Inner femininity doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing to everyone, but here are some books I have liked. All fiction:
* The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey. This is very much a love it or hate it book, depending on whether you can stand the mean and ruthless main character.
* The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. Fantasy about a young woman who runs away from an arranged marriage to be a soldier.
* Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder. Feminist Lovecraftian horror. Be warned, it has some truly disgusting scenes. But the depiction of femininity is truly beautiful.
* Ammonite by Nicola Griffith. Pet peeve in case it bugs you as well: whenever this book says vaccine, it actually means prophylactic.
* Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham. A pretty old book, but the depiction of women in society is written very well.
* Trouble And Her Friends by Melissa Scott
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The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
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Minding the Body – it’s a book of essays by prominent female writers about their relationships to their bodies and self. Was super formative reading for me when I was first coming into my own (Hanan Al-Shaykh’s essay in particular)
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Inner femininity doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing to everyone, but here are some books I have liked. All fiction:
* The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey. This is very much a love it or hate it book, depending on whether you can stand the mean and ruthless main character.
* The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon. Fantasy about a young woman who runs away from an arranged marriage to be a soldier.
* Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder. Feminist Lovecraftian horror. Be warned, it has some truly disgusting scenes. But the depiction of femininity is truly beautiful.
* Ammonite by Nicola Griffith. Pet peeve in case it bugs you as well: whenever this book says vaccine, it actually means prophylactic.
* Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham. A pretty old book, but the depiction of women in society is written very well.
* Trouble And Her Friends by Melissa Scott
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
Minding the Body – it’s a book of essays by prominent female writers about their relationships to their bodies and self. Was super formative reading for me when I was first coming into my own (Hanan Al-Shaykh’s essay in particular)