A Year of Feminist Classics

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An Updated Reading List

29 Comments Posted by amckiereads on December 3, 2010

Hello to all Year of Feminist Classics participants! Ana, Emily, Iris and I are so very happy to have you with us on this journey. It was pointed out to us by a wonderful blogging friend (thank you Niranjana!) that our list was very Western centric. We made a few changes, and would like to present you with our updated reading list.

January: A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft AND So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba – Amy
February: The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill – Ana
March: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen – Emily
April: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Iris
May: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf – Ana
June: God Dies by the Nile by Nawal Saadawi – Amy
July: The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir – Iris
August: The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston – Emily
September: The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf – Amy
October: Ain’t I a Woman? by bell hooks AND Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism Anthology – Iris
November: Gender Trouble by Judith Butler – Ana
December: Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde – Emily

It is still heavily focused on Western authors but we have made a few inclusions. There are way too many books and authors to choose from and I have a feeling that we might just have to keep the project going into 2012 😉 If you would like to discuss one of the books we’ve removed from the list don’t fear – we’d still love to read it and discuss it separately perhaps on our own blogs or through email discussions.

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29 responses to “An Updated Reading List”

Willa December 4, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Good reading list, I am really looking forward to getting started!!

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- amymckie December 4, 2010 at 8:35 pm
  I’m glad you like the updates Willa! I can’t wait either 🙂
  
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kmcnarywood December 10, 2010 at 6:14 pm
I am very interested in joining the discussion. I have an ecofeminist blog (www.killingmother.blogspot.com) and would love to participate. How do I sign up for email updates and get myself on the participants list?

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- amymckie December 10, 2010 at 7:52 pm
  Well… not sure who has been updating the participants list but you can sign up here on the mister linky: http://www.inlinkz.com/wpview.php?id=23250 and that will tell us to put you on the participants list!
  
  Also, I added a button up top to subscribe by email 🙂 Thank you for pointing out that we were missing that.
  
  Thanks for joining in!
  
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Allie December 12, 2010 at 5:48 am
I’ll be joining you ladies in March and May.

Ain’t I a Woman is an excellent choice. I read it in college and loved it. 🙂

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- amymckie December 12, 2010 at 6:31 pm
  Thanks for joining us Allie! And glad to hear the book is so good 🙂
  
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Bookeater [aka Emily] December 20, 2010 at 4:58 pm
I’m really excited about this! I’ve read a few of the books and will read along with some of the books you’ve chosen. I was wondering if you could change my link to eatthebooks.com (recently made the move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org!). Thanks!

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- amymckie December 25, 2010 at 7:08 pm
  OK, I’m not sure who has been taking care of the list but we can do that! Thank you Emily 🙂
  
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- nymeth January 2, 2011 at 2:15 pm
  Fixed!
  
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ellen December 24, 2010 at 10:26 am
great list updates. i’ve been kind of hovering on the edges for a while, debating signing up – but finally have. i’ll probably only be able to read the “classics” on here (i just mean the books that are in public domain) because i live in macedonia and can’t get ahold of newer books, but i’m looking forward to reading everyone’s thoughts on the books i’m not able to read.

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- amymckie December 25, 2010 at 7:09 pm
  I’m glad you like the updates Ellen! And that makes sense about the books – some of them are harder to get a hold of unfortunately.
  
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Patricia December 29, 2010 at 3:33 am
I don’t know if I am in the right place to let you know I would like to take part in your reading challenge – the books chosen are just wonderful and I am really looking forward to the group reads.

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- amymckie December 31, 2010 at 2:35 pm
  Definitely Patricia, we’re happy to have you! I’m excited that you are looking forward to it!
  
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Becca December 29, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I think this is a cool project. I know you’re getting into some third wave stuff in the last few months, but may I suggest you also post, or recommend that people read, some third wave critiques of the earlier months’ books in the months they are reading them as well? 🙂

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- amymckie December 31, 2010 at 2:36 pm
  Thank you Becca – and yes, we DEFINITELY welcome and want guest posts from whoever is interested! If you want, just send us an email at feministclassics[at]gmail.com
  
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Helen January 1, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Hello! Just found this, and I think it’s a great idea. Lots of books here I’ve always meant to read and never quite managed to, so I’m going to try to join you all this year.

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- nymeth January 1, 2011 at 9:16 pm
  Thank you for joining us, Helen!
  
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Robyn January 3, 2011 at 10:05 pm
I just signed up. I’m on hiatus from grad school at the moment, so this gives me good things to read and write on while at home! What a great project, and I look forward to reading everyone’s insights.

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- Emily Jane January 3, 2011 at 10:12 pm
  Excellent! We’re glad to have ya, Robyn!
  
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Vicki January 7, 2011 at 12:55 pm
This looks like a great project – I’ve been reading more feminist literature recently but have been looking for something to give me a bit of a structured course so please count me in!

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- amymckie January 20, 2011 at 3:49 am
  Great thanks for joining Vicki! We are so glad to have you 🙂
  
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fizzysister January 9, 2011 at 12:01 pm
What a wonderful idea, count me signed up for the whole list. I’m really looking forward to getting my teeth into them. Although I have been trying to read Vindication for the last year or so, so it’ll be good to have some company, and I’ll hopefully finally finish it!

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- amymckie January 20, 2011 at 3:49 am
  Yay so excited to have you fizzysister!! I wish you luck in finishing it too 😉
  
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Shelley January 11, 2011 at 4:05 pm
I’d be delighted to be on the list of potential (or additional) reads.

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- amymckie January 20, 2011 at 3:50 am
  Oh great Shelley! Do send us an email with thoughts if you have any.
  
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