Summary In How Moon Fuente Fell in Love with the Universe, Moon Fuentez is a seventeen year old Mexican-American photographer who embarks on a cross-country road trip over the summer with a bunch of Fotogram influencers, including her twin sister Star. While she is accustomed to living in her sister’s shadow and under her mother’s […]
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The last time I felt happy in my body was eight years ago. I had recently completed a yoga teacher training program. I was leading regular classes at a handful of gyms and yoga studios. I was ably juggling both my nascent yoga business and my writing career. And I was pregnant with the child
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Mariquita and Natalia join forces once again to talk about True Crime: who consumes true crime, which group or groups of people are deemed worthy of coverage (and what does that say about how we value individual life), what is ethical consumption, and how can we do better? Our October pick: We Keep the Dead
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Feminist Book Club members were lucky enough to be graced by Jesse Q. Sutanto and a surprise guest (her daughter) to discuss her amazing new release Dial A for Aunties. Jesse joined us from the future in Jakarta, Indonesia which meant while we were tuning in at night, Jesse was sharing her morning with us.
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CW: Sexual assault, abusive parental relationship, stalking Depending on your music listening style, you will almost immediately recognize the title, Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be. It is a lyric from “If I Was Your Girlfriend” by Prince, which is the author Nichole Perkins’ favorite song by the royal purple one. Beyonce
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Listen in while Niba talks about books that fit the Cottagecore aesthetic. Then stick around for Emma’s recommendations on Japanese literature that might have to be added to your reading list. Cottagecore books mentioned: Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Garden
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What does feminism have to do with abolition? When I think about this question, I’m reminded of an art print I came across some years back, from a social media project by writer and organizer Mariame Kaba. The poster read, simply: PRISON IS NOT FEMINIST. According to the Sentencing Project, the number of incarcerated women
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It was the premise of Julie Klam’s The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters that hooked me. The product page description tells of a curious author who, growing up, becomes fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. Over the years, she hears tales of their exploits: big dreams, big loss, abandonment, secret love affairs with
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Happy Latinx Heritage Month! In case no one told you today, here is your reminder to read Latinx all year long. Month-long heritage holidays are a great time to celebrate and highlight, but the work of uplifting, supporting, and reading Latinx, and BIPOC in general, never ends. Now that that is out of the way,
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Renee shares three books that she thinks deserve way more love in the online book community, Bookstagram and BookTok specifically. Then Emma gives a few horror, thriller, and spooky recommendations just in time for fall. Books mentioned by Renee: The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard The House
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I am a frequent viewer of sitcoms and watch an almost embarrassing amount of TV to the point where I have probably seen most shows. However, as I continue to binge watch shows for the second or third time I have become more aware of how the shows are not holding up. Although these shows
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Between the Bliss and Me by Lizzy Mason is a young adult novel focusing on mental illness, romance, and how family history can affect the plans of a teen. Eighteen-year-old Sidney Holman has decided to attend New York University (NYU), instead of her mother’s preferred Rutgers University, as a way to rebel and move out of the apartment that she
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