The F-word discussion

What do folks want to read in the next couple of months?

In the non-fiction category, I've been hearing some really good things about Joanna Russ's How to Suppress Women's Writing.

And another non-fiction book I've been hearing good things about: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More.

A fiction book I've been wanting to read is The Final Empire. (Goodreads wants to call this "The Final Empire," but the book itself says "Mistborn.") People say this has a great female protagonist - I don't know if it counts as feminist though.

And some more possibilities:
The Autograph Man
Code Name Verity
Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity

I can't seem to stop!
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Virgins: A Cultural History
The Bean Trees
The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change

Redefining Realness!!

All right, that's a second for Redefining Realness, which puts it on the top of the pack!

Bad Feminist by Roxana Gay is really good.

Yes, I agree with you Ashwise, it really is fantastic - we just read it in October and I think lots of us loved it! The discussion is here if you would like to join in - it's never too late!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I just read The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights which I thought was really strong. And it has a really pathetic number of reviews... more people should be picking this collection up!

So most of my previous suggestions didn't seem to get much enthusiasm, so let's try again.

For February non-fiction I propose we read Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
February fiction either July's People or Land of Love and Drowning

March non-fiction All About Love: New Visions
March fiction Ghana Must Go

That's my proposal. Reactions?

YES TO ALL OF THOSE. Hahaha

Really though, I think all those selections are great and I've already added all of them to my "to-read" list. Stop reading my mind! :)

Ha! So, which should we read for February, July's People, or Land of Love and Dreaming?

We can save one for later, but we still need to pick one to go first!

Ahhhhh how about July's People as a belated celebration of life for Nadine Gordimer?

Alexa wrote: "I can't seem to stop!
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Virgins: A Cultural History
The Bean Trees
[book:The Maternal Is Political: Women Writers at the Inters..."

I love Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

I've been meaning to read that for ages. Let's make sure we remember it for the next round of nominations!

I think analyzing manga may be an interesting thing, since in the manga industry it's pretty difficult to find manga that defy basic stereotypes and manga reading feminists are few. I nominate Princess Jellyfish; a hilarious story that catches the reader's attention with Higashimura's sharp yet subtle wit that satirizes numerous topics and cliché plot fillers such as "the makeover" as cross-dressing
teen Kuranosuke makes over a group of housemates the "Sisterhood" at first so people will take them seriously, but shifts his goal to help the girls see themselves as beautiful because of their personalities.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Moni wrote: "I think analyzing manga may be an interesting thing, since in the manga industry it's pretty difficult to find manga that defy basic stereotypes and manga reading feminists are few. I nominate Prin..."

That looks quite interesting, but according to Goodreads it's only available in Japanese, French, and Italian. Have you seen it in English?