It's a challenging existence and it comes in many forms. Good thing there's plenty of literature to guide us through the nuances and celebrations of being a woman. We talk about what books we might give to our daughters.

Note - this episode was recorded when it was (briefly!) legal for two members of different households to mix indoors.

Angela's first aid kit:

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Nicola's first aid kit:

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

The Bell Jar by Syvia Plath

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

Other resources/books we mention:

Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

How 'The Bell Jar' Became Pop Culture's Code for Female Sadness (Nylon)

Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly

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