At the JWA Making Trouble/Making History luncheon, 2012 I am puzzled by Rebecca Traister´s 2018 effort, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger. On one hand it seems as the perfect moment for such a book from a powerful author as she is, on the other it feels as if it was rushed…
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Untrue: By Wednesday Martin’ Questions What We Believe About Women?
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Halfway between an academic study and a romantic statement about freedom, the new book by famous writer Wednesday Martin fails to deliver her message with the needed seriousness her Yale PhD in anthropology could grant. Anthropology Of Women´s Desires Momen are no more “naturally monogamous” than men; nor are their libidos shrinking violets. The central…
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‘Heartland’ Tells How It Feels Working Hard And Being Broke?
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There is a common belief that creates a vicious cycle and deepens the gap between social and economic classes here in the US and in many other countries in the world. The idea of the book, straight from the title HEARTLAND: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth…
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