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February picks

Fiction- Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson
Non-fiction- tagged

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Stacy, I‘m so excited to read this book! What a fun shirt!! I love the book coasters, too! Thank your for being such an awesome friend! 🤗 #LitsyLove

I think I heard about this book through and interview with the author on a podcast; otherwise I was completely unaware of this story.

In 1999 (!) MIT admitted to discriminating against women scientists (ongoing at the time, not just in the past). They corrected their practices, but as related in the epilogue, there are still men who think women don't have as much of an aptitude for science as men do 🙄

Fascinating

A fascinating book with a sense of humor! I love linguistic history and this book really delved deep. I learned all kinds of fascinating nuggets. For example, did you know that the “hus” in “husband” and the “house” in “housewife” come from the same thing?! The author did share some opinions that I side-eyed as on the border of TERFy. Note: the title is a little misleading; this book is very specifically about English.

“She worked to help the people of New York.”

This book would be great in the classroom, especially to celebrate Black History Month and to help students dream and teach them that they can achieve their dreams.

The illustrations this book are really good. The storyline in this book is also very inspiring.

Philippa Gregory is known for historical fiction about royalty but this is nonfiction about the normal women who are often left out of the history books. It was VERY detailed and it was interesting to see all the challenges women have faced over time. Ideally, i think this one should be read in short installments. I‘ll probably come back to again in the future to absorb a bit more detail.

This was my #DoubleSpin for November.

https://youtu.be/STTrRr1ksCE?si=BPaoLj2Cx7JIg02K

Velshi‘s editorial is an excellent reminder about the privilege and work of civic engagement!