I loved The Blind Assassin. I saw that Radical Readers and Feminisms For Dummies was reading it this month, and I thought to myself: That title sounds really familiar… I went to look at the bookshelves in my closet and, lo and behold, there it was among my mom’s books! Just waiting to be read! [...]
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Enlightened Sexism: A Book Review
A few weeks ago, I received my very first review copy of a book in the mail, and you can imagine my excitement! The book was Enlightened Sexism by Susan J. Douglas, which only heightened my desire to get started on the book, because there had been some serious buzz about it around my Goodreads [...]
The Feminist Lens: Juliet, Naked
Image by chase-me via Flickr It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, eh? Well, I finally got a chance to sit down and read a book from cover to cover. For fun! I’m not surprised that I was drawn to the newest Nick Hornby book for my first dive into pleasure reading [...]
Banned Books Week
How did this get away from me?! As an English teacher, I love almost all banned books. A few of my faves include Catcher in the Rye, Howl, Beloved, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Ulysses, Invisible Man, Slaughterhouse Five… the list goes on. What are some of your favorite banned books? What are [...]
The Feminist Lens: Anne of Green Gables
As a kid, I was completely obsessed with Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. I don’t remember many of the specifics of the books now, as it was a very long time ago that I read them, but I remember that I couldn’t get enough of Anne, the red-headed, hot-tempered orphan girl who warmed [...]
The Feminist Lens: The Yellow Wallpaper
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman* is one of the most interesting short feminist texts I’ve ever read (need a refresher? Check Wikipedia!). I have a feeling several people agree, so this will be less of a book review and more of an overlap between several things I have going on all at once [...]
The Feminist Lens: AVA by Carole Maso
Learn to love the questions themselves. The spaces between the thoughts. The interval (AVA 171)* Every time I am asked who my female mentors are, (like the Twitterverse was yesterday by @ShelbyKnox) I always jump to women authors. Maybe this is because I hold a BA in English lit and am currently working toward my [...]
The Feminist Lens: Catcher in the Rye
I love The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger*. LOVE it. I first read it when I was a sophomore in high school, and loved it then. I picked it up again when I was a junior in college in order to try to better understand one of my friends who was a Holden-esque [...]
