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10 Female Written Short Stories Everyone Should Read

I have seen a post circulating for a while that lists 10 short stories everyone should read and, while these are great works, most of them are older and written by white men. I wanted to make a modern list that features fresh, fantastic and under represented voices. Enjoy!

1. A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri — A couple in a failing marriage share secrets during a blackout. 

2. Stone Animals by Kelly Link — A family moves into a haunted house.

3. Reeling for the Empire by Karen Russell — Women are sold by their families to a silk factory, where they are slowly transformed into human silkworms. 

4. Call My Name by Aimee Bender — A woman wearing a ball gown secretly auditions men on the subway. 

5. The Man on the Stairs by Miranda July — A woman wakes up to a noise on the stairs. 

6. Brownies by ZZ Packer — Rival Girl Scout troops are separated by race. 

7. City of My Dreams by Zsuzi Gartner — A woman works at a shop selling food-inspired soap and tries not to think about her past. 

8. A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor — A family drives from Georgia to Florida, even though a serial killer is on the loose. 

9. Hitting Budapest by NoViolet Bulawayo — A group of children, led by a girl named Darling, travel to a rich neighborhood to steal guavas. 

10. You’re Ugly, Too by Lorrie Moore — A history professor flies to Manhattan to spend Halloween weekend with her younger sister.

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23.09.2024 // day 214 // cute charms

I've been chipping away at my ethics application. every day I feel overwhelmed by how much I don't know. there's so much to learn and that's equally exciting and terrifying. these days, I've been trying to do the following:

write sections of my literature review

create datasheets of my primary sources

work on my ethics application and prep for 'fieldwork'

submit abstracts for symposiums/WIP seminars

compile annotated bibliography on decolonising museums as a part of my RA work. this is frankly out of my expertise area, so I'm struggling a bit. but I welcome the fact that I'm reading literature on a topic that's completely new to me

make my way through BoTW

also, finally added these charms to my TN; I love them so much.

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Is it the finals week or my final week, stay tuned to find out fellas!

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study days + pastel desk setup

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graduating with my bachelors in less than 2 weeks and I can't actually believe it

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i loved the sense of freefall in this book — it was persistent but never inevitable; and i loved loved loved the end

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Venetian book cat

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linkedin, the working man's tumblr

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rb with how you read books, one at a time or multiple at once / bookmark or folding page corner / highlight scribble notes on pages or no notes

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Brick mantel with Vermeer   -   Elena Climent , 2021.

Mexican, b. 1955-

Oil on linen on bord, 12 x 18 in.

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what's in my totebag (depressing law school library edition) !!

laptop + laptop case from korea

gallimard journal

cat claw clip

red lipstick

aesop handcream

mini backpack pencil case

the remains of the day

bose quietcomfort 45 headphones

yellow hard shell charger case

not pictured: my wallet and car keys

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Noise

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new journal

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i think everyone needs to adopt "i didnt say it was good, i said i liked it" into their vocabulary right now. it did me wonders