While at a flea market last week, I saw the books being sorted into the category “More Interesting Women”. In my mind I automatically made the label say “more interesting women than… more →
ohijustdontknowwrote 4 days ago: And here is another one from Marilyn French’s Our Father. This time an old chestnut. Mary, the … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Penguin edition (1994) Prescriptivism in literature or films: I’ve already noted a few example … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Marilyn French … more →
wrote 1 month ago: “Feminism”, defines the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, “is the belief th … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I feel very sorry for Judith Grossman‘s son, who was recently pilloried, as so many thousands … more →
wrote 1 month ago: It’s well known that ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972. ABBA c … more →
wrote 2 months ago: I try to catch up with my emails daily, and so that includes checking out my favourite blogs. And on … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Three poems Tilford I spent all afternoon watching (and not watch … more →
wrote 4 months ago: This week on Other People’s Bookshelves we get to have a nosey through an authors book shelves as we … more →
wrote 5 months ago: “All the women I know feel a little like outlaws.” ~ Marilyn French … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Today, we have a guest post by Kate, my mom, who has frequently commented on this blog. She and I ha … more →
wrote 9 months ago: What is the purpose of life? According to Marilyn French’s The Love Children, the purpose … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I have been trying all day to write up a post about Marilyn French’s The Love Children. It is … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Grey. Speckled with a stain from lunch but still, generally grey. The wool trench coat was a prized … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I was a feminist without a cause when I read ‘The Women’s Room’, that classic angr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: James Tissot, 1878If a woman was accused of adultery by someone other than her husband, she had to t … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This was a tricky list to narrow down, but here are my five favourite Feminist (or what I’d de … more →
wrote 1 year ago: When I was 24, I went to university. I was a single mother, with a two and a half year old daughter. … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Read anything good on vacation? We haven’t even decided where we’re going this year—Gran … more →