Book Review ~ A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Reading this book has been on my list for a very long time. I wonder why it took so long to pick it up and read it?

Woolf's book is a compilation of speeches she gave at the women's colleges at Cambridge in 1929. Her thesis is that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Having a room of one's own doesn't necessarily mean a room with a door and a lock and key to shut out the world. More likely it refers to the space to engage in uninterrupted time to write or perhaps privacy, leisure time and financial independence. During Woolf's time women rarely had this luxury and their art suffered for it. Woolf believed that until gender inequalities are rectified, women would remain second-class citizens, lacking the time, education and support necessary to explore their creativity and any achievements they did make would be marked as second-class as well.

Some claim that this book is perhaps the single most important work of feminist literary criticism. I believe that Woolf made a solid case for gender equality which still resonates today.

Why did I wait so long to read it? Perhaps because I wasn't ready yet.

Comments

A Taste of Canada ~ Fiddleheads

I do enjoy fiddleheads. They have a green bean-y, asparagus-like, pea-ish taste and they are just fun to look at. From Chateline Magazine: HOW-TO It’s Almost Fiddlehead Season! Here’s How To Cook This Springtime Veggie Properly Fiddleheads are a Canadian delicacy, but undercooking them can lead to food poisoning by Amy Grief Updated Apr 9, 2019 Fiddlehead season is short, so when you see the adorable green curlicues at your grocery store or farmers’ market, buy them while you can. Before chowing down on these little springtime delicacies, there’s a few things you should know first since fiddleheads can cause food poisoning if they’re not cooked properly. What are fiddleheads? These tightly curled coils are ostrich fern fronds. They start appearing in late April and early May in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and are usually found in forests, marshes and by rivers and streams. Taste-wise, fiddleheads, which are popular amongst food foragers, are...

Week #2 Challenge: Paper . . . and I mean ALL of your paper.

Annual Organization Challenge Week #2 How did you make out with last week's challenge? Did you find your work table? Here's this week's challenge: Your challenge this week is to S.P.A.C.E. your paper - - and I mean ALL of your paper: cardstock, patterned paper, specialty papers, and all those SCRAPS! SORT: Bring all of your paper to one area. Sort it all into piles: KEEP, SELL, DONATE, TRASH PURGE: bag up, and assign a price to paper bundles that you want to SELL at a garage sale or online, and put the bags in the garage sale box. Throw out the TRASH pile. Bag up the DONATE pile and immediately make arrangements for drop-off/pick-up or put in your vehicle. ASSIGN: separate your paper into categories that make sense to you. For example, you may want to divide it simply into cardstock and patterned paper. If you have a huge stash of paper, you may want to divide it by colour, theme, or manufacturer. **Another way to...

Journal Prompt ~ One Thing You Do Really Well

Name one thing you do really well . . . One thing I do really well is solve crossword puzzles.

In My World

Search This Blog