An exciting discovery in medieval literature: A manuscript may be a medieval women's magazine. While I’m not sure "magazine" is quite the right word for it (after all, these texts were not mass produced), this manuscript points to the literary variety prevalent in the Middle Ages as much as today. No less significant is its implications for female literacy in the medieval period, too! This discovery may well alter expectations of 15th-century literacy.
In other news, James Love at the Huffington Post reports that Obama joins group to block Treaty for Blind and other reading disabilities. The article offers a rather grim perspective on Obama’s stance (I’m not convinced that Obama has as much of a direct role as the article seems to suggest), but highlights the important issue of transmitting accessible literature across borders, and the literacy divide between industrialized and developing countries. The article raises an interesting question about whose rights are placed at the forefront of treaty negotiations: those of individuals, or those of corporations? [Via Dear Author]
--Rachel Frier
--Rachel Frier
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