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A List of Badass Women

Today's reading list is a roundup of badass women--but what does "badass" mean exactly? These are women who don't conform to the norms that have been set out for women as a whole. They may seem intimidating or--that worst of all literary sins--unlikable. These women follow their own path, make sometimes questionable choices, risk screwing … Continue reading A List of Badass Women

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April 10, 2020Alyson Hagy, Badass women, Books, Carmen Maria Machado, Hallie Butler, Leni Zumas, Madeline Miller, Margaret Atwood, Megan Hunter, Naomi Alderman, Ottessa Moshfegh, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Reading list, Women, Women characters, Women writersLeave a comment
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12 Books to Diversify Your Reading

Sometimes we can get in a reading rut and find it difficult to break out of our comfort zones. But it's a good idea to shake things up every now and then and read an author or a genre we normally wouldn't consider, if only for the benefit of expanding our view of the world. … Continue reading 12 Books to Diversify Your Reading

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April 8, 2020African American, Alternate history, Books, Brooke Bolander, Chinese American, David Demchuk, Diversity, Elephants, Ellen Klages, Fantastic fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Horror, Hye-Young Pyun, Korean Literature, Lara Elena Donnelly, Margaret Killjoy, Molly Tanzer, Native American, Novellas, Queer, Reading list, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Tade Thompson, Ukraine, Victor LaValle, Women charactersLeave a comment
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Recommended Reading: Going Through the Change

Going Through the Change: A Menopausal Superhero Novel: Samantha is a friend, and this is her first published novel. It is about four menopausal women who gain superpowers, a nice twist on the usual superhero fantasy. I promise if you read the first chapter, it will definitely hook you! This is the first in a planned trilogy.

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December 4, 2015July 15, 2016Going Through the Change, Samantha Bryant, Superheroes, Women charactersLeave a comment
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A survey of classic science fiction, with notes about diversity in sci-fi…

At some point, I set out to read a representative sample of all the "great" writers of science fiction, so I could feel reasonably well-educated in the genre. If you haven't read a lot of science fiction, I recommend this exercise. It provides a grounding so you can learn where the well-worn tropes originated and appreciate … Continue reading A survey of classic science fiction, with notes about diversity in sci-fi…

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March 5, 2015March 5, 2015Alfred Bester, Arthur C Clarke, Classic science fiction, Diversity in science fiction, Douglas Adams, Frank Herbert, Frederik Pohl, HG Wells, Isaac Asimov, Joanna Russ, Joe Haldeman, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, Larry Niven, Marge Piercy, Mary Shelley, Octavia Butler, Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury, Reading list, Robert Heinlein, Samuel R Delany, Science fiction, Survey, Ursula K Le Guin, Women characters2 Comments

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