![]() ![]() Although this work of fiction has aged over a century, its poignant commentary is still depressingly relevant.Īfter they discover that the locals’ myths of Herland are true, the three men–Van, Jeff, and Terry–land their small biplane upon its seemingly-inaccessible (by foot) region. Published in 1915, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the story of “a lost feminist utopia” discovered by three American explorers shortly before World War I. I’m sure that my teenage self would have enjoyed this because my adult self loved it. What would life be like, if I was surrounded only by women? How would my physical and emotional experience change? Unfortunately for the younger version of myself, I never read Herland until just this week, which is Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s imagining of one such utopia. I’ve often dreamed of an all-female utopia. ![]()
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