From the web: “Overlooked No More: Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian Poet Who Broke Barriers of Sex and Society”

February 4, 2019 Uncategorized

An author unafraid to defy midcentury attitudes about her gender. “What is important is humanity,” she said, “not being a man or a woman.” Since 1851, obituaries in The New York Times have been dominated by white men.

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