D. A. Clarke (also known as De Clarke and DeAnander) is an American

radical feminist Radical feminism is a perspective within feminism that calls for a Political radicalism, radical re-ordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic contexts, while recognizing that women's experiences are al ...

essayist and activist, notable for her development of feminist theory, and for the anonymous poem ''privilege''.

Career

Much of Clarke's writing addresses the link between violence against women and

market economics A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding investment, production and distribution to the consumers are guided by the price signals created by the forces of supply and demand, where all suppliers and consumers ...

, although she may be best known for her 1991 essay "''Justice Is A Woman With A Sword''". In that essay, which she has updated twice for editions of the anthology ''Transforming a Rape Culture'', she argues that

feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and feminist ...

has taken a

dogma Dogma is a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Islam ...

tic approach to

nonviolence Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...

and that women's

self-defense Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in ...

, violent feminist

activism Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in Social change, social, Political campaign, political, economic or Natural environment, environmental reform with the desire to make Social change, changes i ...

, and the encouragement of positive media portrayals of violent women (such as in ''

Kill Bill ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Uma Thurman as the Bride, who swears revenge on a team of assassins (Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, and Vivica A. Fox) an ...

'' or '' Xena: Warrior Princess'') have not been given the serious consideration they should receive and that their dismissal from mainstream feminism, while it may ultimately be desirable, has not been based on a properly thorough analysis. Her most popular work, however, may be the one least often correctly attributed to her: the early poem ''privilege'', which has been found on dorm refrigerators and bulletin boards ascribed to 'Anonymous.' In this case, at least, Anonymous really was a woman. In addition to being published in print anthologies, much of her work has appeared online. Clarke also had brief visibility as an amateur/indie musician, with one album "messages" released on cassette in the mid 80's.

Selected bibliography

Books

* ::Preview poem: * A solo collection of poetry. *

Chapters in books

* Feminist anthology. * *
Pdf.
::See also: :
"''Introduction''"
to chapter by Diana E. H. Russell pp. 325-327. :
"''The incredible case of the Stack o' Wheat prints''"
by

Nikki Craft Nikki Craft (born 1949) is an American radical feminist activist and writer. Activism 1970s In 1975, Craft presented the Rockwell International board of directors with "...naked doll splashed with blood-colored paint" to protest their B-1 bo ...

pp. 327-331. :
"''The rampage against Penthouse''"
by

Melissa Farley Melissa Farley (born 1942) is an American clinical psychologist, researcher: "''Dr. Melissa Farley, a psychologist and researcher at the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in San Francisco who directed the study with colleagues from Turkey and Af ...

pp. 339-345. * *

Journal articles

* * * (archived at

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) * (archived at

)

Essays

* * * *
Pdf.
* (archived at

) * (archived at

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, archive date 4 February 2005) * (archived at

)

Interviews

* ::A documentary oral history project.

Blogs

Feral Scholar
Shared blog of Stan Goff and DeAnander (archived at

)
Lazy Quote Diary
(D.A. Clarke's blog at European Tribune)

References

External links

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