The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in SocietyEleanor Janega “When we ignore history like this and assume that women have always been treated in one particular way that we are only now beginning to overcome, we accept that our society has always been this way and indeed should be this way.”…
Tag: History
What I read: May 2026
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers #2)Becky Chambers This review contains spoilers for Wayfarers #1, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. “If you believe you have control, then you believe you’re at the top. And if you’re at the top, then people who aren’t like you … well, they’ve got to be somewhere…
What I read: April 2026
Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed JaneDevoney Looser “We must shed for good the old, tired stereotypes of safety and simplicity that still cling to Austen. We can, and should, continue to investigate new and better avenues through which to grasp her powers as a writer—and her power over us.” History’s portrait of…
What I read: March 2026
The ResurrectionistA. Rae Dunlap “To unlock the mysteries of the human form was to behold God’s masterpiece firsthand, and that is what sparked the fire within me for the very first time.” Oxford dropout James Willoughby has followed his true calling all the way to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he is determined to study with the…
What I read: November 2025
Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold RushLael Morgan “ ‘Guys, if you’re not ready, don’t stand in line!’ “ Prospectors weren’t the only ones who headed north during the gold rushes of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Women couldn’t stake claims, but many were willing to sell whatever talents they had to men…