by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 22, 2019 | MISCELLANEOUS
I recently listened to a podcast where old-school Hollywood powerhouse Alan Alda interviewed author Ann Patchett. And I was appalled at the casual manner in which both of them accepted and propagated gendered beliefs about readers. Patchett quoted statistics: 80% of...
by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 12, 2018 | LEARN: Everything Else, RESIST: Feminism
In Delusions of Gender, Cordelia Fine, PhD sets out to debunk the prevailing opinions about the male and female genders. The subtitle says it all: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference. She reviews large quantities of studies, articles, and...
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