2014 has been declared as the year of reading women by the Guardian in an article. This article now went viral with the hashtag: #readwomen 2014, with more and more readers joining, and new notes and links appearing continually in the twitterstream. Here's the key line from the original article:
"Female authors are marginalised by newspapers and literary journals, and their books are given 'girly' covers. Take action against this inequality by making sure the next book you read is by a woman."*
#readwomen2014
Here are the links to the original article, the twitterstream and a tagboard with collected messages:
- the original article by Joanna Walsh: Will #readwomen2014 change our sexist reading habits?
- Joanna Walsh's blog with cards +list: readwomen2014 - The List
- Twitterstream: #readwomen2014
- Goodreads book list: The Year of Reading Women
- Tagboard: #readwomen 2014
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blog links
And some links to related features in this blog:
- Women to Read in SciFi: Where to Start & New Voices
- Blue Fifth Review: "Male Voices" + & "Glass Woman Special" with many extra links, including: Race, Class, Gender & Sexuality in Indie Publishing + indie lit scene gender imbalance
- Elevate Difference
- The Glass Woman Prize
- The Afghan Women's Writing Project
- The politics of fiction + Reading and Race
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