It's a challenging existence and it comes in many forms. Good thing there's plenty of literature to guide us through the nuances and celebrations of being a woman. We talk about what books we might give to our daughters.
Note - this episode was recorded when it was (briefly!) legal for two members of different households to mix indoors.
Angela's first aid kit:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Nicola's first aid kit:
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
The Bell Jar by Syvia Plath
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy
Other resources/books we mention:
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
How 'The Bell Jar' Became Pop Culture's Code for Female Sadness (Nylon)
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly
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