The sun is starting to shine more and more and I am already anticipating reading outside in my hammock. This was a month of wonderful reading but, goodness, lots of it made me mad. WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH BEST …
The sun is starting to shine more and more and I am already anticipating reading outside in my hammock. This was a month of wonderful reading but, goodness, lots of it made me mad.
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
BEST OF THE MONTH
By far the best book I read this month (and the one I have been obnoxious about) is Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. In a data driven world it is shocking how infrequently women considered, measured, included, or even remembered. An outstanding example of this invisibility? Not once, but twice, a city rebuild forgot to put kitchens in the new homes. All the replacement homes build without a kitchen because women's work is that invisible.
And what happens when invisible women get sick? Spoiler alert - nothing. Unwell Women was a slow start that took off half way through with facts that blew my mind. If you wonder how bad it is for women to get someone to listen, give this book a read.
When women get pregnant and have babies, the invisibility of the work and the social stigma of "motherhood" boils over in Mom Rage. This book was a good look at how being ignored while expecting to adore doing everything is enraging. I did feel that the author recognized a lot of her privilege in a number of ways, but was unaware of others - her seemingly easy access to multiple mental health providers being one. The book was an excellent look at the rage that exists in unsupported motherhood but it contained too much of the author's personal experience for me.
Fearing the Black Body was actually the first book I read this month and it was a great segue from Black History to Women's History. If you have ever felt like the stick thin shape for women was wrong on so many levels, you are right. It is racist and puritanical and we don't have to subscribe to it!
The League of Lady Poisoners was supposed to be a fun look at poisoning through the years but it really highlighted the lack of access to alternatives women have historically enjoyed.
I also picked up two quick murder mysteries which were fun and female drive - The Picture House Murders and the Marlow Murder Clubs. I enjoyed them both not only because of the strong female lead but because both main characters surrounded themselves with other women. There is nothing women cannot do when they band together.
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