Which is why we put together an alternative back-to-school reading list ― one that feminist readers can get behind. The showrunners aren’t raping real women to satisfy the audience’s thirst for violent entertainment. But the feelings evoked by reading them are so similar to the claustrophobia of dating norms that they’re at once strange and way too familiar. Despite decades of feminist work to uncouple women from the specific identity of “wife and mother,” women typically face the bulk of such scrutiny even now. Feminist themes weave subtly throughout her stories, underscored by her perpetual desire to understand and empathize with the people around her.

Source: Huffington Post September 09, 2016 16:00 UTC