The Lexicon · Genealogy · Modern
IRIGARAY, LUCE
b. 1930
The Speculum (The Mirror at the Intake)
Irigaray: the philosophical tradition has been a hall of mirrors that reflects only the masculine subject and renders the feminine the unreflected background. CoCA's Limbo installs a different mirror at the intake. The applicant sees themselves named inventory. The asymmetry is not hidden; it is the first sentence of the form. The mirror is no longer flattering. The mirror is honest. The honesty is the alternative.