Female Voices in Literature to Educate and Empower for Women's History Month

Julie Marty-Pearson: Welcome to Still Becoming Women Unmuted, the I'm your host, Julie Marty Pearson. And I wanted to hop on here to share some of the books I am reading this month. March is History Month. March 8th is International Women's Day. And I think really important to, ⁓ as women, be stay educated, but also to support women authors. I do this a lot with podcasting and sharing women podcasters I have met, I have guested with, or have been on my podcast. And so this month I wanted to add in some books. So I'm going to start with those I am currently in the process of reading, not all at once, but ones that have either been recommended to me, brought to my attention, or things I've been looking at for a while and wanted to share. So the first one is a book called All in Her Head. And All in Her Head is written by Dr. Elizabeth Common, C-O-M-E-N. And I will have links to all of the books in the show notes. And so this book... was recommended to me by a friend and fellow podcaster, Tiphany who you will know because she will be on some upcoming episodes. But this book is specifically written, I'm gonna read the byline, The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today. have so much to say about this, but I'm really excited to read it and then reflect on it. ⁓ so for me, all in her head, this is something I've actually been told. as a kid, when I was diagnosed or actually hadn't been diagnosed, I was very sick and they could not figure out what was wrong with me. ⁓ actually told my parents, I was making it up. I was just doing it for attention and nothing was wrong with me. So in other words, it's all in her head. Luckily, I had parents that know me and knew me and said, no, it's not. She doesn't do that. So very about this one. I will report back very soon. Another topic related health and and research lack thereof. This is another book that I got called Invisible Women. Invisible Women is written by Caroline Criado I could be saying that wrong, Perez. So Invisible Women is data bias a world designed for men. ⁓ And I say not trying to put down men. We're not being anti-men. We're just saying women have not been researched enough and the data proves it. ⁓ were not even included ⁓ scientific research studies for healthcare until the ⁓ ⁓ all of the data prior to that was only on men. ⁓ they weren't looking at the effects of medication on men, on surgeries, ⁓ different issues that only women face. There's still very little research done on women. and their reproductive process, especially perimenopause and menopause. So I'm very excited to, I am a data geek. I'm a research person, so I'm very excited to read that. Another one somewhat related, but not specific to healthcare or those types of things. I've been reading and I really love it. It is called, Men Explain Things to Me. ⁓ Every woman knows what that means because they've been mansplained or explained. ⁓ I've had times where people explain to me and I go, ⁓ really? That's interesting. I used to teach that at the college level. So glad you finally taught me how to understand it properly. That's a whole other thing. Okay. Men explain things to me is by Rebecca Solnit. I apologize. I'm very bad with names. She is also the author of A Paradise Built in Hell. That is something a lot of people probably know. This is an essay book written from some of her writings that she used to write for other publications and I'm already loving it. It's very interesting. It's a short read, but it's also very insightful. So highly recommend. I will share more of that once I finish. I've had this for a while. I'm finally digging in, did my taxes, so I need this book even more, ⁓ is The Financial Feminist. Love her. I follow on social media. She a lot of great advice, but she also gives a lot of tools. Tori Dunlap, this is The Financial Feminist. She also has podcast called The Financial Feminist, but specifically her book is about... ⁓ overcoming the patriarchy's bullshit to master your money and build a life you love. That is what every woman needs to do, no matter who they are, if they have a partner or not. We all have to own our own money and our own financial wellness and financial understanding. And this I say to you as a woman who has been in debt, is in debt, has always been a good shopper, also a woman who ⁓ faces a huge amount of student loan debt that I still have to deal with. And I'm really excited for more of practical advice and the ways that I can start building my wealth without having to worry about all the things getting paid off right now. So again, Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap. I will be sharing more. Another one that I have been looking at for a while that I finally just did. I don't know that much about it. I have not started reading it yet, but I just got it. And that is the book called Radium Girls. ⁓ The Radium Girls. is the dark story of America's shining women. I think a lot of us have probably ⁓ ones about this. There's lot that women built that men have taken credit for, but this is specifically after the First World War and some of the ⁓ astonishing that women did to help us. So The Radium Girls is by Kate Moore. ⁓ I be reading this later in the month and we'll share some feedback on that one. Another one I've heard a lot of great things about, and I'm super excited to jump into because on this podcast, feminism is not a bad word. It is a good word. And so the book is Hood Feminism. I've it on lists many times. It's been recommended to me in different places. I buy books, but I've never bought it. So I'm excited to jump into Hood Feminism. notes from the women that a movement forgot. I'm very excited for this. It really ⁓ looking what feminism means, what people think it means when it doesn't mean that. And I think there's a lot of people that think that feminism is anti-men and it's not. ⁓ It's how women can run things and should run things because we could run it better. But it's also looking at the ways that the patriarchy and the way the patriarch is set up that does not help people, especially women and how we have to fight against things, whether it's financial, career, health, mental health, all the things. So very excited for this read. will be sharing it again. I don't want to butcher the person's name. Hood feminism is by Kendall. It's M-I-K-K-I. Kendall, and I'm very excited to dive into that. And the last one I have for right now, I will be sharing more, is another new one I got. I've been looking at it for a while, and it is called Good and Mad. Good and Mad, the Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger. I feel that title to my core at the moment. think there is something about a correlation between menopause and increase in ⁓ ⁓ I definitely feel that. So is author is Rebecca Traister. Again, I apologize. I'm awful with names. Good and mad. I will be reporting back, but I wanted to share these are all books about women by women. ⁓ to empower women, to educate women, and also to just share important stories of women. So I'm very excited to share them with you. I will tag any authors in the shorts and reels that I share, but I will be reporting back on each of them and sharing more important books throughout the month of March. Thank you so much for being here. Make sure wherever you are listening to this podcast to hit follow or subscribe so you do not miss any new episodes coming very soon.