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Book Review: Lizz Free or Die by Lizz Winstead

May 11, 2012

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Lizz Free or Die: Essays by Lizz Winstead Nonfiction — Essays / Comedy / Memoir Riverhead Books; May 10, 2012 Hardcover 320 pages This is a book of essays about life. My life. It’s not a memoir, per se, as I decided to write about some specific moments that will give you some insight into […]

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Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth Century

December 1, 2011

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Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth Century was first published in The Dial in 1843 as an essay titled “The Great Lawsuit: Man versus Men, Woman versus Women.” Some of Fullers friends–particularly Horace Greeley–were so impressed with it that they suggested she expand and rewrite it into a full-length book. She did just that, and […]

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Book review: The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

June 29, 2011

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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston Memoir Vintage International Edition, 1989 Paperback 209 pages The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts was first published in 1975 and won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1976.  It was also named by Time Magazine as one of […]

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Book review: Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti

June 27, 2011

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Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti Nonfiction — Feminism Seal Press, 2007 Paperback 288 pages What is the first image that comes to your mind when you hear the word “feminist”?  If you immediately think of an angry, hairy, man-hating, bra-burning, anti-everything woman who yells a lot, […]

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