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What I'm reading:
Put aside:
Blackout: How is Energy-Rich Australia Running Out of Electricity by Matthew Warren. It's time to admit I don't have the brain space for 'entirely new-to-me topic' right now. It might be worth picking up over the holidays when I've got less going on.
Currently reading
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Sady Doyle. This was one I've had my eye on for a while. I half-accidentally subscribed to the free section of Doyle's essay email list Thing, and she very sensibly opened up her email essays to non-paying subscribers in the lead up to her new book, because damn she's good at this, and I never would have thought to buy it without that nudge. It was even worth giving Amazon money for the ebook, honestly.
Bad mothers is an impeccably referenced (SOURCES, FOOTNOTES, THANK YOU), compelling written cultural analysis of women-as-monstrous in western culture. It dissects the brutal loop between cultural narratives about women, cultural representations (books, movies) of those narratives, and then the very real violence that men inflict on women as a result, closing the loop. It’s gruelling reading, but Doyle's warmth and humour shines through. Her dry, deadpan comment about Bram Stoker's wedding night had me muffling my laughter on a packed morning train. I've inhaled about 30% in three days, which is good going for me right now. I'm also keen to get back to it each time, which is so very welcome.
Up next:
The light between worlds by Laura E. Weymouth, waiting on reserve for me at the library!
Put aside:
Blackout: How is Energy-Rich Australia Running Out of Electricity by Matthew Warren. It's time to admit I don't have the brain space for 'entirely new-to-me topic' right now. It might be worth picking up over the holidays when I've got less going on.
Currently reading
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Sady Doyle. This was one I've had my eye on for a while. I half-accidentally subscribed to the free section of Doyle's essay email list Thing, and she very sensibly opened up her email essays to non-paying subscribers in the lead up to her new book, because damn she's good at this, and I never would have thought to buy it without that nudge. It was even worth giving Amazon money for the ebook, honestly.
Bad mothers is an impeccably referenced (SOURCES, FOOTNOTES, THANK YOU), compelling written cultural analysis of women-as-monstrous in western culture. It dissects the brutal loop between cultural narratives about women, cultural representations (books, movies) of those narratives, and then the very real violence that men inflict on women as a result, closing the loop. It’s gruelling reading, but Doyle's warmth and humour shines through. Her dry, deadpan comment about Bram Stoker's wedding night had me muffling my laughter on a packed morning train. I've inhaled about 30% in three days, which is good going for me right now. I'm also keen to get back to it each time, which is so very welcome.
Up next:
The light between worlds by Laura E. Weymouth, waiting on reserve for me at the library!
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