I recently read my first book with a content warning featured at the beginning. We Weren’t Looking to be Found by Stephanie Kuehn most definitely needed one; it was filled with some gnarly depictions. Another book I have been reading (forever) that has content warnings is Postcolonial Astrology by Alice Sparkly Kat. This book gives […]
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Last time I wrote on the topic of my journey to being a bride, I discussed my engagement to my partner and our search for the perfect venue. Little did I know that after writing that post, I would be quickly pivoting our plans due to the vulnerability of the right to same-sex marriage at
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Niba chats with Kate Beaton about her life and new novel, Ducks. After university, Kate Beaton leaves family behind to join Alberta’s oil rush, but as one of the few women among thousands of men, the culture shock is palpable. The harsh reality of life in the oil sands is that trauma is an everyday
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On a recent Good Morning America interview with author Taylor Jenkins Reid, Michael Strahan asked the following: “You have faced some criticism for writing main characters like Carrie, who is Latina. And you’ve said before that you’ve felt conflicted about creating characters with a background that is different from yours. What made you decide to
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Let’s be honest: Your drink preference can say a lot about your personality — whether or not you’d like to admit it. Below are some book recommendations based on your go-to drink. Hopefully, you get a chuckle out of the descriptions, but you’ll definitely walk away with a longer TBR (to-be-read) list. The Margarita
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What do we want?FEMINIST MEN!When do we want ’em?DAILY!! Get it? If you didn’t, I was referring to Trevor Noah hosting The Daily Show on Comedy Central since 2015. If you did get it, but you didn’t laugh because you found my joke kinda cheesy… I’m with you. Sorry, I just couldn’t help myself. Speaking
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Natalia takes a quick break from maternity leave to talk to the inimitable and delightful Iuliia Mendel, former Ukraine Press Secretary and author of The Fight for Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World. They talk about Ukrainian identity, Russian accountability, and how (maybe?) millennials
I’ll never forget where I was when I found out the Queen of England had died, just because it felt so absurd to me. “Oh my God,” I heard coming from down the hall as I was meeting with my student. “…DIED!” At first, I thought they were talking about the abortion ban South Carolina
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[cw: death] The author Kristina Forest is an absolute force as a young adult novelist. She centers young Black love with discovery and assurance. Her recent book, Zyla & Kai, is about the titular characters’ dreams and ambitions, and their growing understanding of their desires. At the beginning of the book, Kai is dating and
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As a current ex-pat with two immigrant parents back in the States, it was important for me to discuss ex-pats and immigrants living in Buenos Aires. The city is a global hub that has seen large waves of both ex-pats and immigrants over the years. In this post, I highlight a few groups that have
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Claire Suddath’s recent article, “It’s getting harder to be a woman in America,” published in Bloomberg, has gained a lot of traction across the internet in recent weeks. In the wake of the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Suddath cites example after example of how mothers are not supported in the U.S. and are falling
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The episodes begins with Mariquita reviewing one of her new favorite young adult books titled Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson. Piecing me together is a beautiful coming of age novel about a young Black girl in North Portland. Then in the second segment, Ashley speaks with Iman Hariri-Kia about her debut novel, A Hundred
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