Chapter 35

1985
Donna Haraway

• created the idea of a cyborg "socialist-feminist" as opposed to the image of the goddess, "the cyborg engages in the here and now"
• Haraway enjoys that the cyborg is not working towards regaining an imagined purity, but can embrace the boundaries of dualism
• her work had a large impact on "progressive scholarship in science and technology"
• "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess"

It's an interesting idea to use the image of a cyborg for a new form of feminism. I would have to agree that I'd rather be a cyborg than a goddess, but I'm not sure I understand her complete perspective as it relates to feminism. I sort of see her ideas as pertaining to both genders, and I enjoy how she has embraced the dualism. If we can understand black and white but live in the gray I think we can be much more effective in working with society.