“Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.”
― Virginia Woolf
Editorial
The role of women in history has usually been silenced by patriarchy. In literature, this is not the exception. Throughout time, many women writers have been overlooked by the literary canon, some of them were even forbidden at the time. This resulted in many of them taking pen names, like the famous George Sand.
The Attic of Bertha Mason wants to be a tribute to some of those brave, smart, and creative women who have made the world a better place with their poems, short stories, plays, and novels.
To honor their journeys, the magazine is divided in sections according to geographical areas. The social, political, religious, cultural realities of women from different areas vary and are usually portrayed in the type of writing they do.
Many critics trough time have studied, asked, and reflected on the writings of women. Is there such a thing as female literature? There are differing views and opinions. if we believe that writing is another art form in which the artist expresses herself, then there has to be a certain element of uniqueness to the female wrier. It is not a matter of easy answers like they being more sensitive or caring; it is a matter of being born a woman, and experiencing life as a woman.
Here you will find both young and old, famous and nobel, religious and not. The whole spectrum of women is varied, as varied are the writers presented here.
I hope you enjoy the journey.
Sandra Argüello Borbón
Editor