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Badass Women: Fatima al-Fihri

September 14, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Fatima al-Fihri is known today as the founder of the world’s oldest university, but much of her life remains a…

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Filed under: alqarawiyyinuniversity, badasswomen, education, fatimaalfihri, feminism, herstory, worldsoldestuniversity

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

September 7, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Year of Yes, Shonda Rhimes This behind-the-scenes peek into the life of the now-famous writer behind the likes of Grey’s…

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Filed under: angrywomen, antiracism, bellhooks, feminism, greysanatomy, herstory, privatepractice, readmore, resist, scandal, shondarhimes, womenslit

Wednesday Wisdom

September 2, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Where are all my powerful women at? Never take away from who you are to make someone else feel better,…

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Filed under: badassbossbitches, beyou, confidentwomen, feminism, powerfulwomen, resist

Wednesday Wisdom

July 1, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Learning to love and appreciate my body for all it does for me has been, and still is, the hardest…

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Filed under: feminism, loveyourbody, loveyourself, resist, selfcare, selflove

Wednesday Wisdom

June 24, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

The voices of women and minorities have been silenced for too long. It’s time to listen.

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Filed under: believewomen, feminism, listentowomen, resist, voiceless, wednesdaywisdom

Badass Women: Mary Seacole

June 21, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Taught in British curriculum for at least the last decade, Mary Seacole has remained more or less unknown on the…

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Filed under: badasswomen, blacklivesmatter, blm, feminism, herstory, knowherstory, maryseacole, resist, womenshistory

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

June 16, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Ladder of Years, Anne Tyler Tyler’s name should really precede any title of hers you might come across—she has written…

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Filed under: annetyler, feminism, ladderofyears, ragebecomesher, ragebecomesherthepowerofwomensanger, readmore, readmorewomenslit, resist, sorayachemaly, thepowerofwomensanger, womenslit

Badass Women: Qiu Jin

May 22, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Known as China’s first feminist, and celebrated as China’s ‘Joan of Arc’, Qiu Jin was stunningly brilliant in every regard.…

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Filed under: autumngem, badasswomen, chinasfirstfeminist, chinasjoanofarc, feminism, herstory, qiujin, resist

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

May 7, 2020 Alaina 2 Comments

Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger, Rebecca Traister Good and Mad focuses on how women’s anger has…

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Filed under: feminism, goodandmad, goodandmadtherevolutionarypowerofwomensanger, jilllepore, readmore, rebeccatraister, resist, thesecrethistoryofwonderwoman, womensanger, womenslit, womensrage

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

April 25, 2020 Alaina Leave a comment

Feel Free, Zadie Smith I have read several of Smith’s previous novels, including White Teeth, On Beauty, and The Autograph…

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Filed under: contemporarylithuanianwomensprose, feelfree, feminism, lithuanianlit, lithuanianwomenslit, readmore, whativebeenreadinglately, womenslit, zadiesmith

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