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Wendi Aarons — I’m Wearing Tunics Now (Audiobook Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 15, 2022 | RELAX: Memoir

Wendi Aarons is a blogger, humorist, mom, and unabashed woman over 50. The recently published memoir, I’m Wearing Tunics Now: On Growing Older, Better, and a Hell of a Lot Louder, is an excursion into her Austin, Texas, life. It’s also laugh-out-loud funny, especially...

Two Months of Witches

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 31, 2022 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Books about witches are the perfect fit for fall. I dusted off my copies of Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic series and embarked on a two-month project. Then I read a brand-new book from Megan Giddings with a unique and thought-provoking witchy premise. Combining all...

Michelle Duster — Ida B. the Queen (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 19, 2022 | RESIST: Social Justice

Michelle Duster is the great-granddaughter of her subject, Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells. Her family preserves the legacy of this important woman. They deserve sincere kudos for keeping her memory alive because it’s inspiring to...

Azedah Moaveni — Lipstick Jihad (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 27, 2021 | RELAX: Memoir, RESIST: Politics

Azedah Moaveni writes part memoir and part political discussion in her 2005 book, Lipstick Jihad: Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran. Although the events in this book are over 20 years old, as I read it in 2021 the topics and issues felt relevant....

Vanguard — Martha S. Jones (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 20, 2021 | RESIST: Feminism, RESIST: Social Justice

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones made me rethink Black women’s activism. Most importantly, that activism started a full century sooner than I realized. And it happened through four primary...

Two Books About Oppression, Feminism, and Social Justice

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 9, 2021 | RESIST: Feminism, RESIST: Social Justice

Despite my chosen title, these books aren’t solely about oppression. They are inspiring and educational, albeit heavy reads. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 is history, biography, poetry, and introspection. Headscarves and Hymens:...

Etaf Rum — A Woman is No Man (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 13, 2021 | RELAX: Other Relaxation

Etaf Rum writes an affecting debut novel in A Woman is No Man. This broke my heart like someone was sitting on my chest in every chapter. The oppressive cultural aspects of this Palestinian-American family make even the most conservative households seem progressive....

Elizabeth Packard is The Woman They Could Not Silence
in Kate Moore’s New Book (Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jun 16, 2021 | RESIST: Feminism

Elizabeth Packard is the subject of Kate Moore’s new book, The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear. But I’ll venture to guess you’ve never heard of Mrs. Packard. Although her story is...

Dr. Jen Gunther, MD — The Menopause Manifesto (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 18, 2021 | LEARN: Everything Else, RESIST: Feminism

Dr. Jen Gunther, MD is my new chief explainer of women’s health. Her upcoming book, The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism is brilliant. It’s an utterly necessary addition to every 35+ woman’s bookshelf. Run, don’t walk, to your nearest...

Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women — Exposing Patriarchy (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | May 6, 2021 | RESIST: Feminism

Caroline Criado Perez covers extensive ground in Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. Because the world offers her illustrations galore of how we exclude women from data. Then she turns around and explains what this means in everyday women’s lives....

From Mikki Kendall—Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 27, 2020 | RESIST: Feminism, RESIST: Social Justice

When Mikki Kendall published Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot in early 2020, the situation was dire. Today, not even six months later, it’s even worse. The shooting of Breonna Taylor by police in her own home is just one reason. Countless...

Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 8, 2020 | RESIST: Feminism

The good news is you only have to wait until Tuesday 8/11 to read Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women from author Kate Manne. There is absolutely no better time to get the run down on male privilege, since it’s loud and proud all over social media and the news....

Stacy Schiff: Cleopatra: A Life—Shifting Sands of Power (Book Review)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 5, 2020 | LEARN: Everything Else

Stacy Schiff looks for hidden details about the world’s most famous female monarch in Cleopatra: A Life. And, believe me, those details hide among gobs of information about the men she loved. In order to tell Cleopatra’s life, Schiff really tells the stories of Caesar...

Book Review: Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 21, 2020 | RESIST: Feminism

The bestseller from Ronan Farrow, Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, documents the process of reporting a huge story. And it shows how that story was like nailing Jell-O to the wall. Or herding cats. Everything conspired against Farrow...

Book Review: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 24, 2020 | RELAX: Other Relaxation

Bernardine Evaristo writes a prose poetic novel, honoring a wide-ranging group of black British women in her 2019 book Girl, Woman, Other. The women represent many walks of life, various generations, and diverse personalities. They connect with each other, but the...

Book Review: Know My Name by Chanel Miller

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 3, 2020 | RELAX: Memoir, RESIST: Feminism

Chanel Miller went to a fraternity house party one evening, and woke up in the hospital the following morning. What happened in between is just one reason why she’s written a memoir. During the party, Miller got quite drunk and passed out. Her sister and friend...
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