The Coast Road
"Murrin powerfully renders the ways that women’s freedom, individuality, and self-expression are stifled by religion, custom, and gossip"
Sale: $10.40 to $1.99
by Alan Murrin
Rating: 4.0/5 (3,461 Reviews)
#LiteraryFiction #Irish #WomensLives #Marriage #Divorce #SmallTown #BookSky
A pretty, rather too fancily dressed young woman at a counter, her hair ornament tied with a big red bow, holding a beaded purse, and giving a rather meaningful look at the viewer
Here's a painting with a thought-provoking title (or titles): "For Sale [At the Bazaar; The Empty Purse]," by James Collinson (1825-1881). Might it suggest that the woman herself is "for sale"? victorianweb.org/painting/col... #painting #womenslives
A well deserved Moore Prize Honourable Mention goes to:
The Many Lives of Syeda X by @nehadixit7.bsky.social
Congratulations Neha!
@bonnierbooks.bsky.social
#2025MoorePrize for #HumanRights Writing
#india #womenslives
#CharlieKirk in the dirt is a win for #WomensLives. Let's release the #EpsteinFilesNOW #EpsteinFiles #TrumpSteinPhiles #EatTheRich #CastrateRapists
Index card (3 x5 inches) with Grandma's summary of her Christmas cookie production between 1977 and 1985. 753 med to lg in 1977, 1042 tiny in 1978, 1352 tiny in 1979, 1192 tiny in 1980, 1067 med to lg in 1981, 438 med to lg in 1982 ('six varieties only'), 529 med in 1983 ('five varieties only'), unknown for 1984, 538 in 1985.
![Note with Grandma's Christmas cookie count for 1979. 1,352 that she classified as 'tiny', of which: 103 Pfefeffernusse [sic], 155 Anise flops, 63 anis drops, 48 date-nut, 156 olasses, 144 crescents, 105 chocolate chip, 158 peanut butter, 990 Swedish cherry, 75 white sponge, 84 white spritz, 96 chocolate spritz, 75 green spritz.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mjwlqv743vswabzoofno4ziq/bafkreifizei2c6yaibwkvwii74mkm6inutmg7wytd4n7ye74rtcc7sosnm)
Note with Grandma's Christmas cookie count for 1979. 1,352 that she classified as 'tiny', of which: 103 Pfefeffernusse [sic], 155 Anise flops, 63 anis drops, 48 date-nut, 156 olasses, 144 crescents, 105 chocolate chip, 158 peanut butter, 990 Swedish cherry, 75 white sponge, 84 white spritz, 96 chocolate spritz, 75 green spritz.
Yesterday I blogged about some lists I found in a recipe box of my grandmother's:
markstoneman.com/2025/08/30/cookie-baking...
#FamilyHistory #WomensLives
[Content warning]
I am reading Pamela Anderson's, "Love, Pamela" and am finding it a difficult go. Well told & completely worthy as a read, but so much sexual violence.
I am up to the point where she's just graduated high school. Can someone share if things improve?
#Booksky #Books #WomensLives
It's Sisters Salon Saturday
Free Creche I Cake I Women-only I Discussions I Campaigns
Today's topic? #sisterhood
To read more about us, see our link tree #Brighton #Feminist #MeetUps #WomensVoices #WomensLives
I still have a cold, so I’m a tad ornery (still alive, thanks for asking) but when I post about reproductive rights of women, few men respond.
Women are a little over 50% of the Canadian population, and surely the other 50% has women they love, why isn’t this a key voter issue?
#womenslives.
#contexture #iamwoman22 #womenartists #femaleartists #womenbeingwomen #textiles #textileart #textileartists #contemporarytextiles #contemporarytextileart #womensexperience #womenslives #thehouseofsmalls #thedollhouseinthewindow
#edinburgh #stockbridgeedinburgh #edinburghart #edinburghartgallery
Contexture
21 March - 19 April 2025
An exhibition of #textile artwork by 80 #femaleartists made in response to their experiences of being a #woman.
#contexture #womenartists #textiles #textileart #contemporarytextiles #fibreart #womenshealth #womensexperience #womenslives #openingnight
#parties #oldfriends #girlfriends #women #womenslives #vivalbertine #memoir #nonfiction #tothrowawayunopened
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Texas doctors are avoiding D&Cs. Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
#Choice #Abortion #RoevWade #WomensHealthcare #womenslives
www.propublica.org/article/pors...
Seeking nonfiction #book recommendations on women's crafts and how they shaped society.
Enjoyed Peggy Orenstein's, "Unraveling" and Rebecca Burgess', "Fibershed," both about sheep, wool, and farming.
#WomensWork #WomensLives
Fascinating, inspiring thread about a book coming out soon about medieval women's lives studied through piligrimage accounts. #medievalsky #medieval #womenslives 🗃️ #books
Looking for a last-minute #MothersDay gift? Why not an ebook version of A Long Way From Iowa: From the Heartland to the Heart of France? #books #MothersAndDaughters #womensvoices #womenslives #women #writinglife #travel #France #Midwest #memoir #gifts janethulstrand.com/advance-prai...
"It started a discussion about mother-daughter relationships, and demonstrated the strength of ordinary women.” #bookgroups #bookclubs #books #women #literary #memoir #womenslives #writinglife #writers janethulstrand.com/2024/01/07/w...
What a fantastic #HouseHistoryHour! Brilliant tweets from @GillBlanchard as @HouseHistoryHr about researching #WomensLives within #HouseHistory. And plenty of sources and publications to check out too. Thanks all.
When researching houses with servants I look at the lives of the female staff as well as the female occupants. Female staff often 'disappear' from records when they got married. But it's important to redress the balance. I try to research them all! #HouseHistoryHour #WomensLives
When researching #Walthamstow history am struck by lack of #WomensLives within a series of c1930s history vols on Walthamstow's grand C18/C19 mansions (Walthamstow Antiquarian Soc)-focus v much on the men of these houses, women rarely mentioned. #HouseHistoryHour #LocalHistory
Hi #HouseHistoryHour folk. Looking forward to tonight's hour very much- #WomensLives #LocalHistory #FamilyHistory
A team of women is unearthing the forgotten legacy of Harvard’s women ‘computers’ www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-27/team-... #womenslives via @jmddrake
A team of women is unearthing the forgotten legacy of Harvard’s women ‘computers’ www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-27/team-... #womenslives via @jmddrake
