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“We teach women that love is the thing to strive for and I think that’s problematic.” – Ivelisse Rodriguez   Ivelisse Rodriguez’s debut short story collection Love War Stories is a 2019 PEN/Faulkner finalist and a 2018 Foreword Reviews INDIES finalist. She is the founder and editor of an interview series focused on contemporary Puerto Rican writers […]

“It turns out the solution to burnout is not self-care. It is all of us caring for each other.” – Emily Nagoski   Emily Nagoski is the award-winning  author of the New York Times bestseller, Come As You Are: the surprising new science that will transform your sex life. Her new book, Burnout, was released

“Why do mothers have to say out loud that they enjoy every single moment of being a mother? Because we don’t. There are times when you have these thoughts of escape.” – Angie Kim Angie Kim moved as a preteen from Seoul, South Korea, to the suburbs of Baltimore. She attended Stanford University and Harvard Law

   “Maybe we’re finally realizing that not having a matriarchy means that nobody has ever really had a mother, a whole full-functioning human being.” – Sophia Shalmiyev Sophia Shalmiyev emigrated from Leningrad to America in 1990. She is a feminist writer and painter living in Portland with her two children. Shalmiyev’s work has appeared

“Especially with racial pain in America, people ask you for your story so they can tell you they don’t believe it.” – Mira Jacob Mira Jacob is the author and illustrator of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. Her critically acclaimed novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick, shortlisted for India’s Tata First

In this episode, Feminist Book Club Intern Lucy is back—this time with recommendations to bulk up your intersectional book shelf with three powerful women authors of color. We’re talking Roxane Gay, Feminista Jones, and Scaachi Koul. You can find Lucy on Instagram and Twitter at @lucygraceeee to follow her adventures.   Books mentioned: One Day

“You are responsible for your life. No one’s coming in here to save you. If you don’t save yourself, it’s not going to happen.” – Abby Maslin Abby Maslin is the bestselling author of Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love, a remarkable story of transformation and resilience in the

“I never set out to write a dystopia. What I really wanted to write about were these ideas from being an outsider throughout my life. One in particular is this idea that America is a meritocracy.” – Joanne Ramos Joanne Ramos was born in the Philippines and moved to Wisconsin when she was six. She

“A lot of stories that are American West stories are about white men so I wanted to tell a story set in the American West that is about women of color.” – Ruchika Tomar   Ruchika Tomar grew up in the Inland Empire, California. She holds a BA in English Literature from the University of

In this episode, Feminist Book Club intern Lucy Pabst is here with her first foray into the podcasting world. Today she’s sharing her top 5 LGBT+ books in honor of June being Pride Month, and the 50 year celebration of the Stonewall Riots. Follow Lucy on Twitter and Instagram @lucygraceeee for a generally fun queer

“When I’m unable to use the word rape, does that make me a bad feminist because it’s in someway diminishing the experience?” – Steph Auteri   Steph Auteri has written about women’s health and sexuality for the Atlantic, VICE, Pacific Standard, the Establishment, and other publications. She also nerds out about books for Book Riot,

“Feminism to me means that not only do our experiences matter, but they’re not relegated to the margins.” – Kali Fajardo-Anstine   Kali Fajardo-Anstine is from Denver, Colorado. She is the author of the debut short story collection, Sabrina & Corina from One World/ Random House, a historical novel to follow. Her fiction has appeared