Ashley Paul is a traveler, runner, and baker. She is an Everlasting Bookworm and Culture Maven. She is passionate about supporting high school juniors and seniors to write compelling stories for their post-secondary careers. She loves stories with social commentary, atmospheric writing, and compelling characters.
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Interview: Lucky Girl by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu

This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! Lucky Girl by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu centers Soila, a girl seeking independence. She leaves Nairobi for an education at Barnard College.  Throughout the story,

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Be The Bridesmaid

The Audacity of Being Single When I was a child, I was in a few weddings as a flower girl. I was an integral part of a loved one’s special day. I got my hair done. My dress complimented the wedding color palette. My nerves gathered as I prepared to spread the flowers down the

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Don’t Call It A Comeback

Comeback. The word has been qualified as an empowering term. An opportunity to begin anew. When Lindsay Lohan was announced as starring in a 2022 Netflix holiday film, Falling for Christmas, most of the headlines immediately called this film her “comeback”. Lohan was one of the Hollywood “It” Girls in the early aughts who partied,

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An Ode to SZA

Solána Imani Rowe aka SZA is an artist who honors her talent and edge. As part of TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment), a label ripe with men, she brings her dreams and desires as a force to be known.  SZA’s debut album CTRL was met with curiosity. The album’s audacity to sound like nothing else, years

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The Power of Designing Women

Designing Women ran from 1986 to 1993 and women were at the forefront. Julia Sugarbaker, Suzanne Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, and Charlene Frazier-Stillfield, played by Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts, and Jean Smart, respectively, worked at a designing firm that Julia owned. Their attire was impeccable and vibrant. The living room was a centerpiece

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Critical Viewing in Hollywood

Who can criticize films? What is the foundation of their criticism? How can press junkets become more diverse, especially when sitting across prominent and popular filmmakers and actors? Most interviewers in press tours are white men. More of them have worked in their role for decades and building into senior positions. For those who have

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Faith, Rage, and Jamaican Mythology with Lauren Blackwood

This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! Lauren Blackwood returns with her second novel, Wildblood. The story centers around eighteen-year-old Victoria, who is a Wildblood. She has worked as a

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