The unwomanly face of war by Svetlana Alexievich
translated into English by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky When I saw this mentioned in some magazine or other I had to order it. I was vaguely aware of the Russian...
7 February 2018
Women & power by Mary Beard
Hearing the latest sex abuse scandal or the latest supposedly feminist man revealed as a jerk using his power and position for sexual gain can sometimes make consuming the news feel...
20 January 2018
Where are all the women? by Elizabeth Bear
I think the problem is that some writers (and some readers) have spent a lot of time internalizing our societal narrative that women… just aren’t interesting. The things we do and...
22 October 2017
Black Wolves by Kate Elliott
book 1 in The Black Wolves trilogy. First up, the blurb-y bit, stolen from Goodreads because I cannot condense what this book is about any better than they did : An...
11 November 2015
Gee. If I wasn’t six years old and completely fictional, I’d be there like a shot. Oh, bitchcakes.
Isn’t it strange how dreams can be so vivid for those few moments after you wake, but 20 mins (or3 hours later) and you really can’t remember anything about them? Cause...
8 December 2005
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