pop culture.
I hope to apply a refreshing and youthful feminist spin to critical critiques of what I am constantly surrounding myself with.
Here's hoping it works!
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