What female authors taught me about the way we marginalize women

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What female authors taught me about the way we marginalize women

What female authors taught me about the way we marginalize women

Last summer, I was sitting on a park bench reading Little Women — as you do on a warm day in July — when a man stopped by my side to offer a word of literary advice.

“Don’t be embarrassed. Stay strong.”

The comment caught me off guard.

1. Any time a stranger talks to me in New York City, I am instantly suspicious. Safety first, folks.
   
2. Why did he assume I would be embarrassed?
   

The thing is, I wasn’t embarrassed to be reading Little Women, and I had **t considered the book to be particularly shame inducing until that moment. Louisa May Alcott’s tale is an iconic work of literature. If anything, as an avid reader, I was ashamed that it took me until I was 25 to first pick up a copy of the book Read more...

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