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.

Episodes

  1. DSW Episode 9: WOMEN DOING THE WORK * Celebrating women who actually DO THE WORK!

    04/10/2022

    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

    1h 26m
  2. DSW Episode 8: THE AUDACITY OF THESE BITCHES - The Election Episode!

    02/15/2021

    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

    1h 30m
  3. 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.

    08/05/2020

    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

    54 min
  4. DSW Episode 6: Epic Lit! Old Ass Plays! Replace Gilgamesh & Shakespeare with Murasaki Shikibu, Emily Wilson & Mary Zimmerman

    07/29/2020

    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)

    35 min
  5. DSW Episode 5: Replace William Golding with Octavia Butler, Shirley Jackson & Maya Angelou

    07/22/2020

    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

    36 min
  6. DSW Episode 4: Replace John Steinbeck with Toni Morrison, Louise Erdrich, Alice Walker, Willa Cather & Sanora Babb

    07/15/2020

    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

    41 min
  7. DSW Episode 3: The Transcendentalists: Replace Emerson, Thoreau & Whitman with Frances E.W. Harper, Sojourner Truth & Margaret Fuller

    07/08/2020

    DSW Episode 3: The Transcendentalists: Replace Emerson, Thoreau & Whitman with Frances E.W. Harper, Sojourner Truth & Margaret Fuller

    Let's read better books of Abolition and Transcendentalism by women, none of whom took time off work to lounge around and navel-gaze in a tiny house on borrowed land and then act all serene and self-congratulatory about it, as they were too busy saving lives and changing the world.  Frances E.W. Harper * Complete Poems of Frances E.W. Harper * Lola LeRoy Sojourner Truth * On Women's Rights * Narrative of Sojourner Truth Margaret Fuller * Women in the Nineteenth Century * The Essential Margaret Fuller

    41 min
  8. DSW Episode 2: Replace Fitzgerald with Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston & Zelda (the non-jerk) Fitzgerald

    07/01/2020

    DSW Episode 2: Replace Fitzgerald with Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston & Zelda (the non-jerk) Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is neither great, nor worthy of the three (3) Elanor has been assigned to read it. Replace that long-winded women-hating piece of poo with these novels of depth, character, and glorious relief for the reader of not languishing for page after page of worn-out 'green light across the water' metaphors oh my god dude, we get it. Ladies, show him how it's done: Nella Larsen * Passing * Quicksand Zora Neale Hurston * Their Eyes Were Watching God Zelda Fitzgerald * Save Me the Waltz www.damnedscribblingwomen.com for sources, show notes and more info.

    36 min
  9. DSW Episode 1: Replace Hawthorne with Jesmyn Ward, Celeste Ng & Elizabeth George Speare

    06/24/2020

    DSW Episode 1: Replace Hawthorne with Jesmyn Ward, Celeste Ng & Elizabeth George Speare

    Nathaniel's Hathorne's The Scarlet Letter has been read a billion times. Replace that worn-out thing with these far superior, thematic-adjacent novels, written by women who don't throw tantrums and blame their literary success or failure on whatever it is men are up to: Celeste Ng: Little Fires Everywhere Jesmyn Ward: Salvage the Bones Elizabeth George Speare: The Witch of Blackbird Pond NOTE: The author Ta-Nehisi Coates's name is pronounced Tah-Nuh-Hah-See - not the way Leigh said it, with the weird 'sh' sound because she is an anxious and inexperienced podcaster. Note to Self: You know how this is pronounced, good god. Calm down and do better. Our sincere apologies and thank you so much for your patience. www.damnedscribblingwomen.com for sources, show notes and more info.

    33 min
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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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