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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
Tweet Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection by developmental psychologist Niobe Way is a must-read for anyone concerned with the so-called “boy crisis,” anyone who is raising a boy in the U.S., and anyone who doubts that feminism can—and should—improve the lives of boys and men. In this richly-researched book, based on [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Lucy
TweetMelissa Harris Perry and others have been deconstructing just how disturbing the movie, The Help, really is. I haven’t seen it, nor have I read the book, but I recently picked up another book at my mom’s recommendation that deals with some of the same themes in a way that was powerful, complex, and surprising [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: America Pacifica
TweetAmerica Pacifica, written by Jezebel blogger Anna North, is about the end of the world. As such, you might expect it to be dark and cynical. On the first count, you would be right. North paints a gruesome picture of post-ice age America–complete with class warfare, synthetic everything, and violence, violence everywhere. On the latter [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Hunger Games
TweetMaya and I decided to take on The Hunger Games in tandem. Check it. Court: The biggest tension for me in this uber-popular young adult fiction book, which is set to be turned into a film, is between my absolute thrill at reading about such a dynamic, strong, complex teenage girl protagonist and just being [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Half of a Yellow Sun