“Unruly Girls, Unrepenant Mothers”
by V.E. on April 5th, 2011
filed under recap/review, writing
At the end of March, my last review for Elevate Difference was published. I’m sad to say that the great reviewing website is shutting down operations and being archived. The founding editor was offered a work position she couldn’t refuse, but it meant sacrificing her work with Elevate Difference.
In an email I received on March 4, Mandy wrote (in part):
I have some bittersweet news… I can no longer give Elevate Difference the attention it needs to thrive, and after talking it over with the editors, I’ve decided to shut it down… I feel really fortunate to have had the opportunity to create such an amazing body of work with all of you… and I thank you for all that you’ve contributed.
I hope someone or some other organization steps into the gap that Elevate Difference will surely leave. Until then, I bid my explicitly feminist book reviews adieu.




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