Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices, and co-conspirators. It is important to note that these […]
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It was the early 2010s when, suddenly, conversations about sexual assault on college campuses were everywhere. At least it seemed so to me. Know Your IX — a survivor- and youth-led project that empowers students to end sexual and dating violence in their schools — was founded in 2013. In 2015, the world watched as
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Way back in early 2020, when everyone was watching Tiger King (oh, who am I kidding… I was watching Tiger King, too), I met the characters of Schitt’s Creek for the very first time. Not being a huge TV person (I’d rather be reading), I was hesitant to commit to another show. But I was
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The other month, I finally got my hands on The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story. The book grew out of a long-form journalism project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones for The New York Times Magazine, which was originally published in August 2019. According to that special edition of the magazine, the project’s aim was to
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Hello there. I’m Steph Auteri and I’m a freelance writer. I write about sex and stuff, here and elsewhere. For the past two years, however, I’ve been experiencing what I can only describe as writing paralysis. At first, it was the pandemic. Pieces were killed, projects were postponed, and prospective clients disappeared as the media
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We’ve reached that time of year when we’re encouraged to say “yes” to all the things. “Yes” to a new gym membership and exercise regimen. “Yes” to new eating habits. “Yes” to sky diving or learning how to play the ukulele. “Yes” to seizing the day. But what if I don’t want to seize the
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God, I love the holidays. Twinkle lights. Christmas music. Ornaments passed down through generations. And then, of course, there’s the food. I mean, I always love food, no matter what time of year it is. But there’s something special about the whole family squeezing into the kitchen every December to bake cookies. It feels like
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As I write this, it is just five days ’til Halloween. Yup. In just five days, I will don my purple demon horns, drag my 7-year-old around the block to collect candy, and then settle down to watch the last episode of Midnight Mass while cursing under my breath every time trick-or-treaters ring my doorbell.
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tw: coercive sex, intimate partner violence, emotional abuse If you are a writer of creative nonfiction, chances are high you’ve heard a lecture (or ten) on the unreliability of memory. It goes something like this. The person at the lectern will say something pithy or do something remarkable or, I don’t know. Dance a jig.
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Feminist writer Jessica Valenti recently wrote an installment of her newsletter, All in Her Head, in which she called out the bullshit of ageism. In it, she wrote of how women in our culture are taught to fear aging — all the laugh lines and greying hair, the softening of the body and the slowing
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It’s that time again, folks! That time of year when I can wear those demon horns I got at the Ren Faire and gush about my favorite horror titles without people looking at me like I might be a lunatic or a morbid creepster! (Those horns look really good on me.) Anyway. Last year, I
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The last time I felt happy in my body was eight years ago. I had recently completed a yoga teacher training program. I was leading regular classes at a handful of gyms and yoga studios. I was ably juggling both my nascent yoga business and my writing career. And I was pregnant with the child
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![Anyone else a fan of memoirs and essay collections? ✏️ Which ones are your favorites?
Here are a few that have been recently released to add to your TBR:
📖Committed: On Meaning and Madwoman by Suzanne Scanlon (@vintageanchorbooks)
📖Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity by Ellen Van Neerven (@twodollarradio)
📖A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria by Caroline Crampton (@eccobooks)
📖The Chain: Love, Betrayal, and the Sisterhood That Heals Us Chimene Suleyman (@harperperennial)
📖Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne, PH. D. (@simonandschuster)
A huge thank you to the publishers, publicists, and authors that have shared these books with us!
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