The Twig Benders

TitleThe Twig Benders
Year for Search1969
Authors[Holst], [Wilda]
Tertiary AuthorsChase, Wilda [pseud.]
Pagination6 pp.
Date Published[1969?]
PublisherThe Feminists
Place PublishedNew Work
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

Sex role reversal dystopia set in the Eastgate Finishing School for Boys where the boys are “required to be naked at all times” and “The Instructors, all women, are expected to use the boys sexually, as such experience counts as part of the boy’s training for the Masculine Role” (1).

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Everywoman 1.3 (June 19, 1070), 5, 11 with an introduction by Varda One, “Woman as Masochist, Man as Sadist” (1)); and under the author’s name in The SCUM Manifesto and The Twig Benders. (Np: Gynarchy Poche, [2017?]), 67-78 with a note (7) on the author by Aline d’Arbrant (1952-2015). 

Pseudonym

Wilda Chase [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The female author committed suicide in the mid-1970s

Full Text

[1969?] [Holst] Wilda. The Twig Benders. By Wilda Chase [pseud. New York: The Feminists. 6 pp. Rpt. in Everywoman 1.3 (June 19, 1070), 5, 11 with an introduction by Varda One, “Woman as Masochist, Man as Sadist” (1); and under the author’s name in The SCUM Manifesto and The Twig Benders. (Np: Gynarchy Poche, [2017?]), 67-78 with a note (7) on the author by Aline d’Arbrant (1952-2015). PSt 

Sex role reversal dystopia set in the Eastgate Finishing School for Boys where the boys are “required to be naked at all times” and “The Instructors, all women, are expected to use the boys sexually, as such experience counts as part of the boy’s training for the Masculine Role” (1). The author committed suicide in the mid-1970s.