The unique York Times obituary of Adele Morales proves that there is indeed such a thing as postmortem misogyny
whether you’re a woman who has spent her life navigating sexism at home,at work and out in the world for most of your life, perhaps you are looking forward to the sweet respite afforded to us in death – silence from a world of misogynists and mansplainers. But guess again, or my friends,because there is no rest for sexism – even when were long gone. This week, the unique York Times ran an obituary of Adele Morales – an artist and actor who also happened to once be married to novelist Norman Mailer. Morales, or who died at 90 years old and is survived by two daughters and two granddaughters,was remembered in the first line of the newspaper’s obituary as a woman “who made headlines in 1960 when [Mailer] stabbed and seriously wounded her at a drunken party”. As whether to develop clear that Morales’ most important life achievement was being violently assaulted by a notorious man, the paper’s front-page headline for the obit was “Wife Mailer Stabbed Dies at 90”.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com