This week, The Lady Jewel Diviner is:
• A fast-paced cosy crime mystery
• A cute nod to Regency romance
• Obsessed with cream teas
Category Archives: Women in Fiction
Fantastic Regency Fantasy – Manners and Monsters
This week, Manners and Monsters is:
• A weird mix of American and Regency
• A great mix of magic and cosy crime
• Full of pickled cabbage
Review of ‘The Clockwork Boys’
This week, find out:
• What The Clockwork Boys is about
• Why horses are mostly for paladins
• That suicide missions can be fun… as long as you’re only watching
Why Haven’t I Watched Thelma and Louise (1991) Before?
This week, I discover:
• Thelma and Louise really is a classic
• Films can be funny and tragic
• Old films can be shockingly relevant today
Women’s self-belief and beauty films: positives and negatives of ‘I Feel Pretty’ (2018) and ‘Isn’t It Romantic’ (2019)
This week, I give my thoughts on:
• How great it is to have films about women finding the confidence to succeed
• How addicted I am to these films
• Why ‘loving yourself no matter what you look like’ is not the straight-forward message that it’s often presented as
‘Woman warrior’ does not mean ‘strong female character’
This week, discover:
• Why ‘strong female characters’ compete with men
• Why women warriors can’t display emotion
• Some of the best women warriors in fiction
ALISON JANET BROWN 