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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Helen Lewis A few years ago, when a devastating pandemic was a much more theoretical proposition, I read Emily St John Mandel’s beautiful, lyrical Station Eleven,…moreA few years ago, when a devastating pandemic was a much more theoretical proposition, I read Emily St John Mandel’s beautiful, lyrical Station Eleven, about the days before (and decades after) a devastating global flu outbreak. I fell in love with it so hard that I forced at least half a dozen friends to read it too. Now her next book is finally here: The Glass Hotel.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Helen Lewis I get very, very unhappy. It's like insomnia, isn't it? The less you feel like writing, the more you start to worry about how little you've written, a…moreI get very, very unhappy. It's like insomnia, isn't it? The less you feel like writing, the more you start to worry about how little you've written, and the more panicked you get about the idea you might never feel like writing again.

You have to break the loop. Get up from the desk. Go for a walk. Call a friend. Do something you enjoy. The hardest bit is that you have to do that trusting that although it looks less productive in the short term, it's actually making you more productive in the long term. Trust yourself.(less)

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The Bluestocking, vol 154

Happy Friday!

Earlier this week, Bluestocking reader Chris chastised me for saying in the last newsletter that it felt as though things were getting back to normal. He was correct to do so; my solemn vow not to have any uninformed opinions on the R0 rate is henceforth reinstated.

This week, I have been reading Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund’s Left Out, which covers the Corbyn project from t

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“Your vagina is not a democracy. No one else gets a vote on what you do with it.”
― Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

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“Women's history should not be a shallow hunt for heroines.”
― Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

tags: feminism, women-s-history

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“I want to restore the complexity to feminist pioneers. Their legacies might be contested, they might have made terrible strategic choices and they might not have lived up to the ideals they preached. But they mattered. Their difficulty is part of the story.”
― Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights

tags: feminism, feminists, women

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