3 Books Nasty Women Will Love for Inauguration Weekend
Ilana Lucas
Ilana Lucas
Ilana is an English professor, theatre consultant and playwright based in Toronto, Canada. When she’s not at the theatre or insisting that literary criticism can be fun, she’s singing a cappella or Mozart, occasionally harmonizing with the symphony, or playing “Under Pressure” with her rock handbell group, Pavlov’s Dogs.
Brace yourself… the Inauguration is coming. What’s a Nasty Woman to do?
Whether you’re on a bus headed for the Women’s March on Washington, or on your couch with a bottle of wine (or three), you’re going to need some reading material to get through the upcoming changeover. So get nostalgic, get aware and get crunk with the three new volumes in this week’s book club.
<em>The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own</em>
really going to miss Michelle. The Princeton- (Tiger pride!) and Harvard Law-educated dynamo has been an absolute class act and inspiration, through her passion for numerous essential causes and initiatives, her unshakeable poise and her inimitably powerful speeches. The essays in The Meaning of Michelle share our love for one of the most influential First Ladies of all time, never content to be an extension of her husband, but brilliant and successful in her own right. The book teaches us how to say goodbye while giving us hope that we may not have to say goodbye permanently.<em>Closing the Courthouse Door: How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable</em>
National Jurist calls Chermerinsky one of the “Most Influential People in Legal Education,” and here he seeks to influence readers to not only look at specific decisions, but at the overall landscape of jurisprudence.<em>The Crunk Feminist Collection</em>
Crunk Feminist Collection, editors Cooper, Morris and Boylorn describe crunkness as a state of mind and a platform, “our commitment to feminist principles and politics.” How do you get crunk? Get wise to the world’s power structures, oppose oppression and create a supportive, empathetic space for those who tend to get shut out of the discussion by virtue of race, gender or identity. How do you do that? Reading this collection is a good start.Ilana Lucas
Ilana is an English professor, theatre consultant and playwright based in Toronto, Canada. When she’s not at the theatre or insisting that literary criticism can be fun, she’s singing a cappella or Mozart, occasionally harmonizing with the symphony, or playing “Under Pressure” with her rock handbell group, Pavlov’s Dogs.
Ilana Lucas
Ilana Lucas
Ilana is an English professor, theatre consultant and playwright based in Toronto, Canada. When she’s not at the theatre or insisting that literary criticism can be fun, she’s singing a cappella or Mozart, occasionally harmonizing with the symphony, or playing “Under Pressure” with her rock handbell group, Pavlov’s Dogs.