In The Feminist Grandma you’ll find personal essays; they are categorized in the sidebar. If you want a continuous scroll, just go to The Feminist Grandma category. Big Books from Small Presses is all about books that I like. They are not ALL from small presses, but they’re almost all fairly obscure. These are not divided into categories; for a continuous scroll go to Big Books from Small Presses category.
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The Feminist Grandma
The Help: Movie and Memory
I didn’t intend to see The Help. David Denby’s review in The New Yorker changed my mind. Apparently the film put the black maids front and center, and the acting was terrific. I didn’t grow up in the south, nor with black servants. But I have my own story, about life with our Argentine cook, Elisa. Memory is fiction; fiction can be truth. Much of my memory comes from my parents’ conversations about Elisa, conversations infused with affection and condescension.
Sweatin to the Oldies
I’ve found another hero – Richard Simmons. Because of him, I have exercise in my life again, and I love it.
Teachers
Imagine a child who is regularly beaten with a hose.
Imagine a child who is locked in an apartment alone all afternoon.
Imagine a child whose last meal was rice for supper, a child who has not seen her mother in a year, who never met his father, who saw her brother shot, who goes outside and fights all the other beaten children.
Then imagine that you are a teacher…
Friends: It Takes a Village
IRIS School started...
Why Blog? The Pond Scum Holds Forth
I can’t stand show-offs. Raconteurs annoy me. …So why would I decide to write a blog, to throw my opinions out into the world for anyone to read? Clearly, Ms Lookatme is in charge. But more than that, with the complexities of raising Amanda, the writer I had struggled to create after retirement was expiring. She needed time and attention. Like Tinkerbell, she needed to hear me say, “I believe in you.”
Big Books From Small Presses
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