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Badass Women: Empress Dowager Cixi

June 15, 2019 Alaina 2 Comments

This post is doubling as both Badass Women and What I’ve Been Reading Lately, as I just finished a biography…

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Filed under: badasswomen, china, chinesehistory, cixi, empressdowagercixi, feminism, femmelit, jungchang, readmore, whativebeenreadinglately, womenslit

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

June 3, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

“Call the Midwife,” Jennifer Worth The base for the popular British series of the same name, “Call the Midwife” fills…

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Filed under: callthemidwife, feminism, jenniferworth, readmore, rebeccamakkai, thehundredyearhouse, womenslit, womenswriting

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

May 3, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

“Revolution from Within” and “Outrageous Acts of Everyday Rebellions,” Gloria Steinem Upon my return from my recent trip to the…

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Filed under: clairemessud, gloriasteinem, outrageousactsofeverydayrebellions, readmore, revolutionfromwithin, thewomanupstairs, womenslit

Badass Women Revisited: Edith Wharton

March 15, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Since it is March and Women’s History Month will soon be in full swing, and also because I rewrote this…

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Filed under: badasswomen, edithwharton, feminism, femmelit, literature, readmore, resist, theageofinnocence, thehouseofmirth, womenslit, womensliterature

What I’ve Been Reading Lately: The Second Sex through Quotes

January 25, 2019 Alaina Leave a comment

Simone de Beauvoir’s two-book tome is exactly that—a tome. Over 700 pages of the history of women and how society…

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Filed under: feminism, feminismlit, femmelit, readmore, simonedebeauvoir, thesecondsex, whativebeenreadinglately, womensliterature

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

November 4, 2018 Alaina Leave a comment

“How to Be a Woman,” Caitlin Moran How to Be a Woman is basically Moran’s way to address the burden…

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Filed under: amancalledove, caitlinmoran, feminism, femmelit, frederikbackman, howtobeawoman, readmore, womenslit

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

October 21, 2018 Alaina Leave a comment

Doris Lemming, “The Fifth Child” Lemming is a powerful storyteller, and this short novel is no exception. It tells the story…

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Filed under: dorislessing, femmelit, readmore, thefifthchild, womenslit

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

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“Commonwealth,” Ann Patchett Set between Chicago, California, and Virginia, Patchett’s story follows the breakup of two families and what happens…

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Filed under: amodernhistory, annpatchett, barryhatton, commonwealth, femmelit, readmore, theportuguese, womenslit

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

September 7, 2018 Alaina Leave a comment

“The Glass Menagerie,” Tennessee Williams    A story of shattered hopes and dreams, “The Glass Menagerie” was Williams’ first successful play…

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Filed under: femmelit, ibenmondrup, justine, readmore, tennesseewilliams, theglassmenagerie, womenslit

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August 27, 2018 Alaina Leave a comment

“The Red Garden,” Alice Hoffman    In her created town of Blackwell, Hoffman writes short vignettes following the founding of…

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Filed under: alicehoffman, antoinedesaintexupery, femmelit, readmore, thelittleprince, theredgarden, womenslit

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