By Yvonne Martinez “Someday Mija, you’ll learn the difference between a whore and a working woman.” The words my sex worker grandmother told me that shaped my life. It was 1950’s Salt Lake, I was seven years old, and she had just come back from organizing a labor action. Salt Lake tavern owners brought in […] The post On Writing Scabmuggers appeared first on Women Writers, Women's Books.| Women Writers, Women's Books
By Alex Poppe Hanging onto the Land Cruiser’s roof rack with my left hand, I let go with my right, twisting to take photos of the stampede of children chasing us. Riding the back bumper evoked the exhilarated invincibility of youth. This is why I came here, I thought. This is wh—the humanitarian aid truck […] The post Choose Adventure over Convention. Then Write about It appeared first on Women Writers, Women's Books.| Women Writers, Women's Books
By Shanna Hatfield Books have been a wonderful source of adventure for as long as I can remember. My mother shared her love of books with me, reading to me most every night as a young child. When I was old enough to read the books myself, my favorite stories were those that brought the […]| Women Writers, Women's Books
By Melissa Meszaros Internet dating should not exist without a relationship jail. If you fail to comply with who you say you are, there should be consequences, a fraudulent misrepresentation suit, maybe. Technology upgrades, but lies stay the same. I work in public relations, a polishing job. I can take anyone’s half-formed thought and spin […]| Women Writers, Women's Books
Journalist Caroline McGhie got to explore Victorian attitudes to women’s rights, sexual freedom, religion, art and pornography when writing her debut novel The Sitter. But has anything changed since 1900? How a woman copes after she has been taken advantage of has long been a subject of interest for writers of women’s fiction. More recently […]| Women Writers, Women's Books
