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Emma Watson Reveals Her June Book Of The Month

Emma Watson Reveals Her June Book Of The Month

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Emma Watson has revealed her June ‘Book of the month’ for her bookclub, and it comes as a nice nerdy surprise after three semi-biographical, more theoretical, prose books. Her pick, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi,  is only the second selection that varies from the typical ‘woman tells her experiences of life as woman’ book, was announced via the Goodreads group Our Shared Shelf which is dedicated to Emma Watson’s book club.
It’s not that other selections, such as Gloria Steinham’s Life on the Road and Caitlin Moran’s comic take How to be a Woman are not useful, enlightening or different from each other, it’s more that I craved a mix of genre. I also feel those new or reluctant to feminism might like a less intense introduction. After all, gender equality  and inequality comes in many forms, and is especially present in fiction.
For those unacquainted with the book club, it was formed last January from Emma’s overwhelming happiness at the response to her work for the He For She campaign. It coincides with Emma’s sabbatical from acting which she intends to spend working for Gender Equality and reading. Anyone with a Goodreads account can join, male, female, or gender-fluid, and there have been five titles so far. These are:  On the Road by Gloria Steinhem, The Colour Purple by Alice Walker, All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks, How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran and Argonauts by Maggie Nelson. There are a few in person chapters in Ireland, including one in Dublin that meets early each month to discuss the book of the previous month. Their next meeting is on June 13th at 8pm in the Hairy Lemon.
This month’s title is a graphic novel: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi that chronicles her life growing up in Iran during and after The Islamic Revolution. It was first published in parts in 2000 and 2003 and was later translated into English and is considered one of the best graphic novels of all time.
– Words by Niamh Ennis
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