My world as a book worm

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race By  Reni Eddo-Lodge Published:  1st june 2017 Genre:  Feminism, politics Edition : Ebook Source:  Bought Pages:  249 My rating : 2/5  Goodreads rating : 4.42/5 Read:  2018 Faced with the collective forgetting, we must strive to remember The book was born after a post with the same title in the author's blog. It was a post that everybody was talking about and Reni decided to write a bit more about the subject. The book talks about the Historical part of the black people coming to the UK as slaves. The book shows, from Reni point of view and life experience of how it is to be a black person in today's world, especially in the UK. Also, there is a chapter about how it is to be a black feminist woman as well. With her own experiences. As any other non-fictional book, people can agree or disagree with the author's point of view. It doesn't mean that whoever disag...

The Beauty Myth By  Naomi Wolf Published:  24th setember 2002 Genre:  Feminism Edition : Ebook Source:  Bought Pages:  368 My rating : 4/5  Goodreads rating : 3.89/5 Read:  2017/18 "Beauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it." The Plot  This is a nonfiction book about the reality of the beauty myth. The author goes in a trip of the beauty history and how the human being related himself and especially herself to it. It is a deep reflection about what it is beauty, what does it represent and how far can a person go for this concept of beaty and to be/feel accepted. It was always an issue through the times. The book is divided in eight chapters: beauty myth, work, religion, culture, sex, hunger, violence and general.  Where the action takes place   Worldwide. How is it written Exhaustive reflection mode with historical and scientifi...

The vagina Monologues  By Eve Enslen  Published : 3rd may 2001  Genre : Feminism, nonfiction, plays, drama  Edition : ebook  Source: Purchased  Pages: 185  My rate : 4/5  Goodreads rate : 3.86/5  “The heart is capable of sacrifice. So is the vagina. The heart is able to forgive and repair. It can change it's shape to let us in. It can expand to let us out. So can the vagina. It can ache for us and stretch for us, die for us and bleed and bleed us into this difficult, wondrous world. So can the vagina. I was there in the room. I remember.” I wanted to read this book for a while. However, was always one of those that  I would read another day. with the Good reads group "One shared shelf", early this year I decided "This is it! I am going to buy it and read it."  As I have a kobo, I decided for the on line version. And I was not disappointed.  This review is going to be slightly different due to the kin...