Talk:Adrienne Rich

message: "Increasingly militant, Rich and Conrad hosted anti-war and Black Panther fundraising parties at their apartment; however, rising tensions began to split the marriage, and Rich moved out in mid-1970, getting herself a small studio apartment nearby."
Increasingly militant comes from an opinion about her from an outsider, not herself. The complete bit said increasingly militant feminism. It also contradicts the anti-war sentiment in the sentence and also leads to the idea that the Black Panthers were militant since it is out of context. The original article does not tie these things together.  Increasingly militant Feminism as an opinion was about why she divorced, not about her hosting fundraisibg parties. Please fix.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.234.111.223 (talk) 16:53, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I am a bit confused by your comment. The sources given suggest there was a connection between Rich's increasing radicalism and the dissolving of her marriage. One can be anti-war and militant/radical. According to the Oxford dictionary, 'militant' means "favouring confrontational methods in support of a political or social cause". This aptly describes Rich and the Black Panthers. I'm not sure what change you are suggesting.  Anna (talk) 19:46, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  I remember several years ago editing exactly this section because the reliable sources I consulted did not make any connection between Rich's politics and the end of her marriage. Looking at it now, I think there are two concerns -- the implication about their marriage, and the term "militant" itself. As I look back at the sentence I wrote, I agree with the original poster here that it implies a logical link and an opinion which are not supported by the sources. I saw some references to infidelity as a cause of their separation, but without specifics; I thought this was prurient detail and attempted to write something purely factual about when it happened. I've made a small edit now to further break the two ideas apart and to remove the editorializing language "militant," which has a strong connotation. Hosting dinner parties doesn't seem like a violent or confrontational political act to me, and many of the Black Panthers' actions were not militant. If anyone finds a source which directly calls Rich "militant", they could cite it. Or if anyone has a source which links politics to the end of their marriage.... well, I guess you could add that, but it feels a little gossipy and unencyclopedic to get into a blame game around a separation. ~ oulfis 🌸(talk) 21:53, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you checked the given refs? Anna (talk) 01:25, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: opinion in article

message: The article on Rich's 1980 essay, Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence fails WP:NBOOK and should be merged into this article. Adrienne Rich is nowhere near size split territory, and could easily accommodate a section on her essay.  Mathglot (talk) 18:32, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge discussion 

message: Don't merge – The fact that "Adrienne Rich is nowhere near size split territory" is not an argument for merging. WP:NBOOK is an essay rather than policy and Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is an essay and there is nowhere within the article that claims it is a book. Articles on essays are not prohibited and there are lots, see :Category:Essays. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 19:28, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Survey 

message: White feminism is discussed in many of Rich's works, and it might be worth discussing in this page. JointCompound (talk) 19:21, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  White feminism?