• Episode 5: Being a Woman

  • Nov 16 2020
  • Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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Episode 5: Being a Woman

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  • It's a challenging existence and it comes in many forms. Good thing there's plenty of literature to guide us through the nuances and celebrations of being a woman. We talk about what books we might give to our daughters.


    Note - this episode was recorded when it was (briefly!) legal for two members of different households to mix indoors.


    Angela's first aid kit:


    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

    We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood


    Nicola's first aid kit:


    Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

    The Bell Jar by Syvia Plath

    Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy


    Other resources/books we mention:


    Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

    The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla

    Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

    Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

    How 'The Bell Jar' Became Pop Culture's Code for Female Sadness (Nylon)

    Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly


    Find us on Twitter @firstaidlit and share your thoughts - what would you pack in your first aid kit? Let us know.



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