Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie marinates on mother/daughter relationships with Marissa and Kathleen. Kathleen signs up to be a professional cuddler (which is a real thing) which opens her world to grief, acceptance, and healing. In my conversation with Jenny Xie, I asked about creating a connection between Marissa and Kathleen, how Jenny’s work as […]
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Determination. Forgiveness. Love. These themes are pivotal in Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison. Hazel, a young woman from Wichita, Kansas, moves to Laguna Beach after losing her job building planes when men returned from World War II. Hazel begins working as a model and assistant for Hanson Radcliff, a renowned artist with a checkered past
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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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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
Beyoncé feels like falling in love. Amerie has asked why don’t we fall in love. What about men? I watched Black men showing love on two television shows, Snowfall and The Chi as well as the Creed film series. Black men rarely get the space onscreen to be tender and loving. On each of these
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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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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
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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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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“Gotta Kick It Up” premiered twenty years ago and it’s where I learned what “Si Se Puede ” means(Yes You/We Can). The affirmation was probably an early one for President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. The film stars America Ferrera, Claudia Guaty, Susan Egan, Jhoanna Flores, Suilma Rodriguez, and Sabrina Weiner as a dance team who
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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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The novel Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan is a page-turner that meets societal conversations with the stillness of small-town New England. Olivia is the mother of a child accused of murdering his girlfriend. Told from multiple timelines and perspectives, every character has agency and secrets that they cannot run from. I
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