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Kim Gordon recommended Madame Bovary in Books (curated)

 
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert | 1970 | Essays
6.0 (5 Ratings)
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"The first feminist character in a novel. I love this period of French lit, reflecting the life of a bored wife trapped as a woman in a ‘suitable’ marriage as a way to maintain her inheritance. It was seen as introducing realism and the modern narrative."

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Meghan Udell recommended A Tale of Two Cities in Books (curated)

 
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens | 1859 | Fiction & Poetry
7.3 (22 Ratings)
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"This was the book that started me on the path of steganographic textiles. While many find Madame Defarge a villainous bitter woman, callously knitting between executions, for me she represents a feminist hero, channeling her rage at sexual violence against women as fuel for the French Revolution."

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Mariafrancesca (30 KP) rated I Call Myself A Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty in Books

Apr 7, 2019  
I Call Myself A Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty
I Call Myself A Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty
Victoria Pepe | 2016 | Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Very inspiring book about what means to be feminist today and why it's still so important. Everything I have always said about being feminist (when I was told that I was the only one to think that, that feminism is not what I was trying to sell them, but it's a bunch of angry women that hate man and consider sex as rape) everything about equality, culture, education - issues that concern men as well as women - everything is in this book. Now I need to translate it and give it to everyone who told me at least once "you are overreacting, it's just a joke!"
  
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Dana (24 KP) rated A Serious Proposal to the Ladies in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
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A Serious Proposal to the Ladies
Mary Astell | 2002
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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This was a very interesting read. It is a compilation of, primarily, two essays directed at the women of the Restoration and Revolution period in London, England. While it mainly speaks to women to be more free in their religions, it also talks about women's political freedoms. This seems to be an early feminist essay which calls to give women more power over their lives.

I did enjoy the first essay more than I did the second because the second got a lot more religious and quite repetitive. But it was still interesting.

If you are interested in early feminist lit or in religious literature, check this book out. I think you would thoroughly enjoy it.
  
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Phoebe Robinson recommended We Should All be Feminists in Books (curated)

 
We Should All be Feminists
We Should All be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 2014 | Essays
8.3 (4 Ratings)
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"I know it hasn’t been out that long, but this is a classic. I got it as a present for my mom for Mother’s Day. It speaks to women of all ages, of all backgrounds, of all financial classes, what have you. It makes an amazing argument. I think men should read it. I never hear men talk about this book, and I’m like, ‘You should be reading this, dog! You too should be a feminist!’ She gets you pumped the fuck up to be like ‘Yeah I’m a feminist and I’m going to take over and live my best life and be a person who is all about equality.’ There’s no fear in her writing, just pure confidence."

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ace_in_space (38 KP) rated Spirits in Podcasts

Jul 12, 2018  
Spirits
Spirits
Society & Culture
10
9.3 (4 Ratings)
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Booze and legends
Listen to myths and legends presented and analyzed by two amazing hosts, with a smattering of feminist and queer theory applied to everything from Tarot to selkies. I can't recommend it enough. Plus, urban legends from listeners, native sources for native stories, and drink recommendations! Spirits is absolutely amazing.
  
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Janet Mock recommended This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color in Books (curated)

 
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua | 2015 | Gender Studies
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"When I first read this book, it was out of print. I felt I’d found a treasure when I uncovered a tattered copy online. It’s unapologetically feminist, queer, third-world, woke and woman. I am so glad it’s back in print for a new generation craving this kind of centering and elevated consciousness."

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