004 Feminist Essays by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Rebecca Solnit

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Any men out there wanna ‘splain this podcast episode for us? Well too bad, because we brought in our mysterious third roommate and resident sustainability expert Rebecca to give us a hand with these two small but mighty feminist texts: “We Should All Be Feminists” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit.

Random tidbits mentioned in this episode:

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Beyoncé - ***Flawless ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - YouTube

• Women in the Church - The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (1985)

• CTCR Review of 2005 Task Force Guidelines for the Service of Women in Congregational Offices (LCMS - 2014)

• The Feminine Mystique by Betty Frieden

• Simone de Beauvoir

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.

Recommendation for further reading (and watching):

• Writings by Judith Butler

• Veronica Mars (TV Show - streaming on Hulu)

• Books by Nadia Bolz-Weber

  • Shameless: A Sexual Reformation

  • Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People

• Books by Rachel Held Evans:

  • A Year of Biblical Womanhood

  • Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

  • Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

Join the party and read ahead for the next episode:

• Emma and Persuasion by Jane Austen

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