Shugrin Said Salh’s nomadic childhood comes alive in her debut memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert. At times touching, at times brutally raw, but always teeming with hope, The Last Nomad is an honest account of Shugri’s love for her war-torn country. When did it first occur to you to share your story in […]
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Right now, Iran is going through a revolutionary movement led by young women and girls who are standing up for their equal rights under an Islamic regime. Since 1979, Iran has been under a strict Islamic regime that prevents women from having many legal rights. Some of those strict rules include wearing a mandatory hijab,
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Hi, friends! I’m Lillie Gardner, a writer and Feminist Book Club contributor. I’m also the creator of Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers (You Might Not Have Heard Of), an animated kids’ series that is super important to me as a classical pianist and music educator. Here’s why: Why Classical Music? For most of
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Love the image above? We’re bringing back our Read. Resist. Vote. shirts. Get yours now! And we’re back! It’s week two in this year’s Read. Resist. Vote. series (you can find week one right here) and we have two more candidates to inspire and galvanize you into mobilizing for social change, whatever that looks like
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In 2020, I wrote this post about books to turn to when you’re really angry about the state of the world. In the piece, I started off with a brief listing of things going on at the time to be angry about. One issue was then-president Trump rush-appointing a new Supreme Court justice, a choice
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Love the image above? We’re bringing back our Read. Resist. Vote. shirts. Get yours now! In 2020, our Editor-in-Chief — Natalia Santana — worked with Feminist Book Club members to curate a list of progressive, female candidates to feature on this blog. Her intention was not only to spotlight kickass female candidates, but also to
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Near the end of the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp defamation trial, I started reading Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste. It tells the story of Lucy and Bertha, victims of two iconic men: Dracula and Mr. Rochester. Lucy and Bertha are living in Los Angeles in the 1960s, in a world in which their abusers
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Simha Haddad and Marsha Molinari discuss the power behind social media platforms and the serious repercussions that come with misusing that power. Citing a recent incident in which a prominent celebrity used her platform to propel a false narrative, they delve into both the harm and the good that can come from a simple social
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I recently read my first book with a content warning featured at the beginning. We Weren’t Looking to be Found by Stephanie Kuehn most definitely needed one; it was filled with some gnarly depictions. Another book I have been reading (forever) that has content warnings is Postcolonial Astrology by Alice Sparkly Kat. This book gives
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On a recent Good Morning America interview with author Taylor Jenkins Reid, Michael Strahan asked the following: “You have faced some criticism for writing main characters like Carrie, who is Latina. And you’ve said before that you’ve felt conflicted about creating characters with a background that is different from yours. What made you decide to
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What do we want?FEMINIST MEN!When do we want ’em?DAILY!! Get it? If you didn’t, I was referring to Trevor Noah hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central since 2015. If you did get it, but you didn’t laugh because you found my joke kinda cheesy… I’m with you. Sorry, I just couldn’t help myself. Speaking
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I’ll never forget where I was when I found out the Queen of England had died, just because it felt so absurd to me. “Oh my God,” I heard coming from down the hall as I was meeting with my student. “…DIED!” At first, I thought they were talking about the abortion ban South Carolina
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