Jessa Crispin is the editor and founder of Bookslut.com, a platform where her insightful commentary on literature has flourished. Her writing has graced the pages of esteemed publications, including The Washington Post, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Guardian, and The Toronto Globe and Mail. Crispin delves into the core of literary works, exploring their themes and cultural resonance with a keen analytical eye. Her perspective offers readers a profound understanding of the intricate landscape of contemporary letters.
A guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration. Written for novices and seasoned readers alike, "The Creative Tarot" is a unique guidebook that reimagines tarot cards and the ways they can boost the creative process.
John Barrett appears at the home of Sally and Mark Driscoll. It emerges that Barrett is 'dangerously obsessed' with pinning the blame for his wife's accident on someone. Barrett strips away the conflicting facets of the Driscolls' lives. As suddenly as he entered Barrett slips away leaving behind shattered faith, broken trust and a marriage that will never heal
When Jessa Crispin was thirty, she left Chicago and took off for Berlin. Half a decade later, she's still on the road, in search not so much of a home as of understanding.Fascinated by exile, Crispin travels an itinerary of of places that have drawn writers who needed to break free from their origins and start afresh.She reflects on Maud Gonne fomenting revolution, on Nora Barnacl, Rebecca West, Margaret Anderson and Jean Rhys.
Jessa Crispin intertwines personal narrative with historical and contemporary events to delve into the darker aspects of her Kansas upbringing. She examines the Midwest's revered status in American identity and the foundational myths that define what it means to be "American." While aspects of Midwestern life—such as the nuclear family and small-town friendliness—are often romanticized, Crispin argues that these so-called Midwestern values mask a troubling history of oppression against Native Americans, women, and the economically disadvantaged. Her exploration spans various subjects, including The Wizard of Oz, radical militias, and the infamous Clutter family murders, as well as her own shock at the violent actions of a beloved art teacher. She traces her inquiry back to the Civil War and the arrival of German religious communities before crossing the Atlantic to visit a women's seminary in Amsterdam, a refuge from violence and abuse since the Reformation. Despite the pervasive darkness, Crispin reveals a form of bleak redemption, suggesting that no matter how far one travels, the roots of one's origin remain ever-present, "like it or not."
Do you believe women deserve all the same rights and liberties bestowed upon men? If so, then you are a feminist ... or so the feminists keep insisting. Crispin delivers a searing rejection of contemporary feminism-- and a bracing manifesto for revolution. She accuses the feminist movement of obliviousness, irrelevance, and cowardice-- and demands nothing less than the total dismantling of a system of oppression.
Ste feministka? Veríte, že ženy sú ľudské bytosti a zaslúžia si rovnaké práva ako muži? Ak áno, potom ste feministka... Naozaj? Naozaj je to také jednoduché? Kritička Jessa Crispin vo svojej knihe tvrdí, že hnutie za ženské práva a oslobodenie obetovalo význam a túžiac po všeobecnom prijatí sa zmenilo na banálnu, zdvorilú, disneyovsky neškodnú pózu, ktorá si nedovolí spochybniť status quo. Vo svojom odvážnom manifeste žiada viac: úplnú deštrukciu systému utláčania a toho, o čom dnes ľudia hovoria ako o „feminizme“.
