March is my favorite month of the year. Firstly, it’s my birthday month. Secondly, here in NYC March is about when the weather starts giving us a break. It isn’t quite yet Spring, but slowly we start creeping into those 50s and 60s: that dewy Sweater Weather. Thirdly and most importantly it is Women’s History Month. To honor this important month of feminine excellence we will be exploring women’s stories told in their own words, a political act it itself. There is such great power in telling your #ownstory. Way too many impactful women have been erased from history, diminished as lesser, or horribly turned into maniac pixie dream girls. Not anymore! This month we will be reading three memoirs by three very different women.
Credit to @elitexcellence
Emphasis on very different! This month we will be stressing the importance of a diverse array of women’s lives. It is not enough to have 30 women’s memoirs chart The NYT Bestsellers list by a bunch of thin blonde conventionally attractive white women writing about overcoming their professional hurdles, addictions to drugs, or eating disorders. Please don’t misread my candor here: I’m not saying this to shame anyone or diminish professional hurdles, drug addictions, or eating disorders. One of my favorite memoirs will always s be Mayra Hornbacher’s controversial Wasted, a history of her battles with eating disorders and I look forward to reading another women’s memoir about that topic this month. Do you know why? Because those women’s stories are important and need to be told, but they aren’t the only stories. It is my aim and responsibility to celebrate a variety of women’s stories all across the spectrum. As there is a social responsibility to not ‘single story’ or erase the stories of disenfranchised and minority women, but rather uplift the variety. We living in the greatest time in human history for inclusion, so let’s look to actually achieving that. (see: intersectionality)
Prolific activist author and Queen of the Memoir herself Maya Angelou once said that “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story”. For National’s Women’s History month, we will aim to honor this ideology with these simple rules:
- We will delve into the lives of three women not only with fine-tooth comb, but with hairpin delicacy.
- We will try our bests to not unfairly judge the actions of women who may be different than us too harshly.
- We will learn through their stories and hopefully empower us to express our own.
Our 1st book will be announced tomorrow around 9:00AM. Mark your calendars, get your coffee, and open those wallets. Although, this writer surely doesn’t need your money, let’s take the time to support another woman: A women of color. A fat woman. Okay no more hints!
Question of the Month: The below are some of favorite memoirs of all time. What is your all time favorite woman’s memoir? Let us know in the comments
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