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Leer a Úrsula K. Le Guin es siempre como si te pegaran un puñetazo en el estómago. El libro “cuatro caminos hacia el perdón” trata sobre las profundas relaciones entre el racismo, el machismo, la esclavitud y la ignorancia. Sabemos que las primeras feministas como Olympe de Gouges eran también abolicionistas de la esclavitud, porque al fin si crees que las mujeres son inferiores que los hombres también vas a creer que algunos hombres son inferiores a otros.

La autora no se contenta con decir “el feminismo es bueno, el machismo malo”, sino que explica concienzudamente como el machismo y el racismo son lacras que impiden a las sociedades avanzar. También nos muestra como, en el momento que hemos aceptado la esclavitud, también va a haber relaciones de explotación y de dominio dentro de los grupos. Esclavistas que explotan a otros esclavistas, y también esclavos que explotan a otros esclavos. …

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 - 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒆 -

Now that we've wrestled in and with Omelas for a bit, what questions remain for us to take forward on our journey? We're walking away from Omelas, but let's have an idea where we're going.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-what-i-carry-with-me/

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: "𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 3: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒉" -

Sure, the Omelas dilemma is tough, but at least we have our narrator as ally, right? Right? Perhaps the real horror in Omelas has less to do with the child at its center.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-3-the-readers-labyrinth

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱" 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗞. 𝗟𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗻 -

Le Guin's "ambiguous utopia" promises some fascinating challenges in isolation & communication, capitalism & community, freedom & the State. An under-read work to provoke real discussion on our social and personal goals.

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 2: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 -

Is this Omelas story really about that suffering child? Or is it more about how we wall its suffering out, then invite it back in? The second of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-2-architectures-of-happiness/

𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁" 𝗯𝘆 𝗨𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗞. 𝗟𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗻 -

Le Guin's style tips and exercises are terrific warm-ups for emerging writers and delivered with a comfortable and fresh voice; for more experienced writers, there is little here not found in other style books.

https://youtu.be/pPbguCgQd6w

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 1: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 -

At last we settle in to think about Le Guin’s "Omelas" story and set aside some common approaches to it. The first of several parts.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-1-the-hideous-bargain/

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑼𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒔 -

Let's niche down to examine the history and function of utopia fiction. including our need for it.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/gardens-of-imagination/

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈: "𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏" 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑫𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚'𝒔 '𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗' -

Still another famous writer has posed the Le Guin question, and he did it in one of Russia's most famous novels, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘷. Here it is.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/reading-rebellion-from-dostoevskys-the-brothers-karamazov/