Kanye West has a Kanye West problem. I’m not interested in speculating as to whether his behavior is the result of a mental health issue or a PR stunt. What can be explored is what we’re seeing in real-time: Kanye antagonizing various communities, then playing the victim role when accountability takes center stage. No, Kanye […]
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I want to read more utopian fiction–fiction that imagines that another, better world is possible, and considers the ways that we might get there. In literature and TV, dystopias abound, and I can see their appeal. I find them too often relatable, and regularly riveting. Our way of being so often feels imperiled. Climate change
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Ashley interviews V, formerly Eve Ensler, about her book, “Reckoning”. The conversation includes asking V about how she has grown as a storyteller, how do we address one another for progress, her thoughts on content warnings, and how has feminism changed since she wrote “The Vagina Monologues”. Book content and conversation warning: rape, sexual abuse,
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In 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson assigned the second week of February as Negro History Week and encouraged educators to dedicate that week to teaching their students Black history. In 1976, years after Woodson’s death, it became what is now recognized as Black History Month, which spans through the entire month of February. Black History
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Looking for a new thriller to start off the year with? How about the recently released book, The House in the Pines? Published on January 3rd by Dutton Books, Mariquita sits down with the author of The House in the Pines, Ana Reyes to discuss her debut novel. Get Your Copy: The House in the
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As a bookish organization we believe in taking action throughout the year with our money because – as the saying goes – money talks. Did you know that the Feminist Book Club gives back 5% of profits from their boxes to feminist nonprofits and organizations? If you looking to set up some charitable action for
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Seton Girls by Charlene Thomas is described as “Friday Night Lights” meets “Dear White People“. The novel is about Seton Academic High anticipating a thirteen-year winning football streak. The Seton Girls are instrumental in those wins, although no one really knows why. The stakes are high, which brings risks that may not overshadow the star
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Jordy sits down with the hosts of Page Rage, Kat and Ash, to discuss the literary fiction novel, HESTER by Laurie Lico Albanese. Hester follows the life of Isobel, a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets as she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s. The events described in the book are inspired by
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Let’s Talk about the Stay at Home Girlfriend Trend I heard through the grapevine (Instagram) that there is a new trend on TikTok (which I do not use) centered around glorifying something called the “Stay at Home Girlfriend” lifestyle. For said trend, women who are financially supported by their boyfriends in exchange for home-keeping (doing
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“I might have AIDS, and it scares the hell out of me…This isn’t supposed to happen to people like me,” Rose tells Blanche in the kitchen of their ranch-style Miami home. Rose was waiting to hear if she has HIV, which she possibly contracted from a blood transfusion she received during gall bladder surgery. She
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This episode starts off with a review of IDA IN THE MIDDLE by Nora Lester Murad. This book follows Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, as she eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents’ village near Jerusalem. In the second segment, Niba sits down with Liz Weinberg.
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