Teach Me (There's Something About Marysburg, #1)

by Olivia Dade

Sometimes being a forty-two-year-old professional sucked enormous, hairy kiwis.

Being a woman didn’t obligate her to make men—or anyone—comfortable in her presence.

“In my class, I don’t save discussions of women for women’s history month, because if we don’t talk about women, we’re not addressing half the population. If you don’t know what they were doing, what rights they did or didn’t have, how they affected their culture and government and economy, you don’t know history. Period.”

History is written by those in power, but those deprived of power deserve to be seen too. For the sake of their humanity, but also because their stories are crucial in understanding world history.

“No one insults Tim Burton.” Bianca paused. “Except about issues of diversity and maybe gender dynamics.” Another pause, and then she recovered herself. “No one.”

“And women often get cast as villains for trying to be the heroes of their own stories, so better to embrace the role from the start. Make it your own.”