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Roberta Garrett

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Female writers and readers have been challenging the patriarchy for more than 200 years

As long as women continue to write, read and reimagine the world, novel reading will remain a vital site of feminist resistance and possibility.

05.03.2026 10

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Roberta Garrett

Hamnet: by centring Anne Hathaway, this sensuous film gives Shakespeare’s world new life

Hamnet turns Anne Hathaway from a shrew to a sorceress.

08.01.2026 10

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Wild Cherry is no female version of Adolescence – but it is a modern feminist tale

The show is a missed opportunity to to sympathetically explore girlhood in the digital age.

25.11.2025 6

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Why Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale failed as feminist television

Hulu’s adaptation misrepresents the themes of Atwood’s biting feminist dystopia.

05.06.2025 6

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Roberta Garrett