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Girls, Gay, Theys & The Music Industry + Dreams & Dating with Angie Hockman

By Rah Hernandez • August 9, 2022

We have a two part episode today! In the first segment Alana speaks with Jordan, the CEO & Founder of Analogue Records, about representation in the music industry, Berklee College of Music, and the importance of community within the industry. In conversation, Alana and outline discuss sexism within TikTok comments and what the future of […]

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Book cover of Life on the Rocks with corals

Blog, Book Reviews

Book Review: Life on the Rocks by Juli Berwald

By Lillie Gardner • August 8, 2022

Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs is an informative and insightful look into the world of coral reef rescue. Writer Juli Berwald is an ocean scientist who is determined to understand every nuanced part of the issue. Throughout her detailed exploration of the current coral reef crisis, Berwald weaves in her

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Blog, Social Justice

Boss Babes: Where Hustle Culture Fails Feminism

By Jacquelyn Gray • August 5, 2022

Controversial life coach Rachel Hollis says, “When you really want something, you will find a way. When you don’t really want something, you’ll find an excuse.” Aside from the irony in this quote allegedly being plagiarized, when did growing tired of trying to find a way out of no way become an excuse? When prosperity

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The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker | book cover | cherry blossoms crisscrossed with a rifle against a deep blue background and with bright yellow text

Blog, Book Reviews

The Cherry Robbers and Heteropatriarchal Control

By Steph Auteri • August 4, 2022

(cw: marital rape, suicide) I’m such a sucker for a floral book cover, and the cover for Sarai Walker’s The Cherry Robbers does not disappoint. Cherry blossoms splay themselves out across a lush, deep blue background, one long stem crisscrossed with a rifle. Bright yellow text floats on top. It’s gorgeous and eye-catching and it’s

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Author Interview, Blog, Podcast Shownotes

Can Fandoms Be Feminist?

By Renee Powers • August 4, 2022

We’re looking at women in fandoms through a couple of different lenses today. First, Mariquita and Renee discuss a book that took them both completely by surprise. This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something–Anything–Like your Life Depends on It by Tabitha Carvan is sort of about Benedict Cumberbatch, but

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Blog, Bookish Life, Social Justice

Can a White Author Tell My Story?

By Tayler Simon • August 3, 2022

To write is an expression of freedom. When you write, especially when you write fiction, you can do anything and be anyone. But, I have a question: Should writers only write about their own direct experiences? Retelling your culture back to you Lately, I have been grappling with my feelings around white authors writing about

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Podcast Shownotes

Fat Liberation and The Bachelor with Roses for Every Body

By Claudia Neu • August 2, 2022

A Conversation about Feminism and Reality TV It’s no secret that there is a lack of diversity of bodies in reality tv… especially in the Bachelor. In 20 years The Bachelor has not changed their casting practices and we’re over it. On today’s episode, Rah chats with Jenna and Rach from the newly launched group

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Blog, Bookish Life

Toxic or Titillating: The Romance Tropes

By Jordy Macbeth • August 2, 2022

Does anyone else devour romance novels like you devour a bag of chips, or is it just me? Over the past year, I’ve found myself gravitating more toward the romance genre rather than my beloved psychological thrillers. I chalk this up to the stressors of the world being so overwhelming, I no longer want to

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image of author Monique Roffey alongside a cover image of her book The Mermaid of Black Conch

Blog

Healing and Love with Author Monique Roffey

By Ashley Paul • August 1, 2022

In Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch, set in 1976, protagonist David is fishing off the island of Black Conch when he finds a mermaid named Aycayia. She was a beautiful woman cursed by jealous wives. David rescues her, discovering she can transform back into a woman when she is out of water. David

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Blog, Book Reviews

Reading Recent Releases

By Nina Avila-Garcia • July 29, 2022

I’m a big fan of reading vlogs, so I thought it might be fun to blog my way through reading some recently released titles. I’m sharing the details of the books and my impressions below. I’ll try not to give too much away, in case you want to pick them up yourself. [Note: The content

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Blog, Bookish Life, Podcast Shownotes

Who’s the Siren and Who’s the Muse? + Self Publishing with Reilly Vore

By Renee Powers • July 28, 2022

Sometimes a recently released book is so good that multiple people need to get in on the discussion. In this episode Lillie, Mariquita, and Rah discuss the book, Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress that was released July 12, 2022 and takes place during the deep recession and Occupy Wallstreet movement in 2011 at a

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Categories

Girls, Gay, Theys & The Music Industry + Dreams & Dating with Angie Hockman

Book Review: Life on the Rocks by Juli Berwald

Our contributors:

The Cherry Robbers and Heteropatriarchal Control

Can Fandoms Be Feminist?

Toxic or Titillating: The Romance Tropes

Healing and Love with Author Monique Roffey

Reading Recent Releases

Who’s the Siren and Who’s the Muse? + Self Publishing with Reilly Vore

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