#cathleen nihoulhan i am looking directly at u

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So much of Irish literature is just ‘this woman is a personification of Ireland, you want to fuck her but she’s also your ma’

#cathleen nihoulhan i am looking directly at u #mad stuff altogether #like there are reasons for this #the first of course being that colonial literature feminised the countries they colonise and the native people to present them as weak #and therefore in need of colonisation #but this also served nationalist interests #Ireland is both the beautiful young maiden in need of rescue from the colonising power #but also the loving mother who is willing to sacrifice her sons for her freedom #but either way the women themselves do not get a voice #which is - surprise surprise - reflected in the history of Irish politics #irish literature #daisies.txt