When I spoke to Rachel Fey, the senior director of public policy at Power to Decide, about the new administration the other month, she was giddy. “We’ve spent the last four years playing defense… playing whack-a-mole,” she said. “Trying to protect what we have. But what we know is that’s really not good enough.” She …
When It Comes to Birth Control Access, We Can Finally Stop Playing Defense Read More »
For those of you who have seen the HBO series, “Girls” you knew this was coming. If you haven’t, watch it! Well…maybe read this post before you dive in. A few weeks ago I was reading Roxane Gay’s, Bad Feminist, a collection of short stories. One of the short stories discussed the show “Girls” and …
It’s double Natalia, double the fun this week. First she’s giving you Environmental Justice 101, but make it podcast friendly. What does environmental justice mean? Why does it have to do with environmental racism? How is Martin Luther King, Jr. involved? Will Natalia ever learn to spell “environmental” without using spell check? Then she interviews …
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Dear YA books, Adults should read YA books. I used to think I graduated from needing you in my life, thinking I was too cool. I was trying to be more adult than I really was. High school problems? I scoffed at them, thinking they would be trivial compared to the real adult books I …
The Echo Wife is a sci-fi thriller that follows Evelyn Caldwell, who is a scientist with unflinching resolve when it comes to her research and her relationships. She makes an incredible leap in scientific research just as her marriage is falling apart. As much as she wants to keep her head down and push forward, …
March may have been Black History Month but we at FBC think that we should read books by Black authors all year-round. With everything that is going on, sometimes I find it difficult to read an average 300-page novel. When that happens, I often read graphic novels. They are often around 150 pages, easy to …
Girlhood: Teens Around the World in Their Own Voices edited by Masuma Ahuja is the compilation of the lives of thirty teenage girls from twenty-seven countries and six continents. Whenever we think of a country, we often think of its political, social, geographical, or financial contexts. Rarely do we think how a person living in …
Book Review: Girlhood: Teens Around the World in Their Own Voices by Masuma Ahuja Read More »
BoyBoy is my favorite character name thus far in my reading experience. His description in Toni Morrison’s second novel, Sula, is sensory and downright reflective of his low down nature. Clips of Ms. Morrison’s interviews circulate often, speaking to someone’s ambition, what they need in the moment. When Ms. Morrison passed away nearly two years …
FBC founder/CEO Renee and Director of Operations Lucy discuss what’s going on behind the scenes at Feminist Book Club. We’re in the midst of a move, so they chat about why they’re moving and how they made that choice. Renee dives into the mindset of business growth and shares some fears around this big leap. …
Behind the Scenes: Our Big Move with Renee and Lucy Read More »
Typically, anniversaries are an exciting occasion. Happy one year anniversary to a job, a significant other, life event, anything. However, we have passed the one year anniversary of quarantine. Not as much fun. Although the year has simultaneously flown by and been the slowest year of our lives, it’s still difficult. Every single day that …
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[ID: Six books lying flat on a white wood background and a small bouquet of white daisies. The books are This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith, Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn, She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, Finding My Voice by Marie Myung-Ok Lee, The Purpose of Power by Alicia Garza, and Outlawed by Anna North.]](https://1qnt3437xa4d3tkn1r22whll-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)