Since the beginning of the lockdown, the Feminist Library book clubs have teamed up and created an international book club – a space for intersectional, feminist discussions beyond borders. Through the meetings of the international book club, we have met …
Transgender Positive books for Children and Young Adults By Sarah O’Mahoney Julián Is a Mermaid By Jessica Love Age 2+ years While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed …
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On international anti-gender wars & the importance of intersectional feminist solidarity By Magda Oldziejewska Over the past couple of months, the Feminist Library has organised a number of online events. As much as the lockdown has meant that we have had …
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The Story of Sidonie C: Freud’s Famous “Case of Female Homosexuality” By Ines Rieder & Diana Voigt Review by Kitty Winslet ‘Once when I expounded to her a specifically important part of the theory…she replied in an inimitable tone, “oh, …
Lockdown Library by Zoë Fairbairns Which aspects of lockdown have been worst for you? The queues? The propaganda? The loneliness? That sinister symptom you developed? I’ve been through all of the above. But they were nothing compared to the rage …
Volunteer reading recommendations for Pride! Some of our volunteers let us know what they have enjoyed reading during Pride month… Mattie recommends ‘Trans: a memoir’ by Juliet Jacques, London: Verso, 2015 Mattie says “Initially, a book that sought to ‘address readers …
Book Recommendations – from the Feminist Library’s collective. This month, Sarah O’Mahoney shares some of her favourite children’s and young adult’s fiction books. Fox called Herbert by Margaret Sturton, age 2-4 years Meet Herbert: the rabbit who knows he was born to be …
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We Are Feminist: An Infographic History of the Women’s Rights Movement Foreward by Helen Pankhurst Publisher: Modern Books (2019) Review by Magda Oldziejewska and Ayo Isinkaye When you first look at We are Feminist, you might be fooled to think that it’s …
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Review – Milkman by Anna Burns Anna Burns was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 2018 for her novel Milkman, which focuses on the experiences of a teenage girl in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. The first-person narrative is a …
Feminist Library’s Magda Oldziejewska recently interviewed Woman’s Hour’s Jenni Murray, who has just published a new book on women’s history, A History of the World in 21 Women. A signed copy of the book recently landed at the Feminist Library, courtesy …
