The environment was in trouble, and nuclear war seemed imminent. ' Attitude,' by Margaret AtwoodWhen acclaimed author Margaret Atwood was asked to give the address at the University of Toronto's 1983 commencement ceremony, the job market was rotten and a liberal arts degree in particular seemed like a waste of time. With that in mind, here are 10 essays by women with perspectives on the future and the past, the physical and the intangible, that are worth reading or revisiting.ġ. Sorting through the garbage on the Internet to get to the necessary stuff - writing that moves you, that teaches you, that shows you something new or shines a new light on something old - can be hard to do.
