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I know this isn‘t exactly philosophy, but it is religion and spirituality which is a part of philosophy. I can just imagine the conversations we could have with this one. I‘m just touching base to see if this is something our group would like to read. No worries, I‘m thinking beginning of the year because the holidays are just careening toward us. Thoughts on this or any other ideas for our next read?

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TheBookHippie @GingerAntics 😅🤣 1d

ravenlee 😆 Now I feel all special! Yes, I am interested. 1d

GingerAntics @ravenlee you are so special!!! 🧡🧡🧡 1d

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Thanks for thinking of me! 1d

CatLass007 I think this looks like a great selection! I‘m definitely in for this one. 1d

Chrissyreadit i love this book and could reread or reskimm and join in- it is a huge reason for the beliefs i have 24h

GingerAntics @Chrissyreadit it‘s definitely making me think through the beliefs I‘ve held my entire life. I look forward to our discussions. 23h

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I cannot follow you 22h

AlaSkaat This looks interesting, something I‘d pick up at this moment! I‘m in 😄 20h

DrSabrinaMoldenReads Oh Ok 3h

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GingerAntics

When God was a Woman | Merlin Stone

😮🤭🤣😂🤣 this is OFFICIALLY how I am referring to Christianity, especially Christian nationalism and the quiverfull cult, from now on. 🤣😂🤣🍰🍰🍰
#MerlinStone #WhenGodWasAWoman #audiobook #religion #FertilityCults #SterilityCults @TheBookHippie

TheBookHippie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 4d

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GingerAntics

When God was a Woman | Merlin Stone

I certainly have concerns about this book from a historical perspective. @TheBookHippie made me do it! lol Here goes nothing.
#MerlinStone #WhenGodWasAWoman #audiobook

TheBookHippie 😅😂🤷🏻‍♀️ but it was 1.50 🤣🤣🤣 4d

TheBookHippie Actually once past the denseness of it .. it‘s a very interesting take. 4d

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie for that price you absolutely had to buy it. I‘m open to the scholarship. 4d

julesG I read it ages ago (also read Women Who Run with Wolves). Maybe I should re-read to refresh my memory. 4d

GingerAntics @julesG for some reason I was avoiding it because I guess I thought it was about the debunked theory that everything used to be a matriarchy. It‘s not. It‘s pretty good so far! I had to stop myself from listening to the whole thing in one sitting. 4d

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ncsufoxes

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

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Listened on audio, narrated by the author. I always enjoy listening to these retelling of women in Greek mythology. I always love how sometimes as Haynes is reading she sounds like an exhausted woman, like seriously why are we still having to fight these fights…like a majority of women do. I love the authors perspective (my 10 year old would love them too but she needs to get a little older, she loves mythology & definitely want her to gain a more

ncsufoxes feminist perspective). 4w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😉✊🏼📚💝 4w

JuniperWilde Oh stacking! I loved her Thousand Ships 4w

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Booksbymybed

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

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Divine Might by Natalie Haynes 🎧 read by the author.
Enjoyed this book tremendously, a deep look into Greek goddesses that walked the world so long ago, yet sometimes I wonder if they‘re still here. Who they were in myth, literature, pop culture. I only wish my audio book projected pictures of all the artwork. 😅

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ravenlee

Goddesses in Older Women: Archetypes in Women Over Fifty | Jean Shinoda Bolen

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AshleyHoss820

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

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As an avid fan of all things myth (from a multitude of cultures), this wasn‘t anything mind-blowing to me, but I absolutely had a good time reading it. I enjoyed her connections to modernity. I like her wit. It‘s always fun to take a feminist critique, which is what I often did with my own scholarly papers. It‘s important work, but it‘s also important to be accessible and Haynes accomplishes just that.

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Robotswithpersonality

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes

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Exactly what I wanted, a modern feminist lens on the Greek goddesses. Really fills the niche I was missing after reading that collection of tragic plays and feeling so alienated by the lack of such considerations in the accompanying essays.
While she covers the classics by speaking on a selection of well known myths on certain goddesses, I love that Haynes also includes 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? discussion of ancient art, artifacts, and plays as well as more modern retellings, occassional exploration of their archetypes, themes in modern pop culture, throughout literature.
Of course, Haynes has my heart for writing on Hestia. 5mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 The goddesses can be as cruel, power-mad, irrational as any of the males in the pantheon, but it was refreshing to see a writer consistently identify the societal factors that would affect how they were portrayed then, and how we might look on them with fresh eyes now.
On to Pandora's Jar!
⚠️ SA, incest (edited) 5mo

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Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth | Natalie Haynes