Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


Because misogyny has a thousand words for “unhinged bitch” but not a single one for “multiple female orgasm”

If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter

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I thought it appropriate that, on the day of my Cannonball, I declare that I have a new hero: Geraldine DeRuiter. In 2019, she won the James Beard Foundation Award, in the category of Personal Essay Long Form, for her Everywhereist.com blog post titled “I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls From Mario Batali’s Sexual Misconduct Apology Letter.” This is not why she is my hero. However, if you read this book you may understand why her story resonated with me. If You Can’t Take the […]

Not all that wander are lost

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I stumbled across Geraldine DeRuiter’s memoir All Over the Place while skimming Overdrive for my next audio book and was happily surprised to discover it was such a funny, heartfelt memoir. I’ve never read her blog, the Everywhereist, but I really enjoyed her self deprecating and open style of writing. While her blog, and by extension this memoir, are about travel that is just the surface of what DeRuiter covers. “Sometimes you can’t let a complete dearth of natural talent or ability stop you from doing something.” When […]



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