I dove into A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow thinking I would just get a fun, young adult novel about mermaids and Black girl magic, but it was so much more in the best of ways. It’s a magical realism story serving up the beauty of sisterhood and showing that racism and misogyny […]
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Another Pride month has come and gone even though it looked different this year. Pride celebrations around the United States were cancelled due to the global pandemic. As a result, digital celebrations gained popularity. One of my favorite alternatives to Pride was the programming by Lambda Literary, an organization that dedicates itself to supporting queer
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The Montclair, New Jersey-based Women’s Fire Choir formed after the 2016 election. Drawn by equal parts hopelessness and helplessness, I attended a community singing workshop that was held in the small back room of my local independent bookshop. Pressed shoulder to shoulder with about 30 women, our chairs lined up in front of shelves filled
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Today we’re talking about Spirit Run by Noé Alvarez, the first ever cis-gendered male featured here at Feminist Book Club. This review is coming from a place of conflicted emotions, I’m not going to bury the lede. So let’s dive in shall we? Book Summary Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an
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Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that these
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We have all read fairy tales and seen Disney versions where the main character, the princess, the girl, the mermaid, or someone else, has an adventure or a problem and is usually saved by a man. Thankfully, some recent Disney films show the main female characters saving herself. Fairytales have been rightly criticized for showing
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Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that these
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The Sober Lush by Amanda Eyre Ward and Jardine Libaire is “A Hedonist’s Guide to Living a Decadent, Adventurous, Soulful Life–Alcohol Free.” The Sober Lush describes various ways to lead a fulfilling, delightful, and meaningful life without alcohol. The main idea is “to redefine lushness and reclaim it.” For the authors, sober lushness is
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“My identity is constantly evolving and shifting in part because the way that gender is structured in our society is fundamentally flawed. All of us to an extent are trying to navigate through that flawed system.” – Meredith Talusan Meredith Talusan is an award-winning author and journalist who is the founding executive editor of them.,
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When the first issue of Ash & Thorn (which pubs June 24) was billed to me as Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets The Golden Girls, I was like, “Yes? Please? Give it to me now?” I love comics that are all about kick-ass women kicking ass, and this new series sounded like it was right up my alley.
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Recommendations compiled by Natalia & Rashmila Art & editing by Claudia Disappointed that JK Rowling is a TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist)? Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered with our best recommendations from the badasses themselves, Feminist Book Club members. Interested in reading more recommendations by Feminist Book Club Members? Read PART 1 in our
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“But does a file count as fact? Or isn’t every rendering a lie?” – Sheila O’Connor This novel by Sheila O’Connor, Evidence of V, tells a story of intergenerational trauma driven by the unknown. Growing up, O’Connor came to understand that her mother has trouble connecting emotionally to her children and with time she begins
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