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…
Tag: Feminism
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…
How to beat Internalized Misogyny
You can find the sources for this text on the second page of the post. This is my second text about internalized misogyny. If you missed my last post about what it is and how it works, you can find it here. I’d recommend that you read the first part before this one. Internalized misogyny…
Internalized Misogyny: What it is and how it works
Book Review: The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
“Was wir Frauen wollen” (The Soul of a woman/Mujeres del alma mía) by Isabel Allende was such a comfort read. It was exactly what I needed after reading some heavier books in March. In this memoir Allende mixes feminist nonfiction with her own autobiography. The result is a beautiful book about life, aging and what…
Book Review: Trans. Frau. Sein. by Felicia Ewert
“Trans. Frau. Sein. Aspekte geschlechtlicher Marginalisierung” (Being. Trans. Woman. Aspects of gendered marginalisation) by Felicia Ewert is the first book in ages for which I used post its because there were so many well written and intelligent parts that I want to revisit in the future. This nonfiction book is a mixture between societal analysis…
Sexualized Violence: I could’ve been Sarah
Trigger Warning: Sexualized violence & rape For me, as probably for many of you as well, the past week was a very exhausting week to be on social media. Not only were the news of Sarah Everard’s disappearance and murder devastating. But the constant accounts of the omnipresent sexualized violence and the reaction of misogynist…