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What book would you like OSS to read for May/June 2018? (you can also upload your own suggestion).
HOW TO VOTE:
Click the book cover of the title you'd like to vote for.
**Please do not submit duplicate write-ins.**
HOW TO VOTE:
Click the book cover of the title you'd like to vote for.
**Please do not submit duplicate write-ins.**
The Hate U Give
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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
The Secret Life of Bees
Circe
The Glass Castle
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The Vegetarian
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The Second Sex
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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening
Sing, Unburied, Sing
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Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
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Educated: A Memoir
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The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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I Capture the Castle
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A Room of One's Own
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The Female Persuasion
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Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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Her Body and Other Parties
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You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
The Hour of the Star
You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, & Other Mixed Messages
The Story of My Tits
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The Farming of Bones
None of the Above
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Bleak House
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Fight Like A Girl
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
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King Kong Theory
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Pachinko
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The Equality Illusion: The Truth About Women And Men Today
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The Beauty Myth
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future
Desert Flower
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
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The Taxidermist's Daughter
Listening for Lions
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Bitch Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults
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Red Clocks
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The Descent of Man
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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Women, Race, and Class
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Frankenstein
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Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower
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The Nightingale
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The Summer Without Men
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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
Death in Ten Minutes
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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
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War's Unwomanly Face
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The Man in the High Castle
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1)
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White Houses
Song of a Captive Bird
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Nights at the Circus
Brown Girl Dreaming
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Eat, Pray, Love
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
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I've Got My Period. So What?
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The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within
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Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
Daddy's Curse
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Rise Sister Rise: A Guide to Unleashing the Wise, Wild Woman Within
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Summary & Study Guide
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The Atomic Weight of Love
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
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The Astonishing Color of After
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman
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Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins
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God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha, #1)
The Hummingbird's Daughter
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Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
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Kindred
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The Gate to Women's Country
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Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution
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Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
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The Cows
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Hunger
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Suitors and Sabotage
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The Break
Trumping the Rape Culture and Sexual Assault
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
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Love Demystified: Strategies for a Successful Love Life
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Humeirah
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The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
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Capitalism and Freedom
Three King Mackerel and a Mahi Mahi
A Necessary Clearing
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The Problem that Has No Name
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
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Happening
When She Woke
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Women vs Feminism: Why We All Need Liberating from the Gender Wars
Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
The Immundus
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Trusting the Currents
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Hidden
Turn On, Tune Out
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Think and Grow Rich
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Dina's Book
A Life
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America Is Not the Heart
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Long Walk to Freedom
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If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him: The Pilgrimage Of Psychotherapy Patients
The Feminine Mystique
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The Brightest Sun
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The Last Magician (The Last Magician, #1)
Rebecca
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Apr 26, 2018 07:51PM
I've been wanting to read "Come as you are" for a long time and I believe with all that is out there about making women feel supported in not just their sexuality, but also their sensuality, I think there is no time like right now that we should be reading books about unlocking female pleasure as the "pleasure gap" in hetrosexual couples is quite astounding (men get off about 95% of the time in terms of an orgasm whereas females only about between 45-60% of the time in terms of an orgasm)
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MeerderWörter wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author."Whatever a "female" writer is."
Someone whose sex is female.
Jasmine wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author."Whatever a "female" writer is."
Someone whose sex is female."
Well, then you miss out on many great people if you equate woman with female...
Anything by Arundhati Roy or Joan Didion? I would highly recommend all you to read The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. It's full of interesting characters but to me, Ammu stands out the most. She is effing badass! And we could also choose from the non-fiction works of her. I would just like to say that, this group's reading list be expanded to the books from Asian countries, countries from Indian sub-continent also! We are missing out on those. There are many writers there! Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Shashi Deshpande, K R Meera, Ismat Chughtai, Sudha Murthy, Abha Dawesar and many!! Chughtai's book 'Lihaaf' in an important short fiction on same-sex relationship. I am from Bangladesh but not including any books from my country right now because we have a few translated work but we also have many brave female writers like Selina Hossain, Jahanara Imam, Anowara Syed Haque.
Sorry for such wordy comment!
Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author."Jasmine being a feminist doesn't mean excluding men and what they have to say and that is also not what this book club is about.
wow there are a lot of books to pick from, many I can't wait to read, that I have put on my to read list.But there also seems to be a number of books suggested that have nothing to do with feminism, simply that they have some vague connection to women. As much fun as it is voting, I think I prefer Emma picking the books because at least then I know the book has been picked with much consideration and will be on topic and food for thought.
Don't get me wrong I have added a lot of the suggested books to my to read list and a lot of them would be a great pick for this month.
Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author."Jasmine being a feminist doesn't mean excluding men and what they have to say and that is also not w..."
Female empowerment does mean men taking a step back, being heard less and instead women receiving more attention for their achievements so I'm perfectly happy with my original statement thank you. It's also a sentiment Emma Watson herself has promoted.
I would like to see 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - Stories of life in Guernsey under German Occupancy in 1946 - 'Funny, moving and quite unlike anything I have read for a long time' Sunday Telegraph
Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author.""Female empowerment does mean men taking a step back, being heard less and instead women receiving more attention for their achievements"
That is a sad way to look at things. Pushing people out of the way is how we ended up with people with less power. It is why we are in need of movements such as feminism and black lives matter and all the other moments out there. Yes women need to receive more attention for their achievements but pushing men into the background as women had been is doing going to make the world a better place, and it won't stop the gender struggle. And if that is what this book club is about (though I must say I haven't seen any indication of this) than it is not a very healthy place.
As for men being heard less for women to receive more attention, it seems a very outdated notion in this day and age when we have more room at the table to fit everyone.
I would very much like to have some of the moderators weigh in on this discussion as I would like to know exactly the ideals of the book club please.
Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author.""Female empowerment does mean men taking a step back, being heard les..."
"As for men being heard less for women to receive more attention, it seems a very outdated notion in this day and age when we have more room at the table to fit everyone."
Time and resources are finite. If we are agreed that women should get more of the spotlight and important roles, that means taking time and resources away from men. That shouldn't be a controversial thing to say, I don't understand all the hate being thrown my way for saying it.
Break down the name He for She. It's sacrificial in design, the man [He] needs to sacrifice much of what he has to [She]. It's not HeForShe and SheForHe.
HeForShe states its mission is to “take action against all forms of violence and discrimination faced by women and girls.” No mention of a need to represent men as well there. That was never the purpose nor should it be.
I don't see why that is a negative or controversial truth to state.
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Rhetoric that blames men or lessens their value will not bring you much success here where we try to foster a more equitabled world.
Pam wrote: "If you don't see it then no amount of our discussions will change that. I'm sorry you feel this way. Rhetoric that blames men or lessens their value will not bring you much success here where we ..."
Where did I blame men or lessen their value?
I vote Sexual Power by Carloyn Johnston. It is a book about feminism that was nominated for a Pulitzer.
Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author.""Female empowerment does mean men taking a step back, ..."
Jasmine disagreeing with you is not sending hate your way, I simply find your view a very sorry one and if it is shared as a value of this book club then I feel I shall have to evaluate weather it is worth being a member because my personal view of feminism is to up lift everybody.
IF somebody is deserving then they should always get the credit and the spot light no matter there binary gender or identified gender.
HeforShe is a wonderful cause and as you state it is about “take action against all forms of violence and discrimination faced by women and girls.” and also getting men involved in gender equality.
I don't quite see what you are getting at about the name, HeforShe simply means that it is to get men to stand up for women, to stand with women against domestic violence and to take responsibility for their actions.
Look you are entitled too your opinion and I am entitled to mine and I can see that we shall not agree on this at all so I am happy enough to end the conversation about this topic.
Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author.""Female empowerment does mean men taki..."
Hey Louise,
Thank you for your comments, and I would like to share that I completely agree with you and share your mindset on what OSS and HeForShe are. You write beautifully by the way. 😊
Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "Louise wrote: "Jasmine wrote: "To stay true to this group the chosen book must be written by a female author.""Female empowerment does mean men taki..."
"IF somebody is deserving then they should always get the credit and the spot light no matter there binary gender or identified gender. "
This is the excuse patriarchal types always use when a white male wins yet another award and we're all supposed to believe they simply won it on merit? Please.
'The Lace Weaver' by Lauren Chater is a wonderful book about a very difficult time in Estonia during WWII. It tells the story of the knitters who make lace shawls and each pattern tells a story. There is much much more to this book but I do not want to give any spoilers here! Well worth a look.
Margaret wrote: "'The Lace Weaver' by Lauren Chater is a wonderful book about a very difficult time in Estonia during WWII...."My favorite thing about this whole experiencee (besides having nominated one of the winning books) is getting all of these great books to add to my TBR list. It may take me decades to read them all.
