On Wednesdays We Smash The Patriarchy.
Hosted by Leigh & Elanor, Damned Scribbling Women wants to decolonize public school English/Lit curriculums and dismantle the patriarchy one mediocre, over-rated book, one dead, misogynist, racist white male author at a time. We want to read the true canon, not these endless lists of required novels written only by white men, and we are sick of having the rare women authored-book being tossed into the mix as performative ‘Diversity’. We want books by, and about, women - particularly BIPOC women - featured in school curriculums; better books than the white sausage-fest, books written by far superior authors. We want actual literature in Lit classes, and we don’t think that’s too much to ask. We want the truth.
“Truth is powerful and it prevails.” - Sojourner Truth