Tonight is the very first ever Chicago Feminist (#chifems) book club!! Yay! I’m very excited. 🙂 If you missed us this time and want to join in on the fun next time, check out the group’s Goodreads page here. (That’s… Read more ›
In the future of America, after the Heartland War, abortion is made illegal. The Heartland War, after all, was not a war involving any military, but was a war between the pro-choice and pro-life forces in America. The war got… Read more ›
Image by GoodNCrazy via Flickr I’m sure by now you’ve all noticed I’ve been conspicuously absent these past few days (or maybe you’ve been busy enough with families and turkeys that my absence hasn’t really been noted). I honestly haven’t… Read more ›
Think of a time you were facing an important change in your life. What was that change? How did you handle it? Were you ready for it, or did you want everything to stay the way it was? Explain. This… Read more ›
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,… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
“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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›
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… Read more ›