My Top 3 Feminist Reads: Her Body and Other Parties 

Cover Art for Her Body and Other Parties, 2017. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Machado, 2017  Following my earlier analyses of Madeline Miller’s Circe and Saba Sams’ Send Nudes, this final review examines Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties,  in...

My Top 3 Feminist Reads: Send Nudes

Cover art for Send Nudes by Saba Sams, 2022 Send Nudes by Saba Sams, 2022 Where Madeline Miller’s Circe reclaims female agency within mythological retelling, the second narrative in my series of reviews, Saba Sams’ Send Nudes,  transposes that same feminist lens into...

Racheltjie de Beer: Courage, Selflessness, and Family Bonds

Courage to Protect, Helen Barnard, 2025. In this second part of Racheltjie de Beer’s story, we read further of her bravery, selfless love, and the strong family ties that make her legacy so special.  Her story continues to show us today that fearlessness and love can...

My Top 3 Feminist Reads: Madeline Miller’s Circe

Cover art for the 2018 novel Circe by Madeline Miller via Wikipedia. For centuries, children’s and young adults literature has historically struggled regarding issues of gender representation.  ‘As early as the eighteenth century, parents and educators have recognized...

Racheltjie de Beer: Resourcefulness of a Young Girl

Great Heart, Helen Barnard, 2025. This is the first of a two-part blog series, exploring the timeless South African folktale of Racheltjie de Beer. It is a story that resonates with young girls today, because it teaches us that strength and love can shine in the face...

The Cranes are Flying: A Young Soviet Woman’s Life

US release poster for the soviet film, The Cranes Are Flying, (1957). John J. Lomasney, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Released in 1957, The Cranes are Flying (Летят журавли) is the only Soviet film to ever win the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in...

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