Nina Garcia is a reader, reviewer, and devoted coffee drinker from Texas. When she’s not reading or watching Netflix, she is working on writing projects, including a middle grade novel. Favorite genres: anti-racist and intersectional feminist non-fiction, science fiction, horror, and contemporary with elements of fantasy.
The Movement author Clara Bingham
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On Centering Women’s Voices in History: an Interview with Clara Bingham

This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! About the Book The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America, 1963-1973 by Clara Bingham is an oral history that encapsulates second wave feminism […]

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Women’s Bodies and Feminist Science Books

Lately, I’m fascinated by the subject of women’s bodies, including personal autonomy and (lack of) access to information, resources, and (quality) healthcare. Though it’s a topic I’ve thought about often, I recently started picking up feminist science books to learn more. By feminist science books in this context, I am referring to books that use a

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Books I’m Reading for (and beyond) Disability Pride Month 

This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! On March 12, 1990, more than 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. Capitol to demand that Congress pass the

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A Period Story

Background Growing up, I never heard anyone talk about periods. I got ‘the talk’ from my mother when it happened for me, but not anywhere outside of that. I never heard open and free conversations about menstruation from anyone. Even my friends at school were incredibly private about it, and particularly skilled at the old

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Book Review: This is Not a Personal Statement

This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! CW: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Racism, Classism  Summary This is Not a Personal Statement is a YA/new adult novel about

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Reader Reflection: Don’t Fear the Reaper  

This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! CW: Gore, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Pedophilia. Background Remember video stores? Friday nights spent picking

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