Analysis Of Mina Loy's Feminist Manifesto

At first glance of her title, Mina Loy’s “Feminist Manifesto” sounds as if it will proceed to be a feminist’s take on how to acquire gender equality. The feminist movement was a progressively rising organization, made mostly of women, who dedicated their lives to liberate society of patriarchal supremacy. Although Loy writes a manifesto about feminism, she does not define herself as a feminist. In fact, she, as well as many other women who did consider themselves to be feminists, married and produced children of their own. So, how could Loy compose an argument for feminists, if she did align not herself with them or define herself as feminist? Because she is a woman, and she is also tired of hearing the false perceptions of women being thrown around; she rejects the

Their desires would start to increase, because they would notice the differences between the freedom men received, and the lack of freedom women obtained. Therefore, Loy declares that women need an identity makeover to remove this feeling of desire that seeks unnecessary pleasures, such as equality —“NO scratching on the surface of the rubbish heap of tradition, will bring about Reform, the only method is Absolute Demolition” (153). Here, she clearly states that nothing old or traditional will lead to change. That is because tradition rests in and relies on customs and beliefs that have been around for centuries. Have you ever tried to get a grandparent to budge in their opinion of something? It is next to impossible, because their opinion has a lot to do with how and what they were raised to believe. So, in order to bring about change, women must bulldoze over tradition, by ridding it of gender constructs, and the false perceptions of womanhood in order to modernize society’s view of men and