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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands | Kate Beaton

A hold came in from the library!! I am excited, was in need of something to sink my teeth into. Yes, I expect it to hurt my heart but I am ready for it. I hope I am ready for it. #ReadICT #GraphicNovelMemoir #BelieveWomen #OhCanada 🇨🇦❤️

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Lcsmcat

Clarissa: Or, the History of a Young Lady. Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life. ... By Mr. Samuel Richardson. In Eight Volumes | Samuel Richardson

A quote from the Rev. Dr. Lewen because I don‘t want to give Lovelace‘s whining any more air, and because it‘s a different voice. Buy even he seems to be laying all the responsibility on our #Clarissa! Not blaming her for what happened, but telling her to fix it or she‘s guilty of harming the next woman L decides to rape. Sheesh! Also, does anyone else find Richardson‘s prose harder to get through when he gets preachy, or is it just me? 🙄

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Lcsmcat Also, I‘m at the final day of a conference today and then will be driving home so, as they said on SNL back in the day “Talk among yourselves” and I‘ll chime in when I can. 🙂 1y

Currey @Lcsmcat It is not just you. Richardson puts some of his preaching into Clarissa‘s voice when she is correcting Anna‘s behavior or even when defending herself. It makes her decidedly less appealing when she is correcting but I appreciate her defending herself. It beats “woe is me”. 1y

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Amiable I continue to be amazed that -- given the time period, when women had so few legal rights-- people keep urging Clarissa to prosecute Lovelace. While I agree with Dr. Lewen that doing so may help prevent Lovelace from raping another woman, his tone is more “it has to be you because you are society's ideal of the perfect woman, so YOU are trustworthy and believable.“ Which is both a huge compliment to Clarissa and an unfair burden. ⬇️ (edited) 1y

Amiable And also an insult to other women. Although I could have missed his point-- maybe it also has to do with the fact that Clarissa has Lovelace's letters to Belford, where he expressed his evil plans in excruciating detail. So she has proof that it wasn't consensual and that she was drugged and held down. 1y

TheBookHippie It‘s very preachy and even with all her assets to make a good witness she won‘t be believed -not much has changed and the law wasn‘t on her side. I do appreciate something other than the woe is me narrative but I‘m not sure the author has captured what her voice would actually be like in reality …🤷🏻‍♀️ 1y

Lcsmcat @Amiable Does Dr. Lewen know she has the letters? (I can‘t remember who knows what.) But yes, he lays it on a bit thick about her perfection. Which seems like another burden on C‘s shoulders. 1y

Lcsmcat @Currey Much less appealing! 1y

Lcsmcat @TheBookHippie I think Clarissa is not portrayed as a real person, but more of an ideal. So there cannot be a real voice. 1y

TheBookHippie @Lcsmcat I agree I think I just wish it was real 🙃 1y

Lcsmcat @TheBookHippie We can live and hope. 😏 1y

Jerdencon I agree with everyone- and at times I find myself skimming a lot of the letters when they don‘t move the plot along… 1y

BarbaraJean YES about the preachiness, whoever's voice he puts it in and even if I agree! Clarissa's exhortations to Anna feel that way, as well as Belford's to Lovelace. @Amiable I was also surprised that she's being pressured to prosecute. Even a “paragon of virtue“ like Clarissa wouldn't be believed--her family doesn't believe her and I think that would carry a lot of weight against her. Definitely agree about that being a backhanded compliment as well! 1y

BarbaraJean Now that I've agreed with the problems inherent in her being pressured to prosecute... on the other hand, I found Lewen's encouragement to do so (especially in the quote above) a bit refreshing. It felt vindicating that Lewen believes her, and that he's encouraging her to stand up for herself. A bit #BelieveWomen, if you will. I don't agree with his guilt trip or the idea that she's to blame for future victims if she doesn't speak up, but still. 1y

Lcsmcat @BarbaraJean It would be nice (if not helpful to the plot) to hear Dr Lewen apply some of that pressure to Clarissa‘s family. Maybe get them to believe and support her before he asks Clarissa to stand up in open court. 1y

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Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls | Jeannine Amber, Carrie Goldberg

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This book was amazing, plain and simple. #nobodysvictim #carriegoldberg #timesup #metoo #believewomen

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Ekkross

Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation | Leora Tanenbaum

#believewomen #smashthepatriarchy

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Off topic, but that ring is gorgeous!! 6y

Ekkross Thanks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa ! (edited) 6y

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Owlizabeth

Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot | Winifred Conkling

There aren‘t many things that can get me to leave the house, voting is one of them! Now back to reading.... #believewomen #vote

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Lea

Men Explain Things to Me (Updated) | Rebecca Solnit

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I started this pre Kavanaugh hearings and it just became more and more relevant as I read on. History just keeps repeating itself. Things change but the essays written here could have been written this week. It‘s important, it gut wrenching. #readwomen #believewomen

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tournevis

Untitled | Unknown

I may not be American and this is not book related, but let me make it clear, because it's not only an American issue. #believeher #ibelieveher #believewomen #believesurvivors

2BR02B Thank you. Sad that this is a contentious opinion in so much of the world. 6y

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ManyWordsLater

Men Explain Things to Me (Updated) | Rebecca Solnit

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History is bound to repeat itself if we do not learn from it.
This section is suddenly 100% relevant.
Solnit has such an eye for relevant and enlightening events. Her explanations of feminism open my mind.
#feminism #believewomen #essays #nonfiction #femaleauthor #readharder #educate #resist

Trismegistus Solnit gets so succinctly at things it takes me forever to say. She really is an excellent author. 6y

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nadine_swartz

Le Divorce | Diane Johnson

While I have more than a issues with this novel, she hits the nail right on the head here. #believewomen

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