You may have heard of them, or perhaps you’ve been assigned one of their novels or short stories in English class. Required reading aside, these seven women writers all wrote during the last half of the 20th century and offer …
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4 Feminist Novels Exploring Identity and Displacement
A reader may find that who she was a day, week, or year ago is different from who she is now. Her identity—what represents her and her heritage—may morph and change. Below are four novels that explore stories of women …
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A Year in Review: Top Literary Moments of 2017
Literarily speaking, 2017 was packed with as much drama as a bestselling novel. We saw dire dystopian books fly off the shelves, a piece of short fiction break the internet, and a trollish alt-right personality battle it out with an …
19th Century Patriarchy-Defying Prose and Poems: Works of Austen and Dickinson
Jane Austen and Emily Dickinson, two of the most influential female writers in literature, continue to comment on the man’s world of today more than 200 years later. While they didn’t cross paths in their lifetimes (Dickinson was born 13 years …
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Stay Woke: 8 Award-Winning Books About Race, Feminism, and Immigration
“Read more books by diverse authors” was a friend’s New Year’s resolution which, in my humblest opinion, is an important evolution from the common and, dare I say, vanilla “Read more!” resolution.
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6 Feminist Literary Costume Ideas
It’s October, so the search for the perfect costume has begun! This year, why not put something together other than the half-hearted whiskers and cat ears you’ve been sporting in a rush to the costume party? Or maybe you take …
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes…or Feminist Bunnies, Unite!
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes was one of my very favorite books when I was a little girl in the early-mid (cough) 70s. I didn’t really know it then, but this engaging tale of a single mother bunny …
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