Feminism In Margaret Atwood's Edible Woman

In an interview with Oates, Margaret Atwood explained her home-life when she was growing up: she attended a full year of school whens he was in the 8th grade, because she thought it was an advantage. When she was five years old she began writing, paused for three years, then started again at the age of 16. However, Atwood’s parents were not supportive of her become a writer, but did want her to be successful, which she was. In a “Biography-Margaret Atwood”, they stated that she was president of the Writer’s Union of Canada, president of International P.E.N Canadian Centre, and is currently a Joint Honorary President of the Rare Bird Society and Vice President of PEN International. In 1967, Atwood married a fellow writer named Jim Polk. Unfortunately, they were later divorced in …show more content…
A few years after the split with Jim, she was inspired to write a novel, Edible Women. As many know, Atwood is a strong feminist from the 70’s until now, and it shows in a lot of her novels. Stated in a Biography of Margaret Atwood on Gradesaver, “Atwood has always commanded a great deal of respect, and one of the explanations for the attention she has received is her insistence on depicting issues of gender, science, power, and truth in all of her complexity.” In an interview with Sean Fine, she stated, “I am not a member of any political party, at the moment, although she has been members of various ones. I've only been a member of two political parties. I’ve been a Green and a Conservative … I think a lot of Canadians would fall into that Red Tory category by which mean fiscally conservative and socially