Women & Power: A Manifesto is by Mary Beard, whose differently themed
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome I've read and quite enjoyed.
Women has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK, and even though the subjects seem quite different, I think I'm going to give it a try. And the blurb does say she includes some examples from the classical world, including Medusa and Athena
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Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Power...dp/B075TZ9NKH/
Kindle UK/Smile:
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Women-Pow...dp/B075TZ9NKH/
Spoiler:
Quote:
An updated edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller
Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template.
A year on since the advent of #metoo, Beard looks at how the discussions have moved on during this time, and how that intersects with issues of rape and consent, and the stories men tell themselves to support their actions. In trademark Beardian style, using examples ancient and modern, Beard argues, 'it's time for change - and now!'
From the author of international bestseller SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome.
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