Celebrate Women's History Month!
"But self-care that is truly caring takes care of your whole self, not just your visible self. Self-objectification is not self-care." --Lexie Kite, More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament
Celebrate Women's History Month with us with some powerhouse women authors, and historical and cultural books on the women's movements!
Woman Hating by Andrea Dworkin
This classic work of Andrea Dworkin's is a must-read for any feminist, and a re-read for anyone who has already read it. Examining art, politics, history, and more, Dworkin explores the idea of how treating--hating--women is reflected in society through art.
Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit
This memoir is about Solnit's beginning as a writer and feminist in the 1980s. 1980s San Francisco was awash in an atmosphere of gender violence and change, and Solnit, coming of age and mind in the city, sought answers among the upheaval.
Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History by Philippa Gregory
Philippa Gregory takes readers through the history of England over 900 years putting--for the very first time--women center stage in the narrative. See how these "normal women," such as highwaywomen, murderers, brides, oh my, lived and loved in a time where they were considered lesser than their male counterparts.
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Cat Bohannon asks some very important questions in this book while also revising human history with the correct version with women at the center.
More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament by Lindsay Kite, PhD Lexie Kite PhD
Lindsay and Lexie (twins and PhDs!) dismantle the positive body image movement by reminding readers it isn't how your body looks, but knowing your body is good, regardless of how it looks.