Now is the time many people are getting their holiday shopping done. That means ordering online and hitting the sales in the stores. I wanted to share a little gratitude for retail workers. Who are retail workers? Retail workers span a range of positions and subsectors (e.g. general merchandise, food and beverage, and clothing/accessories). When …
Emma hypes up How High We Go in the Dark, which will be out in January 2022. Then Phalin goes on a holiday rant about some questions to avoid asking family members this year. Books mentioned: How How We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu …
Summary “I feel a peculiar sensation in my throat when white people borrow– take– something Black: it’s like there’s an octopus in my chest, peacefully afloat, when danger suddenly appears.” “Because “Freedom” is a song for Black women. It’s ours, even if it’s out in the world.” “Because guarding the autonomy of my Black mind …
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Do the holidays stress you out? We have the perfect book suggestion for you…. The holidays can be a beautiful way to share and create some of the most cherished memories with your loved ones. They can also be some of the most harrowing and stressful times of the year – it’s a lot of …
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If you’ve ever been curious about publishing a book, going back to school for writing, publishing, this is for you. Join Sarah Wendel on her journey as a fledgling author. From discussions on fanfiction to academia to her first book, Sarah chats highs and gets real about the lows with Niba. Books mentioned: Phoenix Unbound …
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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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Editors Note: Matilda Bilstein Ong is a Feminist Book Club member who besides being an amazing attorney and general overall badass is of the Jewish persuasion. I reached out to her to get some information about Hanukkah from someone in the know, as it were, so here you go! Do some learnin’ and expand your …
Dark academia is an aesthetic, a mood, and a popular trend in the bookish interwebz. Since I first came across dark academia-themed booktube videos last fall, it feels like it is everywhere. According to a wiki dedicated to aesthetics, dark academia is an academic aesthetic that revolves around classic literature, self-discovery, and passion for knowledge. …
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 …
A Holiday Gift Guide for All the Badass Aging Women Who DGAF Read More »
Supply chain delays in book buying — what does that even MEAN!? Emma talks a little about how this affects the publishing industry and suggests a few short reads as holiday gifts to order now (get that book buying in early for the holidays!). Next, Natalia gets vulnerable in a segment about Dominican oregano, homesickness, …
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