Author Archives: Misty

The Bitch is Back (and hooray for that!)

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Misty

A few years ago, when in the span of about four years I got a Ph.D., got a real job as an assistant professor, moved across the country to a part of the world I’d never inhabited with a man … Continue reading →

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Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism by Camille Paglia

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Misty

Camille Paglia captures all her best provocations, smoke bombs, and sturdy anti-establishmentarianism in this collection of essays, opening with excerpts from her hefty and admittedly groundbreaking Sexual Personae (1990) and ending with recent publications on Salon.com affirming her stance on … Continue reading →

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Divided We Stand, by Marjorie J. Spruill

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Misty

Depending on how you look at it, feminism has either become more acceptable and mainstream, or it continues to be perceived by most young women as a radical dogma that requires one to forego personal grooming and to revile men. … Continue reading →

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Women Writers Reading: Teresa LaBella reads Colleen Hoover

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Misty

This Christmas I gave myself the best book I’ve ever or quite possibly will ever read. In It Ends with Us, author Colleen Hoover explores the complexities of human emotion, entangled layers of relationships, chance meetings and chances missed and … Continue reading →

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Susan Carroll and the Allure of the Regency Romp

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Misty

I’m doing it again. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, and there is more time to snuggle on the couch reading. I could be diving into all the wonderful new literary fiction that’s out there (just found Margaret … Continue reading →

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Women Writers Reading: Teresa LaBella reads Ciji Ware

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Misty

I’ve read two books by this author. My motivation and interest in reading both extended beyond entertainment to assistance in researching a story I plan to write. A Race to Splendor dropped me in the middle of earthquake-ravaged San Francisco … Continue reading →

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