March Wrap-up

March is done! And what a busy month it was. I only have like three weeks left in my undergrad degree, which is crazy. I handed in my thesis!! Finally!! Anyway, onto the wrap-up.

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Books Read

I didn’t get to read any books this month 😦 it was all academic papers and my thesis.

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Reviews posted

A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab: 4 stars

Underrated books: Poison Study

Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar: 4 stars

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Book discussions posted

Feminist books!

Classics (by women) I want to read

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Recommendations given

Monthly recommendations: historical fiction

Discussion and recommendations for… teenage boys

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Haul

My friends got me A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft for my birthday because they know me so well. I’m super excited to read it!

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From around the internet

The cost of domestic violence is astonishing: from the Washington Post. This is a super interesting look at the economic impact of domestic violence. I was supposed to take a class this semester looking at the economics of social issues, including domestic violence, which was unfortunately cancelled. So I was happy to see something similar talked about in every day media!

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Creating the Next Bechdel Test: for those of you who don’t know what the Bechdel Test is, it’s essentially a way of determining female representation in movies. The criteria currently are: two named women have a conversation about something other than a man. This article proposes a new one to determine how many women were involved in the production (etc.) of the movie.

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For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist. To Rise Above Our Past, We Must Acknowledge It: from National Geographic. This is one of my favourites this month and I highly recommend reading it!

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What If Girls Knew They Were Allowed to Be Angry?: by Mara Wilson, from Elle. I love Mara Wilson, and this article really spoke to me. I think anger is really important for activism and I think women are too often told we aren’t allowed to be angry. I really like her exploration of that.

“All my life I’d wondered where the other angry girls were. Suddenly, they were everywhere.”

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When Doctors Don’t Listen to Women: from the New York Times. This was so so so interesting and I highly recommend it!

“Becoming a disappointment to a man,” she writes, “seemed to do the trick.”

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Stephen Hawking Is Dead, Not ‘Free’: this was one of my favourite pieces I read about Stephen Hawking passing away. It really looks at the implicit ablism in society and I really recommend it.

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Keep shouting, don’t become anesthetized, pope tells young people: from Reuters. I’m not Catholic, but I am Christian and I really like this pope. I love how he’s embraced so many changes that would have otherwise been overlooked by previous popes.

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Other news and highlights

For Woman of the Month, I highlighted Katsuko Saruhashi, a Japanese scientist and feminist.

I also discussed some of my recent non-bookish favourites, which was a fun post to write!

Personal highlights

• I went to Canmore for the night to celebrate 5 years with my boyfriend, which was a lot of fun.
• I had a birthday brunch with my friends at this place called Cacao 70 which was amazing. Honestly, if there’s one where you live I highly recommend going for brunch. Get the dark chocolate fondue!
• Saw Justice Edwin Cameron speak about stigma surround HIV and he was amazing. Seriously, look him up. He’s a judge from South Africa who’s openly gay and living with HIV and has been vocal about since the time of Mandela (who personally made him a justice). It was honestly one of the best talks I’ve ever been to.
• I handed in my honours thesis!!!!! I’m so proud of it and so happy it’s finally done.
• My friend held a birthday/we-handed-in-out-theses party and it was so much fun.

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How was your month?

Thanks for reading! xx