This post is part of the 2013 Feminist Reads Challenge. To learn more about the challenge or join in, click here. by Izzy Labbe I was talking to my mom’s best friend the other day, and she told me a story about a project she had to do on the state of Nebraska when she was…
This post is part of the 2013 Feminist Reads Challenge. To learn more about the challenge or join in, click here. by Dee Putri I was born on April 21st. Here in Indonesia, that’s Hari Kartini (Kartini’s Day), a celebration of the day Kartini was born. Who is Kartini? Her full name is Raden Ajeng…
This post is part of the Feminist Reads Challenge! Read more about why SPARK is doing the challenge here, and sign up to do it yourself here. by Luci Navas Sharry Jessica Valenti’s book Full Frontal Feminism is arguably the first book that really introduced me to what I needed to know about women’s rights.…
by Madeleine Nesbitt Here at SPARK, we love good books. In fact, often we find ourselves torn after reading books, because really great writing sometimes comes from misogynists. Our blogger Sariel expressed her feelings about this, saying, “I love Kerouac and Hemingway etc.but I do NOT love the way they treated and wrote about women.”…