Convenience Store Woman: A Review + I Don’t Call Myself an Ally

Mariquita talks about Convenience Store Woman, the English language debut novel by Sayaka Murata, published in 2016 by Grove Press. Convenience Store Woman challenges ideas of capitalism, expectation, and contentment. In Convenience Store Woman, Murata provides readers with a different perspective and a new lens with which to view the world. Then Renee gives us a reminder to check in with ourselves as we set intentions for Social Justice in 2022. 

Resources Mentioned:

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Why I Don’t Call Myself An Ally, a blog post from Renee Powers. 

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This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.

Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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