cover of mary beard's book women and power, a manifesto

Mary Beard’s “Women & Power “- A Conversation with Sabine Blackmore

13. March 2018GuestInterview, Reviewcultural templates, Feminism, gender equality, gendered violence, interview, literature, Mary Beard, power relations, rethinking power, Review, Women and Power. A Manifesto

In November 2017, Mary Beard’s book Women & Power. A Manifesto hit the shelves – and a nerve. In the two parts titled “The Public Voice of Women” and “Women in Power”, Mary Beard draws our attention to culturally embedded stereotypes and “cultural template[s] which [work] to disempower women”. She […] Read more

Representation of Women in the Literary Field – Can Blogs make a Difference?

20. September 2016Sandra van LenteEventsAttention, blogs, BücherFrauen, Feminism, representation, Women in Publishing

On Wednesday, 14 September 2016, the German Women in Publishing – BücherFrauen e.V. – in Berlin invited their audience to discuss the opportunities that blogging offers in terms of participation and representation of women in the atmospheric Literaturhaus in Berlin. The two bloggers Zoë Beck (www.zoebeck.net and www.herlandnews.com) and Sabine […] Read more