Those of you in the Feminist Book Club community know me as the site’s resident sexpert. I typically write about sex positivity, reproductive health, and education. But I assure you, I contain multitudes. And one of those multitudes is, inexplicably, eldercare. It may sound weird, but eldercare has been an interest of mine since childhood, […]
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As I write this, I’m more than halfway through our latest Feminist Book Club book — Alice Wong’s Disability Visibility — and deep into the heart of Sex Ed for All Month. Previously known as Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, the month of May has since been earmarked as a time to raise awareness around how
Disabled Youth Aren’t Receiving the Sex Ed They Deserve Read More »
CW: sexual violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment It was 20 years ago, but I still remember everything. Going out dancing to a favorite nightclub in Cambridge. Lights flashing. Faces blinking bright out of the darkness. A young guy’s hands resting lightly on my hips as we stepped and spun with the music. And suddenly, a
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This past February, Juwan J. Holmes of LGBTQ Nation reported that Georgia was considering a piece of anti-trans legislation that would ban transgender girls from participating in school sports. This bill — House Bill 372 — would redefine gender as “a person’s biological sex at birth,” require state-funded schools and associations to ban student-athletes from
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When I spoke to Rachel Fey, the senior director of public policy at Power to Decide, about the new administration the other month, she was giddy. “We’ve spent the last four years playing defense… playing whack-a-mole,” she said. “Trying to protect what we have. But what we know is that’s really not good enough.” She
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As a freelance writer, I’ve long walked an uneasy tightrope between journalist and activist. You see, the rules of journalistic objectivity require me to approach all stories from a stance of neutrality, not taking sides or expressing personal opinions. I’m expected to report the facts and nothing but the facts, giving equal space to all
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This past February, Sacred Heart Parish School in Sacramento, California, expelled three students after it was discovered that their mom, Crystal Jackson, had a page on the adult social platform OnlyFans. Jackson told People magazine that she and her husband of 14 years had turned to the platform after experiencing marital issues. They were trying
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I spend an inordinate amount of time every year trying to figure out the most efficient way to stretch my freelance income so as to donate to as many social justice organizations as possible. Should I send my money to big organizations like Black Lives Matter and Southern Poverty Law Center that are doing work
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Nightbitch, the titular mom at the center of Rachel Yoder’s forthcoming domestic satire, isn’t like the other moms, the ones we’re used to seeing in literature and on daytime TV. Nightbitch lurks on the edges of the local mommy and me activity groups, preferring not to be absorbed into the groups of chipper, chattering moms.
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I have a history of getting super excited about movements and initiatives before fully understanding the big picture. It’s very middle-class white chick of me. For example, six years ago, after popping out a child and deciding, Man, I never want to do that again, I got an IUD that magically released me from the burdens of
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I picked up the graphic adaptation of Gabby Rivera’s Juliet Takes a Breath because I remembered loving her voice in the novel. Gabby’s voice. Juliet’s voice. The mix of humor and fearlessness and, at the same time, vulnerability. But it is artist Celia Moscote‘s treatment of bodies in this graphic novel that takes my breath
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You know that feeling you get when you’ve been reading for hours and hours and hours and you can’t bring yourself to stop reading but, at the same time, your body feels like a metal folding chair that’s been left out in the rain so long you can’t fold it anymore? So you just throw
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![Have you joined us at one of our in-person events at The Coven SLP (@thecoven.slp)?
This January 9th, we’re diving into The Disordered Cosmos by Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein with a special evening of community and conversation.
Didn’t finish the book? No problem! We’ll kick off the evening with a community reading hour before screening the author Q&A, so there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
✨ Here’s the evening’s agenda:
📖 5:00–6:30 PM - Community Reading Hour
🎥 6:30–7:30 PM - Author Q&A screening with the FBC Virtual Community
💬 7:30–8:30 PM - Group discussion about the book & Q&A
Join us for a cozy evening of learning, sharing, and connection!
[alt text: The Disordered Cosmos Book Discussion | Kick off the evening by viewing a live author Q&A with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein at 6:30PM and then stick around for a group discussion. Come between 5pm-6:30pm for quiet reading hour.
Thursday, January 9th at 5pm
The Coven SLP
6726 Walker ST
St. Louis Park, MN 55426]](https://www.feministbookclub.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)