Ballerina's with wrenches, a stubborn Miss Muffet and high heel cloning projects are just 3 of the 27 gender bending scenarios in Jacinta Bunnell and Julie Novak's Girl's are not Chick's coloring book. A yellow front and back cover is filled with multi-colored stars, the front featuring an upside down chick and on the flip side, a broken shell with the following definition
Continue reading...12. August 2009
This is a novelized true story by Ann Hansen describing vividly the rise and eventual downfall of the Canadian urban guerrilla group Direct Action. The book is engaging from the start, opening with a dramatic police ambush.
Continue reading...12. April 2009
Though you might not know it judging from the tenor of "post-feminist" discourse, young women's positive conceptions of themselves and their futures are the result of the first- to third-wave feminist movements. Such is the blessing and curse of many a successful campaign -- gains are so positive, people can take them and the organizing, fearlessness and sacrifice that got us here for granted.
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12. November 2009
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