Browsing the archives for the motherhood tag

The Fifth Child – Doris Lessing (1988)

Doris Lessing is another one of those authors who I have been meaning to read a lot more by but haven’t quite got around to it. However, a couple of weeks ago I was recommended The Fifth Child by Academic Friend, who generally has impeccable taste. One second-hand copy later, I can confirm that Academic [...]

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February 4, 2010 by Kirsty in fiction, review
Tagged doris lessing, fiction, gothic, horror, motherhood, the fifth child

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Calling all feminist parents

Just a short post to let you know about a new feminist parenting forum brought to you by the same people as the Mothers for Women’s Lib blog.
Sayeth one of the forum moderators, Anji:
It was created to fill a very specific need – a parenting forum free from the tiring misogyny present on so many [...]

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July 29, 2009 by Kirsty in feminism
Tagged feminism, motherhood, parenting

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The Woman Who Did – Grant Allen (1895)

It’s easy to forget just how far we’ve come. We have an awful long way to go in terms of equality, but we have at least got to the point where I can live with my boyfriend and no one except the staidest of elderly relatives will think anything of it. It wasn’t so in [...]

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June 18, 2009 by Kirsty in feminism, fiction, review, victorian literature
Tagged feminism, fiction, grant allen, marriage, motherhood, the new woman, victorian

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman in The Guardian

Delighted to see in The Guardian today an extract from Maggie O’Farrell’s introduction to the new Vintage Classics edition of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I cannot put into words how much I adore The Yellow Wallpaper. I demand you all go and read this article, and then the story itself.
Motherhood did not [...]

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January 9, 2009 by Kirsty in feminism, fiction, victorian literature
Tagged charlotte perkins gilman, maggie o'farrell, motherhood, the yellow wallpaper

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