After popping my daughter out, I immediately got to work transforming her into my mini-me. There were the gorgeous picture books of classic literature. The baby-sized yoga mat. The “Write Like a Mother” onesie. But she soon revealed herself to be her own person, with her own outsized personality. A girly-girl. An artist. A lover […]
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Introduction: Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that
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I entered this year with a goal: finally use the daggone Pinterest dessert boards I am creating. My intention was to not wait for expectation. To not wait until I had big beautiful counters and my mint green KitchenAid mixer to bake fantastic recipes. I started making milkshakes, waiting for the Birthday Bash ice cream
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A few days ago, Jenna Bush Hager revealed her December pick for her book club Read With Jenna. This month, she and her book club members will be reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Now, this isn’t a surprising book club pick considering the huge wave of anti-racism education happening since the riots in
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An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month. Listen to this podcast using the player above! Mentioned in this episode: What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action by Jane Fonda Genres: Non-fiction, current events Read if you like: actionable ways to save our planet from climate change,
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Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author, tuned in with Feminist Book Club to tell us a little more about her career, projects and life as a writer. From a young age, Lisa was encouraged to pursue writing by a supportive teacher. This acted as a catalyst that eventually lead Lisa to pursue being an
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The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett is a novel that weaves together the story of twins, as well as those who’s lives have been touch by them. The Vignes sisters run away from their small black town, of which the people look all the same—light-skinned black people. One twin returns to her roots and stays.
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As we head into this holiday season that I am debating will either take 300 years or 6 seconds, I wanted to help our readers prepare for the best gifts to get the expert plant parents and amateur green thumbs in your life! As one of Feminist Book Club’s resident plant lovers who has developed
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Feminist Book Club blog contributors are working together to create posts as an “Educate & Activate” series. We will define a term or movement, provide historical context, and give you additional resources to learn more. We believe that an educated populace can be better activists, accomplices and co-conspirators. It is important to note that these
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In 2020, I decided to embark on a personal journey to read 52 books in 52 weeks. What seemed like a lofty goal back in January has slowly come to fruition with only 5 books left for the rest of the year. How did I maximize my time to get as much reading in as
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At first glance in Luster by Raven Leilani, Edie is a crazy Black woman, one of those where Black men and white women would easily call a “crazy bitch”. She is fueled by sex and wrapped up entirely in her own pain. Her train of thought was erratic and non sequitur, and darkly hilarious (hella dark).
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