Amrita by the Book | On Beauty: A (Small?) Rant on Writing Women @AmritabytheBook | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
How do we write women and what does it reveal about us? On beauty standards in books.
0:00 Men Writing Women
4:59 On Beauty
8:25 Internalizing BS
10:59 Beauty as currency
14:11 Diversity in standards
16:56 Outro
FURTHER READING:
buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/18-men-who-need-to-be-banned-from-writing-female-characters
buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/heres-how-male-authors-described-women-in-books
slate.com/culture/2020/09/alyssa-cole-romance-novels-racism-diversity.html
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SOCIAL:
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KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
How do we write women and what does it reveal about us? On beauty standards in books.
0:00 Men Writing Women
4:59 On Beauty
8:25 Internalizing BS
10:59 Beauty as currency
14:11 Diversity in standards
16:56 Outro
FURTHER READING:
buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/18-men-who-need-to-be-banned-from-writing-female-characters
buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/heres-how-male-authors-described-women-in-books
slate.com/culture/2020/09/alyssa-cole-romance-novels-racism-diversity.html
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST: youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
Instagram: instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book
Twitter: twitter.com/amritaIQ
KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
![The History Challenge Book Tag! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BcCUJLiPGi0/hqdefault.jpg "The History Challenge Book Tag! [CC]
My TBR for the History Challenge Readathon (17th to 30th August 2020) plus a fun history book tag! As always, if you like it, feel free to do it on or off YouTube and let me know!
Questions for The History Challenge Tag:
1) What first got you into history?
2) What is your favorite history book/author?
3) What is your most anticipated history book you have not read yet?
4) What is your favorite time period and why? What book do you want to read/have read about it?
5) What time period would you like to learn more about? What book do you want to read/have read about it?
6) Who is your favorite person in history? What book do you want to read/have read about it?
7) What history topic would you like to see more fiction/non fiction books about?
8) What non book resources do you enjoy when learning about history?
9) Give a fun historical fact you have learned or your favorite historical quote.
10) Shoutout a booktuber you enjoy who also reads history.
ORIGINAL CREATORS:
Triumphal Reads: https://youtu.be/wTjOq2j0WG4
Bookish Shenanigans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M57riQexxjQ
Ghost Reader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_x2F7otoLU
A Cup of Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBQIzKoi2WU
FELLOW BOOKTUBERS:
Rosie Cockshutt: https://youtu.be/reYzjAFjmi8
Lana ExLibris: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZSalwafK_szRRP46Wygs9g/featured
Literarily Smitten: https://youtu.be/PT-21JjMB30
Nikkis Books: https://youtu.be/_SE0-PbbC8s
UDAY BHATIA: https://twitter.com/yooday
SHAI HUSSAIN: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrShaihussain
ANNE THÉRIAULTS QUEENS OF INFAMY: https://longreads.com/tag/queens-of-infamy/
GOODREADS:
The Anarchy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42972023-the-anarchy
City of Djinns: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/124430.City_of_Djinns
Made Men: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53280322-made-men
Digital Cash: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42585104-digital-cash
Putting the Tea in Britain: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Putting-Tea-Britain-Scots-National/dp/1780276575
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6709606-george-nicholas-and-wilhelm
Wise Guy: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865792.Wise_Guy
Genghis Khan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13573316-the-khan-series
Alexander the Great: https://www.goodreads.com/series/62121-alexandros
Catherine the Great: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/182662.Catherine_the_Great
Madhulika Liddle: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3113986.Madhulika_Liddle
Abir Mukherjee: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14417102.Abir_Mukherjee
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
GET TO KNOW ME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
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KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
#readathon #historybooktag #thehistorychallenge")
![Read, Reread, Pass: A Bookish Kiss, Marry, Kill [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Benswn4MJr4/hqdefault.jpg "Read, Reread, Pass: A Bookish Kiss, Marry, Kill [cc]
Its here! An incredible list of popular books... that I have not read and probably will never read plus a few that I have. Thanks to the much more plugged in Moon, whose channel you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvg1nAidP1ULsmmaB_u-9Rw
CHANNELS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
Nerdy Nat Reads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx5hLR2siz3cSvAMB12nkFQ
Jeremy Fee: https://youtu.be/ALu2LlKyNag
Sunny Luca: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-E_aGCZE1bhHTGxDUOTbog
BOOKS
1. throne of glass
2. a court of thorns and roses
3. a little life
4. the cruel prince
5. the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
6. six of crows duology
7. the invisible life of addie la rue
8. the poppy war
9. mistborn
10. the house in the cerulean sea
11. november 9
12. ugly love
13. hunger games
14. twilight
15. the mortal instruments
16. the infernal devices
17. the dark artifices
18. these violent delights
19. percy jackson
20. a darker shade of magic
21. the secret history
22. the grisha trilogy
23. daisy jones and the six
24. after
25. ninth house
26. if we were villains
27. anna and the french kiss
28. radio silence
29. the hate u give
30. scythe
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RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
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KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
#KissMarryKill #bookish")
![BINGE! Ep.1: Alistair MacLean [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CjXFJwRBrMI/hqdefault.jpg "BINGE! Ep.1: Alistair MacLean [cc]
BINGE! is a series about authors whose works are an automatic buy for me. Alistair MacLean wrote action, adventure, spy thrillers with a WWII / Cold War backdrop. Timestamp:
0:00 BINGE!
0:29 Alistair MacLean
1:48 Golden Rendezvous
3:46 Guns of Navarone
4:52 The Way to Dusty Death
5:34 Ice Station Zebra
7:54 Fear is the Key
GOODREADS
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26970.Alistair_MacLean
BOOKS ADAPTED TO FILM: A Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whldChqCsYk&list=PLtLQgGRM7trxVbCNlXDU6uM1hAZ5WYewF
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
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SOCIAL:
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![Why I Love Gone with the Wind... and It Sucks [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DjjLA0VT6hI/hqdefault.jpg "Why I Love Gone with the Wind... and It Sucks [cc]
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is an exceptionally well-written book, which makes it all the more problematic.
YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS feat. Hattie McDaniel (the first black performers to win an Oscar... for playing Mammy in the movie): http://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/tag/Hattie+McDaniel
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18405.Gone_with_the_Wind
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
GET TO KNOW ME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
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KHANDAAN: A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi6noAvuRo-H6YzQ-tJj4Ew")
![Jamie from Outlander is the King of all Historical Himbos: Bad News Lovers Ep. 6 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F7PfIrss3RM/hqdefault.jpg "Jamie from Outlander is the King of all Historical Himbos: Bad News Lovers Ep. 6 [CC]
TW: Rape and assault. Jamie Fraser from Outlander was a tough but necessary choice because hoo boy! talk about a Bad Lover (except he might be great at the actual act, oops).
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
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SOCIAL:
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#BadNewsLovers #outlander #JamieFraser")
