Caroline Perez

Apr 6, 2024 | rashmee.com | Caroline Perez |Buchi Emecheta |Bonnie Garmus |Rashmee Roshan Lall

The Joys of MotherhoodBy: Buchi EmechetaPublisher: Allison & BusbyYear: 1979This beautiful novel, set in pre- and- post- independence Nigeria, tells the story of Nnu Ego, daughter of a great Ibo chief and a rebellious woman who refused to marry him. Nnu Ego is twice married, having been cast aside for her alleged barrenness (in this instance, not having a child within nine months of the nuptials).

Mar 6, 2024 | thisweekthosebooks.substack.com | Caroline Perez |Buchi Emecheta |Bonnie Garmus |Rashmee Roshan Lall

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Welcome to This Week, Those Books, your rundown on books new and old that resonate with the week’s big news story. The few minutes it takes to read this newsletter will make you smarter, faster. Or click on the audio button above for a human, not AI, voiceover by my close collaborator Michael. These book suggestions come with a summary and quotes. So even if you don’t read the actual book, you’ll be able to discuss it.

Mar 4, 2024 | shepherd.com | Kara S. Alaimo |Kate Manne |Mikki Kendall |Caroline Perez

Kate Manne offers the best definitions of sexism (men thinking they’re better than women) and misogyny (men punishing women for displeasing them) that I’ve ever read. And she brings receipts, showing examples of how these two things play out in everything from novels to politics to crimes to classrooms. Once I read her book, it was impossible for me not to spot more examples pretty much everywhere I went in the world. Why should I read it?

Mar 1, 2024 | capilanocourier.com | Capilano Courier |Caroline Perez |Zaina Arafat

We have a lot to say and the world should listen Lea Krusemeyer (she/her)  // Staff WriterSol Yoon (she/her) // IllustratorThe author and philanthropist Gift Gugu Mona once said, “A wise woman does not keep her wisdom to herself. She shares wisdom with the world because she knows that through wisdom, many lives can be transformed.” Listen to what women have to say—many of us write and I urge you to read what we create.

Dec 19, 2023 | shorturl.at | Caroline Perez

Caroline Criado Perez’s Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men is a landmark, prize-winning, international bestselling examination of how a gender gap in data perpetuates bias and disadvantages women.#1 International BestsellerWinner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year AwardWinner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book PrizeData is fundamental to the modern world.