This post was sponsored by Storey Press. All opinions are my own. Our sponsors help us to pay our staff and to keep feminist media independent! My schedule has gotten exceptionally full lately and I know I’m not alone in this. Once summer is over, it feels like we’re all in a sprint towards the […]
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Feminist Book Club celebrated its 5th birthday in July with an announcement (we’re transitioning into a co-op!) and a call for help (we were robbed 4 times…). It’s been a very tumultuous few months to say the least. While there are a few major changes ahead for Feminist Book Club, who we are, what we
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This post was sponsored by Knopf Doubleday. All opinions are my own. I’ve been in a reading rut for quite some time and even my usual YA adventures aren’t helping. But when I started reading Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell, I was instantly reminded why I love to read. This is a story
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This post was sponsored by Hachette Books. All opinions are my own. This one’s for the fashionistas, the rock n roll lovers, fans of the book Girls Like Us, the women’s history buffs, and the nosy nellies who love celebrity gossip. If you know anything about us at Feminist Book Club, we love celebrating the
Rock & Roll Feminism: Parachute Women by Elizabeth Winder Read More »
We recently welcomed seven new contributors to the Feminist Book Club team and we’d like to (re)introduce you to everyone! With these new voices, we’re also adjusting our content schedule just slightly. On Tuesdays, you’ll hear us dive deep into one or two books through group book discussions and author interviews. On Thursdays, you can
(Re)Introducing the Feminist Book Club podcast team! Read More »
This post was sponsored by Hachette Books but all opinions are my own. Partnerships like these help Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! Laura Belgray is a wildly successful copywriter with a career that spans magazines, television, blogs, and more. Her essay collection Tough Titties: On Living Your
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Remember those emails hounding you to vote for us for The Next Challenge for Media & Journalism? Unfortunately, despite your votes and our best efforts, we didn’t win the Audience Choice Award. But…. WE WON THE VISION AWARD! The Vision Award recognizes one of the nearly 400 media companies that applied for The Next Challenge that has
Big Wins & Big Changes Read More »
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! Like it or not, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is an entertainment juggernaut and, despite a bit of tumult over at Disney, it’s not
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In our new series, Sally proposes a bookish Double Date by sharing two of her favorite books on a particular topic, starting with America’s founders. Taking a deep dive into the early years of U.S. history may not seem super sexy, but these books are engaging and offer insights your teachers might have missed in
Double Date with America’s Founders + Dr. Poetry on Spoken Word Read More »
This post was sponsored by Hanover Square Press and 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! I’m a sucker for non-fiction books that correct historical records in a way that is engaging,
Femina, the forgotten women of the Middle Ages Read More »
We’ve written about a great deal about forgotten feminists in history (I’m particularly fond of Sarah Winnemucca and Florence Price). So here’s another icon to add to the feminist annals of history: Madame Restell. Born Ann Trow in 1811 in Painswick, England, she came to New York City in the 1830s with her daughter and
Madame Restell: A Forgotten Feminist Icon Read More »
I’ve always said that in another timeline, I’d be a crisis PR executive. I’m fascinated by public apologies and how deeply terrible the majority of them are. We’ve witness bad apologies from Will Smith to James Charles to… some of our competitors *cough*… and honestly? I love dissecting them, imagining what they could’ve said differently,
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies Read More »
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