[ART] Lit Thursday - Tranquilista : Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play

Tranquilista is a novel written by the designer, writer and yoga teacher, Kimberly Wilson. It is 170 pages of organization, meditation, goal setting as well as beauty tips and tricks. She defines a Tranquilista as a woman who "embraces her many sides: spiritual, creative and entrepreneurial". This novel reminds the reader of the importance of finding balance and down time in their hectic lives and also offers some insight on being an entrepreneur. There are a few It is a very easy read and I definitely recommend it for the modern woman.

[ART] Lit Thursday - The Girl's Guide to Starting Your Own Business

My dad gave me this book about a month ago and it only took me a few days to run through it. It is a very quick read containing a lot of facts and success stories about women who have successfully launched their own businesses. The authors are two former co workers that were employed in corporate America but felt unfulfilled by their jobs. The two successfully started their own business and wrote this book to share with other women. Although they expose you to the benefits of having your own company and being your own boss, they also give you the cold facts and introduce you to the legal side of being an entrepreneur. I recommend this to any women that are aspiring entrepreneurs! ;)

[ART] Lit Thursday - "The Century of Women" by Margaret Wente

On International Women's Day, I read an article that was on the front page of the Globe and Mail entitled "For the free, educated and affluent, welcome to the century of women" by Margaret Wente. She begins by stating "The war for women's right is over, and we won". Wente basically said that she finds no real reason for there to be an International Women's Day anymore as we, as women (in the Western world) already have all of the rights and equality that we will ever need. She goes on to explain that, thanks to the Industrial Revolution, we as women now have the choice to be mothers or to work in the corporate world. I found this article to be one that is deeply disturbing and almost comedic. I'm trying to figure out if this was a sad cry for attention or if she truly believes in the delusions that she is spewing out. The generalizations in this article are unbelievable, Wente is clearly using herself as the prototype for the woman that she is speaking about. The fact that she disregards the less fortunate women in our society as well as her denial that sexual harassment directed toward women has occured in the work place after the 1960s, is truly remarkable. Of course, there is also the issue of choice. We as women are now allowed to choose whether we want to be mothers or have successful careers. This statement seems to assume that we do not possess the qualities to have both, when with men, it is assumed that they can.

If you would like to take a look at the ignorance that is her article, you can do so by clicking here

I really felt that this being on the front page of the Globe and Mail on IWD was a serious insult and further establishes my concern about the state of our society and the delusions that continue to manifest within it.