The Argonauts

I have no idea how I heard of this book or what it was that made me want to read it. What I can tell you though, is that it was one of the books I bought at Powell’s while visiting Portland last summer. So, there’s that. This might be my shortest intro of all…

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We Should All Be Feminists

This is the second short essay by Ngozi Adichie that I have read, having listened to Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions last year. This one has been on my list since then and I was grateful for a chill Saturday today, giving me a chance to relax and read it in one…

Her Body and Other Parties

I’m not always a short story person. I don’t read a lot of them, so when I do decide to pick up a book like this, you know there’s a good reason. In this case, a collection of stories billed as genre-defying representations of the female experience. Honestly, that’s an almost impossible description for me…

The Power

Alright this book sounded like the perfect one for me right from the start, for a number of reasons. Essentially it's a feminist fantasy/scifi sort of situation – pretty much my two favorite genres rolled into one. So immediately it was on my TBR list. And then it won the Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction,…

Rejected Princesses

If anyone follows me closely (either on the blog or on Goodreads), you’ll notice that this book has been listed under my “currently reading” since the summer. Well the reason why is a super cute story, so buckle up. I saw a few photos of pages from this book and absolutely fell in love with…

My Life on the Road

I picked up this book, well actually, audiobook, because a couple of the “feminist” pieces I’ve read this year referenced Steinem, her writing and her work. I had heard of her, of course, and had some inkling of what she has done, but decided that perhaps I should know more. It’s always a richer contemporary…

My Own Words

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Notorious RBG, has somewhat, of recent, become a pop culture icon. Last year, on International Women’s Day, the lunch/break room for my grad school department (Maternal and Child Health) had printed coloring book pages of her and provided crayons so that we could all celebrate with some RBG coloring fun. And…

Half the Sky

“Women hold up half the sky.” -Chinese Proverb This book is so important. So. Important. And I readily admit that I am completely and totally biased. This is exactly what I spent two full years studying while getting my MPH: Maternal and Child Health. But that bias does not make it any less important. It…

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

All I can say is that I regret that it took me this long read anything by Adichie. And now that I have started, I won't be stopping any time soon. I think her ability to express herself and her feminism in words is unparalleled (in my limited, but growing, feminist reading experience). I envy…

Bad Feminist

“I am a bad feminist. I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.” I feel this quote deeply. I have many opinions and feelings about being a feminist and either stand up to or fail at my own expectations, depending on the week, the day, the hour. But I’m taking my…