tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post6916622274473523170..comments2023-06-14T08:24:18.553-04:00Comments on The Feminist Underground: Your 2008 Feminist Reading Listhabladorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-83882869063580938012009-01-09T18:12:00.000-05:002009-01-09T18:12:00.000-05:00There had BETTER be a sequel to The Hunger Games! ...There had BETTER be a sequel to The Hunger Games! What, oh what, will Katniss do now?Storystitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516289912631402074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-33060965796913221562009-01-08T18:45:00.000-05:002009-01-08T18:45:00.000-05:00zombietron, I would hope that a female writer woul...zombietron, I would hope that a female writer would consider the option of using something other than "he." Frustrating.<BR/><BR/>The recs on the feministing blog are good, too. I liked <I>The Likeness</I> by Tana French a lot, as a big mystery buff. Mystery is one genre where you have a lot of solid female writers. Other books written by women that I liked are <BR/><I>A Person of Interest</IJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00590540336794948058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-70244151292292789212009-01-08T00:35:00.000-05:002009-01-08T00:35:00.000-05:00We got some great suggestions when we asked the sa...We got some great suggestions when we asked the same question on the <A HREF="http://community.feministing.com/2009/01/amazoncoms-best-books-of-2008.html#comments" REL="nofollow">feministing community blog</A>, which we did because we were annoyed at <A HREF="http://evilslutopia.com/2009/01/amazons-best-man-books-of-2008.html" REL="nofollow">Amazon's top 100 editor's picks </A> list for having THE EVIL SLUT CLIQUEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11123136759394345810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-86829265609517248812009-01-07T17:58:00.000-05:002009-01-07T17:58:00.000-05:00Great post! I've really been wanting to read some ...Great post! I've really been wanting to read some good fiction with feminist characters, as you said strong woman characters are hard to find. I recently read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin, which is about a planet of people who have no gender, but I was kind of annoyed because the entire book, even though the people have no gender, they are all referred to as He.<BR/>Ah well...zombietronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690713472103969331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-36180448975348119592009-01-07T11:41:00.000-05:002009-01-07T11:41:00.000-05:00Stiffed by Susan Faludi.The Obesity Myth by Paul C...<I>Stiffed</I> by Susan Faludi.<BR/><I>The Obesity Myth</I> by Paul Campos (not explicity feminist but does a great job of dismantling diet culture, which I think is a feminist issue).<BR/><I>All About Love: New Visions</I> and <I>Communion: The Female Search for Love</I> by bell hooks. I read <I>Communion</I> first without realizing it was the last book in a trilogy. In 2009 I intend to get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com