Cross-cultural “Stuff”
From the Archives: Slouching Toward Jerusalem
I really meant to have a brand new blog post for you all today, but the one I was working expanded in all directions (six asterisked footnotes at last count) and finally turned into a tangled mess. The footnotes are currently the only readable part. Rather than leaving you without a Friday post, I’m sharing…
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Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women’s Fight for Their Rights, written by Mikki Kendall, author of Hood Feminism, and illustrated by A. D’Amico, is the perfect book to bridge the gap between Black History Month and Women’s History Month. The book starts with a diverse group of young women discussing the question…
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What’s her Name: A History of the World in 80 Lost Women
What’s Her Name: A History of the World in 80 Lost Women is exactly the book I would have expected from the creators of the popular What’sHerName podcast. Olivia Meikle and Katie Nelson not only tell the stories of forgotten women with their trademark combination of wit, enthusiasm and rock-solid research, they use those stories…
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