The White Woman on the Green Bicycle

Somehow, Monique Roffey’s The White Woman on the Green Bicycle slipped completely beneath my radar last year even though it made the Orange Prize shortlist. When I saw it on NetGalley, I was eager to request it, though I did have a couple of reservations at first. Starting with a brutal attack in 2006 then jumping back

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is one of those books that I’ve always wanted to read but never got around to. It had been sitting untouched on my bookshelf for years. Although it was written about a century before the word “feminism” entered the lexicon, it is often hailed as a feminist classic.

Good Porn: A Woman’s Guide

*Note: I realize pornography can be a touchy subject in feminist circles (and in general); some feminists feel that feminism and pornography are mutually exclusive. I’m not going to engage any of those arguments in the review (though I do point you in the direction of some pornography-related feminist theory towards the end, and you’re more than

Read Harder 2016, Feminist-Style

Erm, well this is awkward. I was supposed to post my fave nonfiction reads of 2015 today, but…I forgot to finish that post and I’m about to spend the next 6 hours driving to Austin. I’ll post that list tomorrow. In the meantime, chew on this! I’m bumping it up the schedule just for you!

By Title: H

Haiti: After the Earthquake by Paul Farmer The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Heart Does Not Grow Back by Fred Venturini Heartburn by Nora Ephron Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters by Donald Bogle Helen Keller: A Life by Dorothy Herrmann Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body