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Yes, we have the depressingly realistic Handmaid’s Tale to satisfy our need for dystopian feminist horror, but once in a while we need to laugh at these related issues, even in these #metoo times (I say, speaking for myself, now, in the third person, and FOR you, in the male way). This is a very fun Leggi tutto

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrew McMeel Publishing for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. The Trouble with Women by Jacky Fleming is supposed to be a funny, sarcastic, take on the reasons why women don't appear in history books. Unfortunately, while the author might have written the truth abou Leggi tutto

Uma leitura rápida e cheia de sarcasmo sobre o motivo de não encontrarmos muitos nomes de mulheres quando estudamos a história da humanidade.

A unique tongue-in-cheek take on the history of women. I loved the sarcasm. Here are some of my favourite lines: In the Older Days there were no women which is why you don't come across them in history lessons at school.In the 700 years between Hildegard of Bingen and Jane Austen women writing was fr Leggi tutto

I love my history with a snide of snark. And does author Jacky Fleming ever deliver in The Trouble With Women . In this season of unbridled misogyny on display on the campaign trail, Fleming’s book provides the perfect antidote. This book, illustrated with winsome cartoons, recounts how “genius” afte Leggi tutto

★ 2016 AtY Reading Challenge ★ : A book with a great opening line . "In the Older Days there were no women which is why you don't come across them in history lessons at school. There were men and quite a few of them were Geniuses.Then there were a few women but their heads were very small so they were Leggi tutto