Ashley Paul is a traveler, runner, and baker. She is an Everlasting Bookworm and Culture Maven. She is passionate about supporting high school juniors and seniors to write compelling stories for their post-secondary careers. She loves stories with social commentary, atmospheric writing, and compelling characters.
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Reimagining Capitalism

If we truly knew about the companies we could buy from, their inhumane practices, false facing compassion, we would all be naked, bored, and hungry. That is not a reality show I want.  Capitalism has a loaded definition that makes my head spin. I have a gripe with how this word is thrown around in […]

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Review: SURVIVING HOME by Katerina Canyon

Content warning: abuse, drug use, rape In Katerina Canyon’s poetry collection, SURVIVING HOME, her life is present. Everything she has endured, particularly in her childhood, does not bind her. It empowers her to reflect. There are reflections as there are memories and questions. She is understanding wrongdoing that is as personal as it is political.

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Collectively Grieving Online

When a famous person dies, a collective sigh weighs on the world. Many people begin grieving online. Tributes pour in, reflecting on the person’s impact on their life. Watching every tweet, Instagram post, and/or reflection on any social media platform becomes a way to know how someone responded to knowing them or who they were

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The Concerned Optimist: 2022

A new year brings a wealth of refocusing, determination, and reflection. For some, the past two years, the past seven years, and well beyond have been difficult. I share some thoughts about 2022 for you to consider.   Midterm Elections I am concerned about the outcome of the national midterm elections. Historically, the midterm elections have

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Our Favorite and Funniest Feminist GetBullish Gifts

At Feminist Book Club, we thrive on sharing wonderful companies that give purpose with each purchase. At GetBullish, Jen Dziura evolved the company from an advice column to an annual conference and a collection of feminist-focused gifts. In our September book box, a tumbler was featured with a powerful message that is from GetBullish.  Jen

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Book Review: In Polite Company

CW: Sexual assault questioning, eating disorder Synopsis: In Gervais Hagerty’s debut novel, In Polite Company, Simons Smythe is a young woman working as a news producer. She was born and bred in Charleston, South Carolina to a sophisticatedly societal family. Her engagement to Trip makes her question many of the life choices pressured particularly by

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Review: Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins

CW: Sexual assault, abusive parental relationship, stalking Depending on your music listening style, you will almost immediately recognize the title, Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be. It is a lyric from “If I Was Your Girlfriend” by Prince, which is the author Nichole Perkins’ favorite song by the royal purple one. Beyonce

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