Judy Brady’s essay became an instant classic when it appeared in 1971 in the premier
issue of the feminist magazine Ms. As you read, analyze the definitions of “husband” and
“wife” that Brady uses, and consider why this essay became so powerful in the 1970

A Perfectly Plotted Mystery and an Author Who Couldn’t Deliver It

Reddit user xilefakamot created this in 2020 — a “topologist’s map of the world.” It depicts international borders and nothing else — the shapes, sizes, and distances between countries are forsaken in order to present the pattern of their borders as efficiently as possible. “No calculations per se – I sketched out a series of networks showing which countries bordered each other, then gradually smoothed them out to make the map – all done manually.” (Via MapPorn.)