From teen anti-book ban activism to common myths about book banning, here are some of the most important, timely, and actionable literary activism stories from 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-27 14:00:00 UTC ]
A reader contemplates how to choose the last book to read before you die and reflects on the life and death of her book-loving grandmother. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-30 11:32:00 UTC ]
Here is one of the cautionary lessons that American craft history has to offer: It is great to see artisans flourishing again, but dismaying to see the myth of the “self-made man”—embodied by Benjamin Franklin, and popularized throughout the 19th century—returning in force. Matthew Crawford’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-22 09:49:15 UTC ]
If you’ve used the internet to read book or film reviews in the last decade, you’ve probably heard of the Bechdel test. Cartoonist Alison Bechdel introduced the test in her comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For in 1985 as a means of assessing the ways women are portrayed in fiction. The test... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-21 09:50:22 UTC ]
The pursuit of happiness shouldn’t come at the expense of one’s health and relationships, argues VisumCx founder and CEO. We all want to be happy. You’ve probably watched movies about seeking it, read books on what you need to do to achieve it, and listened to songs about finding it. If you’re... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-06-20 13:00:03 UTC ]