Author Interview, Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Forbidden Love & Arranged Marriages with Mansi Choksi + The Red, White & Blues

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In this episode Niba interviews Mansi Choksi about her debut book, The Newlyweds: Rearranging Marriage in Modern India. The Newlyweds is a literary investigation into India as a society in transition through the lens of forbidden love, as three young couples reject arranged marriages and risk everything for love in the midst of social and […]

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Author Interview, Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Media and Activism in Women’s Sports + Designated POC: Tokenism in Film with Marin Lepore

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In the first half of this episode Annie and Ashley continue the conversation about women’s sports. This time, the conversation leads more into athletes admired for their activism, what speaking about mental health on a grand stage means, and double standards amidst sports. A quick apology about the barks of Annie’s dog, Tobin Keith! His

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Abolition. Feminism. Now. book cover atop a photograph a sunlight shining through prison bars
Blog, Book Reviews, Social Justice

Book Review: Abolition. Feminism. Now.

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GOODREADS DESCRIPTION: An urgent, vital manifesto of intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism, from leading scholar-activists Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, and Beth E. Richie. As a politic and a practice, abolition increasingly shapes our political moment, halting the construction of new jails and propelling movements to divest from policing. Yet erased from this landscape

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Mariame Kaba headshot alongside book cover of We Do This 'Til We Free Us
Author Interview, Blog, FBC Box

Mariame Kaba Speaks with FBC for July’s We Do This ‘Til We Free Us Book Pick

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Mariame Kaba, director and founder of Project Nia, co-founder of Instructing Criminalization, member of Survived and Punished, and author of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us spoke with Feminist Book Club about the relationship between feminism and abolition, and about abolition in a capitalistic state. Here are just some of the highlights from what was

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Author Interview, Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Artist Advocacy and Flowers with Harold Green III

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Feminism is truly for everybody. In this episode Ashley interviews Harold Green III about his books, BLACK OAK and BLACK ROSES. The conversation includes honoring powerful Black people, being an artist advocate, attending Grambling State University, and being a Black man of faith.  Bookstore mentioned:  Semicolon Bookstore for BLACK OAK Semicolon Bookstore for BLACK ROSES 

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Author Interview, Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Girls, Gay, Theys & The Music Industry + Dreams & Dating with Angie Hockman

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We have a two part episode today! In the first segment Alana speaks with Jordan, the CEO & Founder of Analogue Records, about representation in the music industry, Berklee College of Music, and the importance of community within the industry. In conversation, Alana and outline discuss sexism within TikTok comments and what the future of

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