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Month: November 2019

Wednesday Wisdom

November 27, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

This is something that is easier said than done. I think that happiness is found through self love and self…

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Filed under: happiness, practicegratitude, selfappreciation, selfcare, selflove, wednesdaywisdom

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017: Naomi Alderman, “The Power”

November 24, 2019 Alaina 2 Comments

If you are going to read one of the books that I have been blathering on about these last 5…

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Filed under: 2017, feminism, margaretatwood, naomialderman, readmore, resist, thepower, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

Badass Women: Elizabeth Packard

November 22, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Elizabeth Packard is known today as an advocate for the rights of women and a mental health and legal reformer,…

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Filed under: advocacy, badasswomen, elizabethpackard, feminism, packardvspackard, resist, rightsforwomen, womensrights

Wednesday Wisdom

November 20, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

This is one I’m still working on, daily.

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Filed under: align, nothustle, recovery, rest, selfcare, selflove

10 days in Liverpool and Manchester

November 19, 2019 Alaina 1 Comment

Recently I went to visit a friend who was starting university in Liverpool, a mid-size city in the UK and…

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Filed under: chinatown, england, isleofman, kettering, leicester, liverpool, manchester, richardIII, uk

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016: “The Glorious Heresies,” Lisa McInerney

November 17, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

The Glorious Heresies is an ambitious spider web of characters with overlapping stories and plotlines; the entertaining part is trying…

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Filed under: 2016, baileysprize, feminism, lisamcinerney, orangeprize, readmore, thebloodmiracles, thegloriousheresies, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

Wednesday Wisdom

November 13, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

I’ve always loved this quote. It helps me double check to make sure whether I really want to do something…

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Filed under: henrydavidthoreau, inexchangeforlife, wednesdaywisdom

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015: Ali Smith, “How to Be Both”

November 10, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

How to Be Both is divided into two parts and tells the story of two women in two completely different…

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Filed under: 2015, alismith, howtobeboth, manbookerprize, orangeprize, readmore, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

Wednesday Wisdom

November 6, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

I find the beginning of the month to be a great time to take stock of what I’m doing, what…

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Filed under: growth, personalgrowth, sincejanuary, wednesdaywisdom

Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014: Eimear McBride, “A Girl is a Half-formed Thing”

November 3, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Eimear McBride’s debut novel is devastatingly haunting and heartbreaking: a young Irish girl-turned-woman narrates her thoughts and the painful (because…

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Filed under: 2014, agirlisahalfformedthing, eimearmcbride, feminism, orangeprize, readmore, thelesserbohemians, womenslit, womensprizeforfiction

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