Every month Feminist Book Club donates a portion of the proceeds of all sales to an non-profit organization. This month the organization that’s being featured is March of Dimes. The short video below gives you a brief primer of who they are, and where they come from. March of Dimes has programs which parents-to-be and […]
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I sat (virtually) down to interview author Layne Fargo about her newest book They Never Learn (out today – Happy Publication Day!) and the very first thing out of my mouth was a chipper and excited “So, I’m not a thriller fan!” …smooth right? But what followed was an amazing conversation about how it’s ok to
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love this logo? we’re selling shirts here. Week Two (Did you miss the first week? It’s ok, you can find it here.) Welcome to week two of Read. Resist. Vote! If you’re able to, I hope you join me in donating the equivalent of a cup of coffee to these amazing campaigns because after what
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love this logo? we made shirts! The Mantra. In 1969, Shirley Chisholm gave a speech at Howard University. The student body was reeling from the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. a short year earlier, and engaging in protests in opposition to the Vietnam War. They were also struggling over divided opinions about the increasing
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Content Warning – This post discusses gendered violence and murder at the hands of the patriarchy. #NiUnaMenos (literally translated into “Not one less (woman)” ) is a fourth-wave, grassroots, feminist movement that started in Argentina in 2015 and preceded explosion of the #MeToo movement in the United States. Following in the footsteps of the Madres
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Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that these
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August 18, 2020 is the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which made it illegal to deny citizens of the United States the right to vote on account of sex. For the purposes of this discussion we’ll be defining women as those who are cis-gendered to only focus on the past. We
Educate & Activate The 19th Amendment: History’s Most Exclusive Sorority Read More »
Podcasts. I love them. I used to listen to a lot of them in the before times when I drove to work every day and it was quiet. Now I grab minutes here and there for myself, but mine are not kid-friendly and I’m always. surrounded. by. kids. So! I started looking for podcasts that
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Today we’re talking about Spirit Run by Noé Alvarez, the first ever cis-gendered male featured here at Feminist Book Club. This review is coming from a place of conflicted emotions, I’m not going to bury the lede. So let’s dive in shall we? Book Summary Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an
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On November 12, 2001 – 61 days after 9/11 – American Airlines flight 587 going from New York City to Las Americas Airport in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic crashed in Queens. 251 passengers and nine crew members died along with five people on the ground. Because of when it happened people thought it was a
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Fourth of July in the United States of America is a day for standing out by a grill, eating burgers and hot dogs and, frankly questionable, potato salad while in your backyard. The food is really a distraction until you can blow fireworks up in your back yard while slightly drunk. While there’s nothing wrong
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Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts in an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace makes for better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that these
Educate & Activate: Ally vs. Accomplice Read More »
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