Tag: feminism

  • Writerly Wednesday

    Reminder: Comment on the August giveaway post to win THE HYPNOTIST by M.J. Rose and/or ON MAGGIE’S WATCH by Ann Wertz Garvin. … First, Jeff at Boys Don’t Read tells it like it is (although with more humor and stronger language than I would probably use): “Rejection: UCLA Didn’t Want Me.” Guess what, Legion of Curious…

  • Lipstick Jungle

    For some silly/stupid reason, when Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle came out at the same time, I felt like I had to choose one or the other. I chose Cashmere. (Similarly, as a kid I thought I couldn’t like Star Wars because I was already loyal to Star Trek.) Even though I still like Cashmere…

  • Magic Mike

    Since Channing Tatum is one of my Hollywood Boyfriends (along with Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender) of course I had to support him by going to see Magic Mike. On opening night. What a chore. The entire theater was filled with women on Girls Nights Out with their friends, all of us cheering and jeering…

  • What guys want

    The other day, I read a very interesting post: “A day down the toilet, why boys don’t read fiction anymore, and the how-to of personhood.” Long name for a long post, but I’m glad I gave it the time. Here’s my TL;DR version: In one of his books, author John Barnes writes about a teenage…

  • HALF THE SKY and a call to action

    Please note: My “Reading Reflections” are not reviews. They are simply my thoughts in response to certain passages. … A couple weeks ago, I finished the book HALF THE SKY by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. They’re the first husband-wife duo to win a Pulitzer for their work, and their goal was to shine light…