Damned Scribbling Women DSW
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DAMNED SCRIBBLING WOMEN Join Leigh and Elanor’s fight to decolonize public school English/Lit curriculums and dismantle the patriarchy one mediocre, over-rated book, one dead, misogynist white male author at a time.
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DSW Episode 9: WOMEN DOING THE WORK * Celebrating women who actually DO THE WORK!
Happy Spring! Let's celebrate by reading Dr. Marcia Chatelain's FRANCHISE and Nikole Hannah-Jones 1619 PROJECT! Also we celebrate the amazing legislative work being done by congressional superstars Lauren Underwood, Shontel Brown, and our incredible Vice President Kamala Devi Harris. Then for fun we talk shit about a mediocre white guy who was devastated and pissed he had to watch a movie that wasn't about a white man. Join us!
Franchise: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631493942
1619 Project: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780593230572 -
DSW Episode 8: THE AUDACITY OF THESE BITCHES - The Election Episode!
White Male Supremacy is why it took America until 2020 to elect a Woman VPOTUS. WMS is in our classrooms and congress, feeding itself. We chat about recognizing it, and trying to end it. FYI: We invite fans of Bernard Sanders to not listen to this episode. You'll only get pissed at us, and we're not in the mood. Check out this episode's glorious women authors:
Gloria Naylor: The Women of Brewster Place
Mikki Kendall: Hood Feminism
Amanda Gorman: Indie Bound search -
DSW Episode 7: Replace Ray Bradbury with Janet Campbell Hale & Honestly Any Book Written By A Woman Of Color Would Be Better Oh My God This Guy What A Piece Of Work.
Racist White Fragility, Ray Bradbury is thy name! Douse the dumpster fire of garbage that is Fahrenheit 451 with the cool, refreshing waters of far superior books by far superior women. (A partial list)
Ruth Ozeki * A Tale for the Time Being
Janet Campbell Hale * The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
Zadie Smith * White Teeth * Swing Time
Isabel Allende * The House of Spirits
Jhumpa Lahiri * The Namesake
Leslie Marmon Silko * Ceremony
ZZ Packer * Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Maxine Hong Kingston * The Woman Warrior -
DSW Episode 6: Epic Lit! Old Ass Plays! Replace Gilgamesh & Shakespeare with Murasaki Shikibu, Emily Wilson & Mary Zimmerman
Women write amazing shit today and they wrote amazing shit a long time ago and kids are missing out on these masterworks of literature and drama simply because misogyny and racism are the cornerstones of every public school English curriculum. Let Willz sit on the ‘Choice Books’ shelf for once so students can explore and love these women’s words and perspectives instead:
Murasaki Shikibu * Diary of Lady Murasaki Shikibu * The Tale of Genji
Mary Zimmerman * Metamorphosis
Emily Wilson * The Odyssey (Translation) -
DSW Episode 5: Replace William Golding with Octavia Butler, Shirley Jackson & Maya Angelou
Lord of the Flies is 200 pages of mediocre toxic masculinity, so how about we dump this thing for some better books that explore lateral themes, written by some far more talented and intelligent ladies that maybe include women characters portrayed as actual humans who exist? Let’s do this!
Octavia Butler * Kindred * Parable of the Sower * Parable of the Talents
Shirley Jackson * The Lottery * We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Maya Angelou * I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings * On the Pulse of Morning -
DSW Episode 4: Replace John Steinbeck with Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Alice Walker, Willa Cather & Sanora Babb
I mean, a white man plagiarizing about how hard life is for white men in America is a real fresh perspective – so sure, canonize him and make kids read his crap over and over . . .or instead, let’s read these gorgeous (better) books about life in America written by incredible (better) women:
Toni Morrison * The Bluest Eye * Beloved * Song of Solomon
Louise Erdrich * Love Medicine * The Round House * Tracks * The Beet Queen * The Bingo Palace
Alice Walker * The Color Purple * Meridian * The Temple of My Familiar