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Month: August 2019

Wednesday Wisdom

August 28, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Let me be real for a minute: this is exactly how I feel about this blog, and how I have…

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Filed under: beyou, dowhatyoulove, feminism, makebeautifulthings, selfcare, selflove, wednesdaywisdom

Women’s Prize 2003: Valerie Martin, “Property”

August 25, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Valerie Martin’s novel Property takes place on a slave plantation just before the Civil War, when rebellions were becoming more…

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Filed under: 2003, femmelit, orangeprize, property, readmore, valeriemartin, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

Wednesday Wisdom

August 21, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Never feel guilty for doing the things that help you relax at the end of a hard day. And remember,…

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Filed under: noguilt, selfcare, selflove

Women’s Prize 2001: Kate Grenville, “The Idea of Perfection”

August 18, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Kate Grenville is the first Australian author to have won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, for her novel The Idea…

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Filed under: 2001, australianfiction, femmelit, fuckgenderroles, kategrenville, orangeprize, readmore, theideaofperfection, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

Badass Women: Barbara of Celje

August 17, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

In my travels around Slovenia, I kept seeing this name over and over again: Barbara of Celje, or Barbara of…

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Filed under: badasswomen, barbaraofcelje, barbaraofcilli, feminism, femmehistory, resist, rewritehistory, womenshistory

A Thought for Thursday

August 15, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Just a thought.

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Filed under: athoughtforthursday, behappy, choosehappiness, feminism, happinessisachoice, selfcare, selflove

Women’s Prize 2000: Linda Grant, “When I Lived in Modern Times”

August 11, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant, which won the Women’s Prize in 2000, is an example of…

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Filed under: 2000, lindagrant, orangeprize, readmore, whenilivedinmoderntimes, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

Wednesday Wisdom

August 7, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

For me this is so important to remember, because we have been conditioned to think in a certain way and…

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Filed under: feminism, fuckhate, lifteachotherup, notallyourthoughtsaretrue, resist, selfcare, selflove, wednesdaywisdom

Women’s Prize 1999: Suzanne Berne, “A Crime in the Neighborhood”

August 4, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Suzanne Berne was the fourth winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 1999, for her debut novel A Crime…

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Filed under: 1999, acrimeintheneighborhoof, feminism, femmelit, orangeprize, readmore, suzanneberne, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

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