Summary Of Joanna Russ's When It Change
In When It Changed by feminism activist, Joanna Russ, she uses both fantastical and realistic elements to create a society where all men have died due to a plague and women have taken control. She portrays the topic of misogyny and gender norms in this text. A realistic element Russ displays is the importance of family structure between Janet and Katy.. Russ writes, “I remember wandering into the nursery and picking up my wife’s baby, dozing for a while with the poignant, amazing warmth of an infant in my lap.” Janet reminisces in the memories of her and Katy’s, avoiding the thought of men coming back to their planet. Russ uses the idea of family by showing that “gender norms” do not exist for everyone since there are families who do not need