Renee sits down with Lexi and Kayla from Students United, a student-led organization that has launched Fck Student Debt, a campaign to eliminate student debt. They discuss the efforts within Minnesota, how their work can be a catalyst for a greater movement, and why student debt is a feminist issue. Feminist Book Club will donate […]
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Emma dives into some of her favorite reads so far in 2021 (part two!). Emma has read 116 books (and counting!) this year, so she’ll be talking about some of these by genre — this week’s segment are her favorite Poetry, Memoirs and Essays, and History reads and include a few backlist titles. Part 1
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Renee welcomes back Amanda Montell, author of Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (our September book of the month pick!) and Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, to give a brief intro to what you can expect to read in Wordslut as well as the through-line between Wordslut and Cultish. Reserve your
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Emma dives into some of her favorite reads so far in 2021 (part one!). Emma has read 115 books (and counting!) this year, so she’ll be talking about some of these by genre — this week’s segment are her top favorite Fantasy and Fiction reads, which include a few backlist titles. Books mentioned: The Poppy
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Mariquita and Nora discuss how to process anxiety and grief during a time when community may be challenging to access. On the list of don’ts: toxic positivity and invalidating comments disguised as well-wishes. Suggestions include: reaching out to friends, peer groups and helplines; reading beautiful poetry; and finding healthy coping skills that work for and
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In today’s world, life can get busy. From Vancouver, CA to Miami, FL, oranywhere in between, people have commitments to family, work, cooking,cleaning, and social events. These everyday tasks can make it can seemnearly impossible to find time for yourself. Luckily, making and sticking tosmall lifestyle changes and developing new habits, all at home, can help relaxyour mind. It’s
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With Emma and Forrest In this segment, Emma has a conversation with Forrest, your @favoritelibrarian ! Forrest and Emma talk about the beauty of libraries and archives and give some of their favorite book recommendations (with book to movie adaptations and anime recs sprinkled in!). Follow and support our hosts: Emma: Instagram Forrest: Instagram Forrest’s
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Ready for a fun new rom-com? Niba offers up So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park and shares an interview with the author herself. We hope you’re hungry. Follow and support our host! Niba: Instagram // Twitter // YouTube // Website Follow and support our guest! Suzanne: Instagram // Twitter // Website Also mentioned: Podcast
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With Phalin and Emma Phalin gives a little history on National Support Black Businesses Month and offers actionable ways to drive diversity, inclusion, and equity to Black Owned Businesses during the month of August. Then Emma dives deeply into the book Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty and talks about the
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I am finally recuperated from a whirlwind weekend. As readers of this blog already know, last weekend was our #FBCReadathon and I thought it would be brilliant to host a grand opening event at the same time. It was… a lot. But so worthwhile. The Readathon Last year’s readathon was an epic weekend where I
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With Natalia, Emma, and Renee Science fiction and fantasy don’t get the respect they deserve and Natalia has a lot of feelings about it. At the end of the segment, we hope you’ll be more inclined to pick up the next science fiction or fantasy book you stumble across. Then Renee unboxes everything in the
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Check back throughout the day to see the prompts and the winners! Day 1: Friday, July 23 Renee went live on Instagram to kick off the weekend and did a surprise giveaway! Winner: @steakknives13 Prompt 1: Introduce YourselfInstagram Winners: @sydney.reads.and.stuff & @va4indieauthorsTwitter Winners: @eellenblack & @brittanysherma8 Prompt 2: Show us your stack!Instagram Winners: @clara.books.it &
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