Today I have landed...
...at Bookbabblers, where I'm talking about my favorite literary heroines and what they taught me about strength, feminism and romance.
Here are a couple of snippets:
When I think of heroines, I think of the books I most loved as a kid: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Talisman Ring…the list goes on and on, but what ties them all together is the theme of strong, smart women taking responsibility for their own lives.
and:
A lot of people jeer at romance novels, pointing at various examples of sexism in the genre, but I learned some of my best and most powerful feminist lessons as I read the classic romances...
Read the full entry here, and please do comment over there if anything occurs to you!
Here are a couple of snippets:
When I think of heroines, I think of the books I most loved as a kid: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Talisman Ring…the list goes on and on, but what ties them all together is the theme of strong, smart women taking responsibility for their own lives.
and:
A lot of people jeer at romance novels, pointing at various examples of sexism in the genre, but I learned some of my best and most powerful feminist lessons as I read the classic romances...
Read the full entry here, and please do comment over there if anything occurs to you!