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This book looks at the old matriarchal societies, differing greatly from the ones we live in today. Once, women ruled. They had many rights and were not only respected but looked to for guidance on the deepest matters of life. They played every role in a community. Today, we have fallen far from the relationship we once had with nature, the living worlds around us. The book examines the demonization of women and its parallels to the⬇️

All. The. Stars.

I could not stop listening. Such a beautiful journey for a beautiful soul. This is a great discussion of religion, theology, gender, humanity, love. It has an interesting and lovely connection to “When God was a Woman.” Her description of her thought processes and her experiences really resonated with me and was refreshing to hear. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

After watching a few of her TEDtalks, I cannot wait to give this a listen.
#PaulaStoneWilliams #AsAWoman #audiobook #ReadByTheAuthor

Erstmal dachte ich es ist ein normaler Roman, wo sie etwas über sich erzählt hat, aber nach ner Zeit kam immer mehr zum Thema Feminismus. Dieses Buch hat mich mal wieder dran erinnert, was wir Frauen weltweit für Benachteiligungen erfahren und dass wir ALLE gemeinsam gegen dieses System ankämpfen müssen! #feminism #patriarchy

A fascinating story of a woman lost in the shadow of a man's life story, a tale as old as time. Eileen O'Shaugnessy wrote a dystopian poem '1984' before her husband George's opus, went to Spain & helped order the republican fight leading to her facing death on both fascist + stalinist blacklists,+gave ideas toward Animal Farm, but is barely mentioned in Homage to Catalonia or biographies of Orwell. An excellent book that was compelling read.

Still reading books from last years Women‘s Prize NF and they have all been BRILLIANT reads - more so than this years imo. I wasn‘t really drawn to this but I‘m glad I read it - loved the way it was written, the way Funder gives Eileen a voice and shows another side to Orwell (so misogynistic) that his biographers tried to sidestep. A tale as old as time really - a man not acknowledging a woman‘s part/taking credit for all the work.

Super interesting read, and a really interesting perspective, focusing on a woman who has been largely forgotten by history

3.5 🌟 a disturbing dystopian read, with parallels to the handmaids tale but much much darker. Playing on the cruelty of teenage girls to each other and for perfection is spookily familiar in todays society , throw in how women have lost the right to their own bodies in the USA and many other countries & the aggressive dominance of men & the eroding of women‘s rights world wide it is eerily reminiscent & scary,

It‘s late there‘s a fine 🤣so binge reading in the British spring sunshine ☀️ 😎