I will review Virginie Despente’ “Liebes Arschloch” (Original Title: Cher connard) in German because a publisher kindly provided me with a German review copy of the book. However, you can find an English book review on the second page of this post. Fast drei Jahre ist es her, dass ich das erste Mal ein Buch…
Tag: Feminism
Book Review: Miss Kim weiß Bescheid by Cho Nam-Joo
I will review Cho Nam-Joo’s “Miss Kim weiß Bescheid” in German because a publisher kindly provided me with a German review copy of the book. However, you can find an English book review on the second page of this post. Zwei Jahre ist es her, dass ich Cho Nam-Joos fantastischen Roman „Kim Jiyoung, geboren 1982“…
Book Review: Lust. Eine Erkundung der weiblichen Sexualität by María Hesse
I will review María Hesse’s “Lust. Eine Erkundung der weiblichen Sexualität” (El Placer/O Prazer/Le Plaisir) in German because a publisher kindly provided me with a German review copy of the book. However, you can find an English book review on the second page of this post. “Lust. Eine Erkundung der weiblichen Sexualität” (El Placer) von…
Book Review: Clit. Die aufregende Geschichte der Klitoris von Louisa Lorenz
Other than usual I will review Louisa Lorenz’ “Clit. Die aufregende Geschichte der Klitoris” in German because a publisher kindly provided me with a review copy of the book. However, you can find an English book review on the second page of this post. Louisa Lorenz war schon 25 Jahre alt, als sie erfuhr wie…
Book Review: Frauen Schulden Dir Gar Nichts von Florence Given
Other than usual I will review Florence Given’s “Women Don’t Owe You Pretty” in German today because a German publisher kindly provided me with a review copy of its German translation “Frauen Schulden Dir Gar Nichts”. However, you can find an English book review on the second page of this post. Ich hatte „Frauen Schulden…
Book Review: Men Explain Things To Me by Rebecca Solnit
“Men Explain Things to Me” is a feminist essay collection by Rebecca Solnit named after her essay that became famous for describing the phenomenon of mansplaining. Besides mansplaining this anthology on feminism also covers a variety of other topics such as Virginia Woolf, sexualized violence and same-sex marriages. Knowing that it has become a beloved…
Book Review: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
I enjoyed reading Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale“. So naturally I jumped on the band wagon when she wrote “The Testaments”, the second part of the feminist dystopian, that aims to answer some of the questions which readers were wondering about ever since “The Handmaid’s Tale” was first released. Set 15 years after The first…
Nur So Genderell: I launched a Podcast!
I am super excited to tell you that I have launched a podcast this week! It’s called Nur So Genderell. My friend Leonie and I have already been working on it for a few months but now we are finally at the point that we can go public with it and launch our first episode….
Feminist Reading Bingo: My Birthday Surprise for You!
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…
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…