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Aphie

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Aphie’s Bookshelves

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fantasy‎ (89)
children-s‎ (63)
young-adult‎ (51)
non-fiction‎ (43)

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high-fantasy‎ (34)
picture-book‎ (30)
literature‎ (28)
science-fiction‎ (28)
australian‎ (27)
fluff‎ (18)

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humorous-fantasy‎ (14)
crafty‎ (13)
tweens‎ (12)
auto-biography‎ (10)
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unfinished‎ (8)

short-stories‎ (5)
crime‎ (4)
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Aphie’s Quotes

“If it would destroy [a 12-year-old boy] to be called a girl, what are we then teaching him about girls?”
― Tony Porter

tags: androcentrism, oppression, sexism

23 likes

“He'd always liked women who'd talk back to him just a little bit. "Girls with balls" were good. Women with an actual mind of their own who could prove him wrong in something were, of course, castrating bitches who should be drowned in bottomless wells.”
― Warren Ellis, Crooked Little Vein

tags: black-humour, hypocrisy, sexism, women

84 likes

“One day an army of gray-haired women may quietly take over the Earth!”
― Gloria Steinem

113 likes

“Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.”
― Gloria Steinem

225 likes

“Far too many people are looking for the right person, instead of trying to be the right person.”
― Gloria Steinem

tags: person, right

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Feminist Science Fiction & Fantasy — 228 members — last activity Jul 26, 2016 07:27AM
What are some of your favorite feminist science fiction and fantasy books? Who are some of your favorite feminist science fiction and fantasy authors? ...more

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A group for all Australian Goodreads members (and those interested in Australia), no matter what they read!

Our Shared Shelf — 223216 members — last activity 22 hours, 26 min ago
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more