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Charity says girls face specific types of abuse and calls for more to be done to tackle sexism in online world Via End Misogyny 
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Back in April, the Guardian dropped an apparent literary bombshell—new letters had been discovered from the poet Sylvia Plath, alleging horrific physical abuse
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August 2, 2017 7:09 AM
Emily Van Duyne is assistant professor of Writing at Stockton University. A poet, essayist, & critic, her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, So To Speak, Diagram, ROAR, and many others. She is at work on a memoir, and a book about Sylvia Plath. She lives in New Jersey with her family.
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Roxane Gay is a writer of extreme empathy. Her fiction and essays elicit as much shared understanding as they give. Her new memoir, Hunger, is the story of being a physical woman in a physical world that has been shaped for so long by men. And I suspect that every woman who reads Hunger will recognize herself in it. For men who read the book, it will be more of a travelogue. Vade mecum.
bobbygw's curator insight,
August 10, 2017 5:56 AM
From the essay-review:
Hunger is [...] thoughtful reportage about a country we pretend we don’t know, one where women struggle every day for dignity, safety, and simple elbow room.
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You might be used to encountering sexism on a daily basis without really noticing – but if these sound familiar for your relationship, you deserve to have something done about it. Via Deanna Dahlsad
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