The Nibi Library: The Consumption Of The Female Intellectual

Lately, it feels impossible to separate women from the fantasies projected onto them, the idea of her, what she represents, what she “should” be.

Especially women who think, create, write, observe. Somewhere along the way, intellectual women became consumable. A concept. A moodboard. A “type” of girl. An aesthetic to perform for a little while before the next trendy book fills up your Pinterest Homepage.

We inherit fragments of women before we ever encounter the fullness of who they are or their work.