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Jill Tweedie was a feminist writer and broadcaster who is best remembered for her Guardian column on feminist issues, which ran from from 1969 to 1988. One particular series of columns was Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist, which was later collected into a book of the same name, and later again, More from Martha. I [...]
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March 10, 2010 in feminism, fiction, politics, review, women's history Tagged feminism, jill tweedie, journalism, letters from a fainthearted feminist, reading challege, women unbound
Before I go on, I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who popped in for yesterday’s Not the TV Book Group discussion on Vanessa and Virginia by Susan Sellers. I never fail to be delighted by how many threads and conversations come out of the NTTVBG meetings. Thanks to my fellow NTTVBG-ers, [...]
March 8, 2010 in feminism, politics, women's history
Tagged aung san suu kyi, burma, feminism, international women's day, oxford, women
Tagged aung san suu kyi, burma, feminism, international women's day, oxford, women
I have, if you haven’t noticed, been away for a few days. FH and I decided that we fancied a jaunt up to Edinburgh to see friends and family, and generally to see the city outside the festival season (the only chance I’ve had to go up there in the last couple of years is [...]
One of the books I am most looking forward to reading soon is Natasha Walter’s forthcoming book Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. My copy is pre-ordered! Seven days to go!
Kira Cochrane interviewed her for The Guardian a couple of days ago:
Walter and her partner have two children, Clara, nine, and Arthur, one, and it [...]
January 28, 2010 in book news, feminism, news & media, politics, women's history
Tagged feminism, guardian, living dolls, natasha walter
Tagged feminism, guardian, living dolls, natasha walter
I finished The Earth Hums in B Flat last night. I loved it, and will be writing a post on it very soon. The book I started next, though, is a bit of a 20th century classic, and I can’t believe I’ve never read it before: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark.
It’s [...]
January 19, 2010 in education, feminism, fiction, news & media, politics
Tagged afghanistan, education, feminism, inspiration, muriel spark, teaching, the prime of miss jean brodie, women's writing
Tagged afghanistan, education, feminism, inspiration, muriel spark, teaching, the prime of miss jean brodie, women's writing
Given that I’m reading an exceptionally long book at the moment, and given that time keeps slipping away from me and I’m not getting through it very quickly, I thought I’d resurrect my occasional series of posts about books wot I have loved in years past.
I remember very clearly when I read Cat’s Eye by [...]
January 11, 2010 in feminism, fiction, review
Tagged cat's eye, childhood, coming-of-age, feminism, fiction, margaret atwood
Tagged cat's eye, childhood, coming-of-age, feminism, fiction, margaret atwood
On both my undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, more than half of my fellow students were female. I work in an industry full of women (not necessarily in the top jobs, but that’s another debate). When applying for university it didn’t even enter my mind that I would have any trouble because I’m a woman. Jane Robinson’s book [...]
January 8, 2010 in feminism, history, review, victorian history, women's history
Tagged academia, bluestockings, cambridge, education, feminism, history, jane robinson, oxford, women
Tagged academia, bluestockings, cambridge, education, feminism, history, jane robinson, oxford, women
I’ve never really been one for reading challenges. I did start one once, but that was the year I began my Masters and it quickly went out this window. However, I’ve seen a few posts about the Women Unbound challenge over the past few days and I’ve decided to take part. This year I won’t [...]
December 17, 2009 in auto/biography, feminism, fiction, history, women's history
Tagged books, feminism, reading challenge, women unbound
Tagged books, feminism, reading challenge, women unbound
This is another thing I did last year: planning some reading for the two weeks between me finishing work on Friday and going back to work on Monday 4 January. Allowing for the fact that we have family coming to stay with us in Oxford over Christmas, I have picked out two books per week [...]
December 16, 2009 in feminism, fiction, personal, politics
Tagged 2009, books, christmas, cranford, elizabeth gaskell, equality illusion, fawcett society, feminism, kat banyard, mari strachan, poppy adams
Tagged 2009, books, christmas, cranford, elizabeth gaskell, equality illusion, fawcett society, feminism, kat banyard, mari strachan, poppy adams
Not the TV Book Group
Sun 07 Feb: Brodeck's Report - Philippe Claudel
Sun 21 Feb: The Girl with the Glass Feet - Ali Shaw
Sun 07 Mar: Vanessa and Virginia - Susan Sellers
Sun 21 Mar: The Illusionist - Jennifer Johnston
Sun 11 Apr: Skin Lane - Neil Bartlett
Sun 25 Apr: The Boys in the Trees - Mary Swan
Sun 09 May: A Short Gentleman - Jon Canter
Sun 23 May: Fledgling - Octavia E. ButlerReading Challenge
The Equality Illusion - Kat Banyard
The Women's Room - Marilyn French
Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist - Jill Tweedie
Ideala - Sarah Grand
Singled Out - Virginia Nicholson
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education - Jane Robinson
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Color Purple - Alice Walker-
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