Ladislara
A blog as diverse as my life has been
Tag: Feminism
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When Women’s Statues Gain Life [Book Review]
The author of Circe brings us the myth of a sculptor possessively in love with his art
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Book Review: The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale
15 years after the events set in her best seller, Margaret Atwood takes us to the heart of Gilead and shows us the dirty powers at work
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Analyzing the NY Times 100 Books of 21st Century List
More data research and the question – is the publishing industry becoming more inclusive?
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Why NOT Read the Classics
Data research and reflections on glorifying lists in which 71% of the authors are White men
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Stone Blind Review: The Other Story of Medusa
A feminist retelling of one of the most famous creatures in Greek Mythology
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We need to (sensibly) talk about men violence
We need to stop pretending that testosterone doesn’t play a role in war. And we also need to be really careful in the way we talk about it.
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Becoming a Smart Woman in the Post-Feminist World
How I inadvertently grew up thinking that “boys are smarter than girls” despite my parents best efforts.
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Book Review: The Ancient Tales of Women Who Run With the Wolves
A call to embrace the wise women inside us. – “the trivialization of women’s curiosity so that it seems like nothing more than irksome snooping denies women’s insight, hunches, and intuitions. It denies all her senses. It attempts to attack…
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