I am a woman and I study and teach literature. Until relatively recently in my life, this has seemed a pretty normal, womanly thing to do. Not only am I a teacher – a typically female profession – but I… Read more ›
I’m over at We Are Teachers this week, talking about nine women of color in literature that all high school students should be reading: 1. Sethe from Beloved Beloved by Toni Morrison is an unforgettable novel about Sethe, a woman who… Read more ›
“Miss. You really need to lay off on all of these essays. Writing is hard!” Yes, a student actually said this to me the other day, and before we respond to the whining of this generation and how, when we… Read more ›
Chifems, don’t forget that we are meeting on January 22 at 1:00 PM at a location to be announced to discuss The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht. Lucky for us, this is also the first pick for the Huffington Post… Read more ›
We’re reading Anthem and Fahrenheit 451 in my College Prep and Honors classes respectively (all sophomores), and they all read The Hunger Games for their summer reading, and I’m using this infographic to discuss the modern implications of censorship and… Read more ›
Lucky for us, Susie Bright will actually BE IN CHICAGO in October, so we are going to get to meet her to talk about the book rather than do it virtually! Horray! Unfortunately, this means we need a new book… Read more ›
We have a new book for the Chifems Book Club! For February 25, we’ll be reading Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez and discussing it in light of a situation with NBC trying to adapt it for the small… Read more ›
The Chicago feminists have a book club! If you’re in the Chicago area and would like to participate in a real-life in-person book club, join us! I anticipate meeting bi-monthly somewhere centrally located in the city, with our first meeting… Read more ›
If you have read any of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest), you must read Nora Ephron’s parody for The New Yorker. It… Read more ›
We all know that students experience a significant loss of their learning over the summer months, and to curb that loss, at least in the literacy department, many schools assign summer reading to students. As an English teacher, I do… Read more ›
Don’t forget! There’s still time to donate to my Avon Walk for Breast Cancer AND to RSVP for the #chifems April Tweetup! The Impact of Twitter on Feminism: Its Facilitations & Limitations by Emily Heroy Feminism makes it way all… Read more ›
I have been absolutely inspired by the push to include Differentiated Instruction into every classroom, and what better way to celebrate diversity of all kinds in the classroom while helping each student learn in the way that is best for… 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 ›