Posts tagged feminism
What we read: 5 books from Asian American and Pacific Islander authors

May is the month where we celebrate Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders! This list consists only of five books, a baby ripple in the sea of literature from AAPI authors. We hope that this list inspires you to pick up one of these books or any written by an AAPI author. Do you have any titles to suggest to us? Reach out and let us know!

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What we read: 6 historical fiction titles to travel back in time

Looking for something to transport you out of the current moment and into the past? I’ve got six books here that are as close to time travel as you can get.

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What we read: Beyond chick lit

I took some steps out of my literary comfort zone and discovered some great reads that give you all the feels and none of the FOMO. Here is a list of books with strong female protagonists who create their own happy endings, often despite difficult circumstances.

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What we read: Travel around the world with women writers in 2021

Books provide a way to voyage around the world and to hold onto the humanity of our sisters. Hence I’ve put together a list of fun, beautiful and thought-provoking books beyond the white Anglo-Saxon literary world, some of which are more celebrated, whilst others are classics which have stood the test of time.

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What we read: 6 titles about sex work

Within fictional media there’s certainly a repetitive depiction of sex workers, especially women, often reducing them to damsels in distress, shrouded in tragedy, living in extreme poverty or the perpetual victim of serial killers who we only meet when they’re a corpse. Here are some titles that break the mold.

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What we read: Women in Translation month

Women in Translation month takes place in August of every year and started in 2014 as an initiative by U.S. book blogger Meytal Radzinski, who grew up in a bilingual household. When you consider that female, and female-identifying, authors are often relegated to the second shelf in their native language, it strongly suggests that there is also a barrier firmly in place when it comes to translating their work.

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