The Wall Street Journal published an opinion article on December 11, 2020 that has me livid. It is called “Is There a Doctor in the White House? Not if You Need an M.D.” It is written by some dude who […]
Longmire’s Woman Problem
Longmire was a TV series that ran for six seasons – partially on cable and with the last seasons on Netflix. It has been finished for a few years now but the husband and I just watched it on Netflix. […]
The Big Push
The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging the Persistence of Patriarchy by Cynthia Enloe Published on October 26th 2017 Pages: 208 For over a century and in scores of countries, patriarchal presumptions and practices have been challenged by women and their […]
Gibbon’s Decline and Fall
Gibbon’s Decline and Fall by Sheri S. Tepper Published on 1997-06 Pages: 480 Buy on Amazon A wave of fundamentalism is sweeping across the globe as the millennium approaches, and a power-hungry presidential candidate sees his ticket to success in making […]
Suffragette: A Movie Experience With The Clueless
One of the nice thing about having a scheduled day off during the week is ability to see matinees. (Since this was my first day off in three weeks, I was celebrating. I had moved on from yelling, “Dobby is […]
Missoula
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer Published on 2015 Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover Source: Library Missoula, Montana, is a typical college town, with a highly regarded state university, bucolic surroundings, a lively social […]
The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
Wonder Woman was created in 1941 and was the brainchild of William Moulton Marston. Marston was a brilliant but arrogant man. He worked his way through Harvard in the early 1910s by writing screenplays for the fledgling movie industry. During […]
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nonfiction This 23 page essay is an adaption of the author’s TED Talk on the same subject. “With humor and levity, here Adichie offers readers […]
Not Well Behaved
I was minding my own business looking around at who had posted for Pink Saturday when I came across a site written by a 30 year old woman with 7 kids. You’d think by now that I would know better […]
Sticker Crazy
There is this trend in the town I work in to get stickers made that say “In Loving Memory of …..” with the birth and death dates. These then go on your back window of your car. Is this a […]