This week was my birthday and I’m so excited that I can finally reveal the birthday surprise that I’ve been preparing for you during the past few weeks. It’s a reading bingo – and even better a feminist one! As some of you might know already, I am a huge fan of reading bingos. It always…
Small Things that helped my Mental Health (that might help you too)
Last week I’ve had a bad day. For the first time in weeks I felt anxious and stressed and was simply not in a good mental state. I didn’t take good care of myself that day, I neglected my morning routine and that immediately affected my mental health. Although I’ve become mentally stabler and happier…
Book Review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
I find it hard to find the right words, the right phrases to write this review. I’ve been trying to start it for a while now but somehow I feel like my words can’t do “Things Fall Apart” justice. I feel like I as a European with my limited eurocentric perspective might not be the…
How to get (back) into reading
A few weeks ago a reader asked me to write a blog post on how to get (back) into reading and how to enjoy it more. I’ve been in the same situation as the reader who reequested this post. I have experienced this sort of reading fatigue many times in the past few years, both…
Book Review: Wenn wir alle gut wären by Irmgard Keun
“Wenn wir alle gut wären” (If we all were good) is definitely a case of social media made me buy it – more specifically, the wonderful review by Frederike from “A Feminist’s Shelf”. But I am so grateful that Instagram brought this amazing collection to my attention because otherwise I might’ve missed out on it….
Book Review: The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
The poetry collection “The Princess Saves Herself in This One” by Amanda Lovelace was a quick read despite the heavy subjects it discusses. It was just the right kind of book for me at the time. The poems of “The Princess Saves Herself in This One” are about trauma, abuse, survival, love, strength and artistry…
Who was Clara Zetkin?
You can find the sources for this text on the second page of the post. A few weeks ago I asked in my Instagram story whether my followers know Clara Zetkin and I was surprised to learn that hardly anyone seemed to be familiar with her and her work. So I thought introducing her would make a…
Book Review: Periode ist politisch by Franka Frei
I had super high expectations before reading “Periode ist politisch. Ein Manifest gegen das Menstruationstabu” (The period is political. A manifesto against the menstrual taboo) by Franka Frei. Looking back I really regret that not because the book was horrible but because it simply wasn’t unable to live up to the idea I had before…
Book Review: Know my name by Chanel Miller
This is one of these reviews that’s incredibly hard to write because I feel like my words can hardly do this book justice. I read “Know my name” by Chanel Miller as a buddy read with Tina from @tinas_library and we originally planned to take it slow and read the book over the course of…
Book Review: The Waves by Virginia Woolf
“The Waves” by Virginia Woolf is a book that is unlike any novel that I’ve read before. And it’s certainly not a light or easy read. The book follows six characters (Rhoda, Ginny, Susan, Neville, Bernard and Louis) from their early childhood to late adulthood. “The Waves” is written almost exclusively in soliloquies which means…