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December 13, 2017

Wednesday News: Women, Women, and more Women (aka the tide is turning)

JanetPublishing News#metoo / Courtney Milan / diversity / feminism / sexual harassment / sexual-assault / words of the year4 Comments

Merriam-Webster’s 2017 Words of the Year – It’s always interesting to see what words make Webster’s annual top ten list, and this year is no exception. Not surprisingly, it is politics that have driven much of the dictionary consultation this year, and the #1 word both embodies and transcends politicization: ... more >

November 7, 2017

REVIEW: Taming Eliza Jane (Gardiner, Texas Book 1) by Shannon Stacey

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / American historical / doctor hero / feminism / Historical / strong heroine / texas / western5 Comments

Recommended Read

When a man sets out to tame a strong-willed woman, he’d best hang on to his hat. Will Martinson, the town doctor, already has a heap of troubles on his plate, what with a pregnant whore, an ailing friend and a sheriff with a bad habit of shooting people. The ... more >

November 6, 2017

Monday News: RIP Nancy Friday, disappearing women, and race in Wuthering Heights

JanetPublishing NewsCarmen Maria Machado / Emily Bronte / feminism / History / Nancy Friday / Race / rape fantasy / sexual fantasies / sexual-assault / slavery / Wuthering Heights13 Comments

Nancy Friday, 84, Best-Selling Student of Gender Politics, Dies – If you’re a Romance reader who has never heard of Nancy Friday, you’re not alone. Despite Friday’s groundbreaking work on women’s sexual fantasies (especially rape fantasies), when 50 Shades came out, Katie Roiphe seemed to think that talking about female ... more >

October 18, 2017

REVIEW: The Only Woman in the Room by Rita Lakin

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1970s / 1980s / autobiography / female writers / feminism / Hollywood / non-fiction / television / widow4 Comments

Rita Lakin was a pioneer a female scriptwriter in the early 1960s when Hollywood television was exclusively male. For years, in creative meetings, she was literally “the only woman in the room.” In this breezy but heartfelt remembrance, Lakin takes readers to a long-forgotten time when women were not considered ... more >

March 22, 2017

Wednesday News: RNA Awards, RITA noms, and revisiting the Handmaid’s Tale

JanetPublishing Newsfeminism / RNA / Romance genre / Romance novel awards / romantic fiction / RWA8 Comments

Winner announced for RNA’s Romantic Novel of the Year Award – The Romantic Novelists’ Association awarded its award winners last week, in seven categories: Contemporary, Epic, Historical Romantic Novel, Paranormal or Speculative Romantic Novel, Romantic Comedy, RoNA Rose, and the Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year. Author and chef Prue Leith presented the ... more >

January 10, 2017

Tuesday News: Women’s voices

JanetPublishing Newsfeminism / Handmaid's Tale / Hidden Figures / History / Issa Rae / Mormonism / writing panels1 Comments

9 Things We Learned From The ‘Insecure’ Writing Staff’s Panel At The Writer’s Guild Foundation – It’s no secret that I love Issa Rae’s Insecure and am thrilled at her recent Golden Globes nomination. Although it’s not long, this point by point summary of Rae’s writing panel at the WGF reflects the overall ... more >

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