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What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

April 23, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

   While I prepare my posts on where I went on spring vacation, I have decided to drop this post…

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Filed under: chimamandangoziadiche, feministliterature, litbywomen, tedtalk, weshouldallbefeminists, whiteteeth, zadiesmith

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

April 7, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

“Tiny Beautiful Things,” Cheryl Strayed    I don’t normally lean towards reading collections from advice columns (although I love listening…

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Filed under: cherylstrayed, dearsugar, elizabethI, hislastletter, jeanewestin, robertdudley, tinybeautifulthings

Wednesday Wisdom

April 5, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

There’s your bit of feminist wisdom for the day.

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Filed under: feminism, freedom, women

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

April 2, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

“Dear Life,” Alice Munro    Munro, who recently won a Nobel Prize, is considered to be one of the best…

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Filed under: alicemunro, alisonweir, dearlife, innocenttraitor, ladyjanegrey, tudor

Badass Women: Neith Boyce, forgotten playwright and feminist

March 30, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

   I first read about Neith Boyce while reading Kate Bolick’s “Spinster,” and soon discovered that she is all but forgotten in…

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Filed under: bachelorgirl, caroldeboerlangworthy, katebolick, neithboyce, spinster

March 29, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

As she became an adult, whether by intention or instinct, she simply neglected to put her desires on a shelf,…

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Filed under: independence, katebolick, livefully, solitude, spinster

A day trip for the books: Urueña

March 26, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

   This past Saturday, my boyfriend and I went to the village of books, literally. Urueña is known as the “Villa…

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Filed under: books, lavilladellibro, urueña

Wednesday Wisdom

March 22, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

Travel. Travel. Travel. Know yourself. Embrace yourself. Love yourself. Repeat.

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Filed under: embraceyourself, knowyourself, loveyourself, repeat, travel

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

March 19, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

“Torch,” Cheryl Strayed    If you know anything about Cheryl Strayed, it’s that they made that movie based off of…

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Filed under: annemorrowlindbergh, aroomofonesown, cherylstrayed, giftfromthesea, katebolick, spinster, torch, virginiawoolf, whativebeenreadinglately

Wednesday Wisdom

March 15, 2017 Alaina Leave a comment

   How many examples can we think of from the past? And even more depressing, how many examples can we…

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Filed under: feminism, strongwomen, wednesdaywisdom

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