I felt overwhelmed when I thought about what I could write for Women’s History Month. Do I write about how the month became commemorated? About the women that made it (and the other, more shaded side of history) happen? About how we have a month in the year, but not full equality (yet)?
I heard a guy once ask (jokingly) why there was a Vagina Monologues, but not a “Penis Monologues.” I thought, There is one: it’s called the History of Civilization.
Anyway, March is no time to bash men: it is a time to celebrate all the badass women who have come before, who currently rock, and who will one day pave the way for an even brighter, more-baller future.
So rather than write anything fiery or eloquent, I’m merely cobbling together a collection of reading and viewing materials inspired, written, or performed by women. Enjoy.
READING
Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel
The Mandarins, by Simone de Beauvoir
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi
The Second Sex, by Simone de Beauvoir
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
The Feminine Mystique, by Betty Friedan
Sexual Politics, by Kate Millet
The Female Eunuch, by Germaine Greer
The Rover, by Aphra Behn
A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf
Lumberjanes (BOOM! Studios)
VIEWING
“Town Bloody Hall”
She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry (2014): Here’s my review of the film.
Violette
How to Make an American Quilt
Brave
The Hours (or anything w Meryl Streep in it)
Erin Brockovich
Circumstance
Charlie’s Angels
Spice World
LINKS
Slate Magazine’s Double X Gabfest
Target Women, by Sarah Haskins
