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Hypocriticisms: Double Standards in Literature No. 1

Clipart depicting two women. Left, a woman is bent double and struggling under a huge stack of books. Right, a woman stands on her tiptoes to add another book to the top of the stack.

If you’ve ever read a book, you might have noticed that sometimes there are some double standards. All kinds. It’s not limited to gender roles or sexuality. Just like in real life, you see discrimination for aspects like age, religion, justice/law, race/nationality, nepotism, and so on. In this series, we’re going to point out some double standards in some of our favoriteContinue reading “Hypocriticisms: Double Standards in Literature No. 1”

Leigh Ann’s Recs No. 1 – The Odyssey

A middle-aged smiling white woman with shoulder-length auburn hair, wearing a colorful sleeveless shirt. In the foreground, her translation of the book The Odyssey by Homer is displayed.

Understanding both history and intersectionality is key when reading any work of literature, and recognizing the many roles Odysseus plays in his self-titled story can help develop that understanding.