August 15, 2019
Links
“Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds” by Elizabeth Kolbert in The New Yorker
“6 Reasons Why I Want My Kids To Read Romance Novels” by Jenny Nordback in Bustle
“The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Mirrors” by Katy Kelleher in Longreads
“Yentl Syndrome: A Deadly Data Bias Against Women” by Caroline Criado Perez in Longreads
“The White Suburbs That Fought Busing Aren’t So White Anymore” by Will Stancil in The Atlantic
“Too many men think teenage girls are fair game. That gave Jeffrey Epstein cover” by Moira Donegan in The Guardian
“Protest and persist: why giving up hope is not an option” by Rebecca Solnit
“It Was Like a Pile of Kleenex”: Women Writers on Reading Literature’s “Midcentury Misogynists” by Amanda Hess
“The Wildness of Girlhood” by Bonnie Mary Liston
“Why is Lady Gaga being accused of Murder?” by Arianna Rebolini
Book Recommendation
The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare— I loved this latest installment of the “Girl Meets Duke” series a great deal not least of all because the heroine, Lady Penelope Campion, is one of the few vegetarians in fiction (representation!!!!) and moreover, isn’t remotely ridiculed for it. In fact, Gabriel throwing Penny a ball and only serving vegetarian food just might be the most romantic gesture of any romance novel I’ve ever read and believe me, I’ve read a LOT of romance novels. Plus, the best part of this book is that while Gabriel is more than ready to die for Penny's honor, he immediately steps aside and lets her speak for herself when she asks him to and to me anyway, that's what love is all about and all it's ever been, standing aside for the love of your life to save themselves because it's what they have to do. And when it's all over and done, holding them up when they can no longer stand for themselves and knowing full well they'll respond in kind when it's needed. That's romance baby!