Every month we’ll be reviewing a book from the library collection, to complement our monthly display in the library.
Recent Book of the Month Posts:
Book of the Month – Not a passing phase: reclaiming lesbians in history 1840-1985
To celebrate LGBT History Month, we highlight a fascinating book from the library collection which tackles the difficulties of writing lesbian history. Have lesbians been expunged from history by academics and biographers who wish to deny their existence? The authors of Not a passing phase certainly believe so. Written in 1989 by the Lesbian [...]
Book of the Month – Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman’s Guide to Why Feminism Matters
A fresh, blunt and fun style of writing is used by Valenti to help young women make the transition from a woman that doesn’t identify herself as a feminist but has feminist values, into a proud and informed feminist.
Book of the month – Mother to Daughter, Daughter to Mother: A Diary and Reader
Mother to Daughter, Daughter to Mother is an anthology which, according to Olsen, aims to share the beauty of women’s relationships.
