[HN Gopher] Shakespeare's sister: Digital archives reveal insigh...
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       Shakespeare's sister: Digital archives reveal insights into unknown
       sibling
        
       Author : stareatgoats
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2024-03-21 20:59 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | mttpgn wrote:
       | > Virginia Woolf wrote a famous essay, 'Shakespeare's sister',
       | about how a figure like her could never hope to be a writer or
       | have her writing preserved, so she has become something of a
       | symbol for all the lost voices of early modern women.
       | 
       | This is a central point also that Woolf makes in _A Room of One's
       | Own_.
        
         | atmosx wrote:
         | ...which according to my wife is an awesome book (she is
         | reading it right now).
        
           | mttpgn wrote:
           | There's a funny moment where she goes (paraphrasing), if
           | you're a man stop reading right now, this part is not for
           | you, ladies only.
        
       | astrodust wrote:
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespears_Sister on the money
       | here.
        
         | stareatgoats wrote:
         | > on the money here.
         | 
         | Or, maybe not, according to the article. But "Stay" is still an
         | amazing piece of art.
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCYaALgW80c
        
           | omnibrain wrote:
           | Siobhan Fahey's performance is otherworldly! We named our
           | daughter after her (and a bit after Siobhan Donaghy).
        
         | bazoom42 wrote:
         | Apparently the band was named after the song by the Smiths,
         | which in turn was named after the essay by Virginia Woolf.
        
       | qingcharles wrote:
       | See also:
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_Was_a_Woman_and_Ot...
        
         | bazoom42 wrote:
         | What is the relevance?
        
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