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Campanha Julia Plus FW17

I started out the year with a pretty hefty goal: to read through a list of 74 essential works by women writers, and though at some points it has been a struggle, I have stuck with it! I was realistic with my expectations at the beginning, knowing that I would not finish this list in one year, but I am proud of the fact that I have not given up. I’m dedicated to continuing in 2017.

In 2016, I read a total of 32 books (all written by women): 25 from the reading list above and 7 that were not on the list, adding up to +10,000 pages! Despite some rough patches, I have managed to cross off one third of the list!

My top five books from the list (in no particular order):

The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

Beloved - Toni Morrison

Wild Swans - Jung Chang

Ain’t I A Woman? - bell hooks

(bonus- I had read them before) The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank and Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë

@cynthianyongesa

in all honesty, i’m not really saying this for the people who will end up still cis/het. like, it is okay, 100%, but most people will support you in that eventual identity and it will likely be easier to get there than it will to question initially. 

the real reason im saying this is because so many of us are scared of being wrong, of “appropriating the experience” and whatnot, that we don’t ever actually get the chance to self-reflect and see if our questions may be genuine.