Mina Loy — a remark

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“The value of man is assessed entirely according to his use or interest to the community, the value of woman depends entirely on chance.”

Contrasting the social standards by which men and women were valued in her era · Feminist Manifesto, 1914

About Mina Loy

Mina Loy

27 December 1882–25 September 1966

In the vibrant landscape of early twentieth-century modernism, where voices like Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and Gertrude Stein commanded attention, another figure moved through the artistic circles of London, Paris, and New York with equal brilliance but less recognition. Mina Loy (1882-1966) was a poet, artist, actress…

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