Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: feminism

  • The Power

    You must read this book. This is the best book I’ve read in a very long time. The Power by Naomi Alderman explores the nature and dynamics of power. Women…


  • The Boy

    I have a new morning routine, inspired by the Miracle Morning, which involves spending 25 minutes reading while having breakfast before I leave for work. Most of my reading is…


  • The Handmaid’s Tale

    How have I waited so long to read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood? It’s a classic, and has been televised, and is the kind of thing that sometimes you…


  • Half the Sky

    Sometimes there are books that really make an impression, that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn…


  • Bloggy love – Captain Awkward

    Captain Awkward is a an advice blog helping people find the words to have difficult conversations. It has a zero-tolerance policy towards accepting or excusing abuse, micro-aggressions, and generally creepy…


  • MicroRebellions

    I have a new blogging project – MicroRebellions. It was inspired by the confluence of two things: 1. A quote from Albert Camus “The only way to deal with an…


  • Thank you hater!

    This is awesome. That is all. (H/T to Dances with Fat for sharing it).


  • Fat is a Feminist Issue

    Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach is one of those books I should have read a long time ago, but didn’t get around to. It’s an experience akin…


  • Babel Tower

    One of my top ten books is Possession by A. S. Byatt and so it stands to reason that I would like other books by the same author. I read…


  • I’m not sure that was a joke

    Under the label ‘Things I wish I’d written’, because they express a point I’ve been wanting make for ages, is this post from The F-Word blog on that hateful phrase ‘can’t you…


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