A few months ago, I assigned my feminist book club Women who Run with the […]
Shameless by Nadia Bolz-Weber
So in May, I started a feminist book club. (How else am I supposed to […]
The Bechdel Test
Alright, so let’s talk about another feminist aspiration that someone who cares about women in fiction in any format–books, television, movies, etc.–should know about. It’s called The Bechdel Test.
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
Let me begin by saying if you have not yet read this book, you should. Or, better yet, go get the audio copy of Becoming, and let former First Lady Michelle Obama read it to you herself. It is worth all nineteen hours and three minutes…
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, by Mona Awad
Weslie Ashe reviews Mona Awad’s 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl. Spoiler alert: the protagonist is never really happy.