Girl on a Sexist Bandwagon: The Consequences of Publishing’s “Gone Girl” Craze
In these books, certain women are allowed to be messy, make mistakes, and commit heinous crimes while also being presented as anti-heroines who are simply ensnared in systems larger than themselves.
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Moving Past Toxicity: Fighting for a New Vision of Masculinity
What is the masculinity that exists beyond patriarchy?
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Curses and Kitchens: “Jell-O Girls” Looks at the Secret, Sexist History of America’s Classic Dessert
“Jell-O Girls” is at once a memoir, a family history, and an overview of the domestication (and dissolution) of the American kitchen.
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24-hour Women: Drinking to Escape Patriarchy
Alcoholic men are often praised for admitting they have a problem while alcoholic women are shamed.
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Barbara Ehrenreich and Alissa Quart on Changing the Narrative of Poverty in Media
Barbara Ehrenreich and Alissa Quart, the brains behind the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, discuss their respective books, the importance of identifying with one another across class, and #MeToo.
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BitchReads: 13 Books Feminists Should Read In August
Summer might be ending, but the great books continue.
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At the Borders, On the Margins: Jean Guerrero’s “Crux” puts a reporter’s lens on family and memory
Memoir fans will love the ambitious and sometimes experimental structure of Jean Guererro’s debut.
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Traveling Lite: Why Women’s Travel Memoirs Get Sold Short
Men’s stories are seen as universal, women’s as particular.
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Creative Friction: For Francesca Lia Block, Writing is Healing
Francesca Lia Block’s new book The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and The Creative Process, weaves memoir with lessons on the craft of writing to create a unique and visceral guide to creativity.
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