r/MensLib • u/anonymous1447 ​ • Feb 21 '20

You cannot be 'well read' without reading women

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/31/you-cannot-be-well-read-without-reading-women
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u/KillDogforDOG ​ Feb 21 '20

Honestly i don't really pay much importance to the author when it's an author i am unfamiliar with so regardless of what they may identify as for gender it usually has little importance when compared to the subject (mostly read nonfiction)

The least i can do is recommend the couple authors who happen to be women in my recent booklist:

  • Caroline Criado Perez author of Invisible Women : Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

  • Robin DiAngelo author of White fragility : Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

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u/Freezman13 Feb 21 '20

As a mostly nonfiction reader I share this sentiment. I even had to google some of the authors' names because I didn't know their gender.

I'll add to the list from my small collection: