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! The first time I watched the series finale of Insecure, I cried. This show has meant so much to me over the years …
My album for the summer is most definitely The Age of Pleasure by Janelle Monáe. My (scalding) hot take and unpopular opinion is that it is better than Beyoncé’s Renaissance, which was amazing, but I think Janelle did it better. Janelle as a queer artist making queer music puts The Age of Pleasure in a …
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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! The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts by Soraya Palmer hit me right in my gut. This a story about …
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Over the last couple of years, I have inadvertently developed a weird personal vendetta against Jenna Bush Hager’s Read with Jenna Book Club. It all started when she put her little sticker on Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. The late, great Toni Morrison didn’t need her seal of approval on her book cover. Anyone who …
Fantasy world-building has always been a challenge for me to get into. Recently, however, I have found fantasy books that add magic to the real world. That is what I have been needing, rather than trying to escape into a new world. Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker is just that. Set in the perfect …
“Fareeda knew that no matter what any woman said, culture could not be escaped. Even if it meant tragedy, even if it meant death…It took more than one woman to do things differently; it took a world of them.” Etaf Rum The quote above is from A Woman is No Man. This book really got …
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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! I was sure Jessica George was writing about my life when she wrote Maame. Granted, I am not living in London, nor am …
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! The Strong Black Woman™ narrative makes me really tired. Black women deserve to rest and be cared for. They deserve to be soft …
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! Women, Power, & Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation is a very academic read, but it’s perfect for the work I …
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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! I hyped up Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean as a YA read I was anticipating because I loved the Tokyo Ever …
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