Over the summer I binge watched 30 Rock and Parks & Rec and that is how I came to read Bossypants and Yes Please. Bossypants was the first of several books by female comedians/public figures that I read over the summer months. Let me start by saying I love Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and […]
I am writing this review several months after the fact, so bear with me on this one. I am not sure why I initially gave it a 4/5, because as I recall the book I am no longer having such positive feelings about it. The thing is, with time I have realized that this books […]
Dead Letters is another Book of the Month* pick that was a quick and fun read. Mysterious and thrilling, the book revolves around the disappearance of the protagonist’s twin sister. Having run away from her dysfunctional family to Paris, Ava Antipova, is forced back to her family vineyard in New York, when she learns of […]
So I was on a bit of a roll with feminist books, I started two others at the same time as this one, but have yet to finish them. The name of this specific book is a little misleading given that it is in fact about feminism and feminist theory. Specifically, it is a critique […]
Recently, Adichie has come under scrutiny by the liberal feminist community over her statements about transgender women. Despite what might be said it would be insane to dismiss her work based on a single statement, which doesn’t actually convey the full spectrum of her beliefs. In a recent interview she made a point about how […]
This book was actually pretty fun to read, but also very odd and strangely enough narrated with a male voice. Was this to add some sort of authority to the very feminist opinions that book presents? Was it a narrative choice or a subconscious choice? I do not know but I suppose from an outsiders […]
Oh man! I have not updated this blog, that will need to change seeing as I have now completed 7 almost 8 books by women. *The following may contain spoilers about the book*
I have spent the last 27 years of my life (well more like 21 or 22) thinking that I had a preference for male authors. Recently, while reading a book written by a woman, I realized that perhaps my assumption and my likes were influenced by a societal preference for male authors. In school, I […]
An Unsuitable Blog for a Woman 