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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

Sep 2, 2021

Check out my book review for CREATRIX RISING: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF MIDLIFE WOMEN, a self-help memoir, by Stephanie Raffelock. (I loved this book so much!) Enter the giveaway to win your own signed copy of the book and a $25 Starbucks gift card - four winners!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/09/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-creatrix.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
From the author of the award-winning book A Delightful Little Book on Aging comes a new self-help memoir Creatrix Rising: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women (She Writes Press). In her new book, Stephanie Raffelock liberates mold-defying midlife women, tired of the oft-inaccurate characterization of the “old crone,” to amplify the resounding strength within.

Ever since Eve was banned from the garden, women have endured the oftentimes painful and inaccurate definitions foisted upon them by the patriarchy. Maiden, mother, and crone, representing the three stages assigned to a woman’s life cycle, have been the limiting categories of both ancient and modern (neo-pagan) mythology. And one label in particular rankles: crone. The word conjures a wizened hag—useless for the most part, marginalized by appearance and ability.

None of us has ever truly fit the old-crone image, and for today’s midlife women, a new archetype is being birthed: the Creatrix.

In Creatrix Rising, Raffelock lays out—through personal stories and essays—the highlights of the past fifty years, in which women have gone from a quiet strength to a resounding voice. She invites us along on her own transformational journey by providing probing questions for reflection so that we can flesh out and bring to life this new archetype within ourselves. If what the Dalai Lama has predicted—that women will save the world—proves true, then the Creatrix will for certain be out front, leading the pack.

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Toni Lynn Donald (2027 KP) rated Hidden Figures (2016) in Movies

Apr 19, 2020 (Updated Apr 19, 2020)

Hidden Figures (2016)

2016 | Biography, Drama, History

8.3

(59 Ratings)

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This was a great movie! It was about 3 women who worked for NASA and the struggles they faced being black women working there. It also was how Katherine Goble helps in the mission and finds flaws in the computers mathematics for the launch. The acting is great in this! I just love Katherine, she's my favorite of the 3 ladies. They also have many other great actors. Just love this movie!

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Preggie Pals

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Nadav Lapid recommended Prizzi's Honor (1985) in Movies (curated)

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

1985 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

8.0

(3 Ratings)

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"For me it is one of the most brilliant Mafia movies. Moreover it's the incarnation of the mythical erotic-romantic-tragic relationship between men and women. Beginning with love and ending with death. Isn't it the best description of this endless men-and-women love-hate system? And it's one of the best films about family as well. The protecting nest as miserable, dark shelter from an even darker existence of solitude."

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Sharon Horgan recommended The Girl Who Ran in Books (curated)

The Girl Who Ran

Christina Yee | 2017 | Biography, Children, Sport & Leisure

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"Francis Poletti writes books for children, but her stories are for everyone. They’re stories about women in history who were the first to achieve something, and what they had to battle against at that time, and how they preserved and pushed through and ended up achieving their dreams. “The Girl Who Ran,” is about a young heroine who is told that women can’t run, that running is against the rules, but she does it anyway."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Thanksgiving in Books

Oct 7, 2020

Wishing all my friends in the US a Happy Thanksgiving! In Ellen Cooney's novel "Thanksgiving," she follows the Morley women over 350 years, using their ancestral home and the food they prepared for their Thanksgiving table as the focal points. This is a totally unique idea that has been very well executed. You can read my full review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2013/12/13/one-family-one-holiday-many-generations-of-women/