Tag Archives: feminism
Gold and Judgement: John Ruskin’s King of Golden River and Julia Serano’s Whipping Girl
Dear Reader: Some of you may have noticed that I trumpeted reading “one book a month” in April in my last post. I could fix my error on my website, but not on your emailed posts… Argh. Probably everyone figured out I mean “one book a day” in April. 503) King of Golden River by …
Girdles, Power, and Violence: Feminism is for EVERYBODY by bell hooks
Dear Reader: I started this book as part of the Year of Feminist Classics Challenge. I’d read and likeed bell years ago in a women’s studies class. 155) Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks Although she is a university faculty member, bell purposely writes in clear, forthright, accessible language. Part of her “project” is …
Whoops – here’s a title: Sex, Literature, and the Volga (George Eliot, Edith Wharton, bell hooks, Helen R. Hull, Nicola Humble, Susan Richards)
Dear Reader: Book Journey is hosting It’s Monday, What are You Reading? So, seemed like a good chance to tell you what I’m in the middle of… I have seven books going – violating my own “2 books at a time” informal rule… Three are from the library for limited times, one’s for a readalong, …
A Year of Actually Reading My Own Books 