feminist Archives - Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Barbie–smart, funny, silly, touching, authentic and fanciful

Shelley Admin2023-07-30T22:20:39+00:00Barbie, feminist, History, reader|

I spent untold impressionable childhood hours playing with a Barbie doll, the protagonist of Greta Gerwig's new blockbuster film. Neither [...]

Fiction, life, history, politics

Shelley Admin2022-09-27T15:30:17+00:00Book Event, Fact and fiction, feminist, historical fiction, History, ideas, politics|

I retired from teaching in 2021. One thing I really miss is talking about CONNECTIONS between fiction and life and [...]

Difficult? Horrible? Badass?

Shelley Admin2022-08-26T22:53:47+00:00#amwriting, audience, AUTHOR, Book Event, Catriona McPherson, Fact and fiction, feminist, Gossip, historical fiction, historical thriller, Interview, Tomboy|

Talking about Tomboy with very good friends. For the past three years I've co-directed Stories on Stage Sacramento with author Dorothy [...]

Start Jane Benjamin’s adventure with Copy Boy–free upload

Shelley Admin2022-03-02T19:27:48+00:00AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Dust Bowl, Fact and fiction, FAMILY, feminist, feminist noir, FREE, Giveaway, historical fiction, historical thriller, Noir, Publishing|

I loved Mona's cranky, disgruntled humor in Elizabeth Gonzalez James's debut novel, MONA AT SEA. That's why I was so [...]

Cantankerous and fussy

Shelley Admin2022-01-18T18:25:24+00:00AUTHOR, Copy Boy, Fact and fiction, feminist, Grit, historical fiction, historical thriller, History|

I wrote Copy Boy, my first of the Jane Benjamin novels, in ten years, dipping in and out of the [...]