Taryn Parker-Holmes – Medium

Taryn Parker-Holmes

she/her

Published in
Books Are Our Superpower

Tolstoy vs Trump

What Anna Karenina taught me about modern America

Mar 23

The author’s copy of Anna Karenina, showing the book resting against a cushion with the front cover facing the viewer.

Mar 23

Published in
Just for Pause

The Art of Being an Ordinary Woman

What I learned when I let the performative mask fall

Mar 22

A photograph showing an ordinary middle-aged woman sitting at home quietly enjoying a cup of tea.

Mar 22

The Productivity Trap

When taking a nap is the most creative choice

Mar 6

The Productivity Trap

Mar 6

Published in
Books Are Our Superpower

Women and History in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

I expected escapist fantasy but got a powerful wake up call

Mar 3

A photo of the novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, propped against a cushion.

Mar 3

Published in
Books Are Our Superpower

Scheherazade’s Sisters

A celebration of Arabic women’s literature

Feb 27

A colorful painting by Sani ol-Molk (1814–1866) depicting two seated figures, a man and a woman, in a luxurious palace.

Feb 27

We Need to Abolish Gender

Why the gender debate still hasn’t gone far enough

Feb 25

We Need to Abolish Gender

Feb 25

Published in
Fourth Wave

The Game Only Works if Everyone Stays In

Combat the rise of fascism with joyful acts of resistance

Feb 22

A photograph showing women and children working together to plant trees and grow food on their communally owned land

Feb 22

Published in
Fourth Wave

The Scavenger

Vengeance and justice are not the same

Feb 1

An oil painting by João Marques de Oliveira, depicting a lonely young woman sitting on the shore of a lake with an empty basket. Her face is serious, even sorrowful, as she gazes into the middle distance, lost in thoughts or memories.

Feb 1

Published in
Books Are Our Superpower

Which Books Will Survive 100 Years?

History suggests very few; but history doesn’t predict the future

Jan 28

A photograph of dozens of secondhand books piled up higgledy-piggledy in the shopfront of a used bookstore. Who knows which of these forgotten volumes were once bestsellers?

Jan 28

Beyond ‘Digital Minimalism’

Why unplugging won’t solve our alienation (and what will)

Jan 15

A painting shows a crowded street with a lonely young woman highlighted among the throng.

Jan 15

Taryn Parker-Holmes

Taryn Parker-Holmes

she/her

I write about literature, art, ecology, philosophy, memory, and imagination. I reserve a right to diversify, diverge, surprise, or change my mind; I often do.

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