Exploding Woman!

Resumen

Perhaps better considered a confessional than a traditional academic essay, this work is an exploration of the relationship between Catherine Malabou’s concept of plasticity and Woman. I ask the question, “what does it mean to ‘lay claim’ to Woman in our current gender context?” It begins with a short prologue, followed by an unraveling of Malabou’s plastic landscape. I then address and expand upon “The Woman Problem”, attempting to see the way in which it is shaped by gender context and how it also shapes the gender context itself. I suggest that Woman’s status is perhaps best emulated through the concept of explosive plasticity. Finally, I close with the allegory of Exploding Woman.