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It is also clear, however, that Mad Men is not simply jostling memories but creating them: as the historian of the 1960s Jeremy Varon writes in this volume, “The show is more plausibly the staging of a fantasy than the rendering of
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“Why do you want to hide it from me?'
'I'm not hiding it. It just isn't yours.”
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
'I'm not hiding it. It just isn't yours.”
― Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
“Once we have reached a certain age, it’s hard to be reconciled to the fact that people are always going to be impatient with us.”
― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
― Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
“Ma. You once told me that memory is a choice. But if you were god, you'd know it's a flood.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“In order to grieve—I needed to “unlearn” the way I learned to ignore my agony.”
― Mother, I Don't Forgive You: A Necessary Alternative For Healing
― Mother, I Don't Forgive You: A Necessary Alternative For Healing
“When I was younger, thinking about whether I wanted children, I always came back to this formula: if no one had told me anything about the world, I would have invented boyfriends. I would have invented sex, friendship, art. I would not have invented child-rearing.”
― Motherhood
― Motherhood
Diversity in All Forms!
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This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more
500 Great Books By Women
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500 Great Books By Women A Reader's Guide to the Worlds of Women's Writing Be sure to check out the bookshelf and see if you've reviewed any of the ...more
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
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Hey guys! We have been seeing each other's reviews here on Goodreads and I thought I should introduce to you my new Youtube channel. It's so small rig ...more
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