“My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book and then my dad would sit down and explain it to her like she was an idiot.” BookRomanceReadingNovelMomDadDown AndMajorityHistoricalMy DadFeministMy MomIdiotRomance Novel Author:Kathleen Hanna
“When I became a feminist, when the movement started in the late sixties, I started writing because I had something urgent to say. My first novel, Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, is the product of that urgency.” WritingFirstsNovelMovementProductsLateFeministMemoirQueensSixtyExesUrgentUrgencyPromProm Queen Author:Alix Kates Shulman
“I don't mind being called a "feminist," as I certainly embrace the tenets of feminism, though it does feel a little sad to me that we need to call a novel "feminist" simply because the female characters are interesting and strong.” NeedsFeelsMindLittlesDoeCharacterStrongInterestingNovelFeminismFemaleEmbraceFeministFemale Characters Author:Laurie Foos
“I was reading Raymond Chandler very much with the feminist eye. In six of his seven novels, it's the woman who presents herself in a sexual way, who is the main bad person. And then you start reading more fiction, whether crime fiction or straight fiction, it's just bad girls trying to make good boys do bad things, going all the way back to Adam and Eve. The woman that thou gavest me made me do it, Adam says to God.” WayTryingPersonsMadeEyeGirlReadingFictionBoysNovelCrimeSixSevenFeministBad ThingsAdamCrime FictionAdam And EveBad GirlGood BoyReading More Author:Sara Paretsky