Quote of the day
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Mary Daly
Born: October 16, 1928
Died: January 3, 2010 (aged 81)
Bio: Mary Daly was an American radical feminist philosopher, academic, and theologian. Daly, who described herself as a "radical lesbian feminist", taught at Jesuit-run Boston College for 33 years.
Known for:
- Gyn/ecology (1978)
- The Church and the second sex (1968)
- Pure lust (1984)