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…
Tag: Nonfiction
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: Bonjour Liberté by Julia Korbik
It’s been a while since I read “Bonjour Liberté. Françoise Sagan und der Aufbruch in die Freiheit” (Françoise Sagan and the emergence into freedom) by Julia Korbik. So I’m happy to finally write a review for this special biography! I read “Bonjour Liberté” last month and I really enjoyed it. In her book Korbik chronicles…
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: It’s Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies) by Scarlett Curtis
Usually I like to wait until after my bookclub discussions to post a review on one of my bookclub reads but we postponed our meeting til June and I don’t want to wait that long. So I decided to post my review of “It’s Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies). Inspirational people open…
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…