Virginia Woolf's classic feminist text has been such a great motivation for women in the past century. I am so glad that I live in a time that benefits directly from the struggles of previous generations of women's rights activists. I get to freely read works by so many female writers since then who have been given their own room to produce work. Some of my recent favourites are by Patricia Collin Hills, Jean Rhys, Elena Ferrante, Madeleine Thien, Souvankham Thammavongsa etc. to name a few. I can also vote, rent an apartment in my own name without needing a husband, earn my own money, have my own bank account, travel by myself freely whether it's walking, biking, taking the bus or plane or driving unsupervised, have multiple blogs, buy my own jewelry, be single without criticism etc. There's still so much that oppresses women in our society, but I feel much freer than those in Little Women or Middlemarch. For me in the last year or so, the most liberating experience ha...