Podcast Shownotes

[99] Bianca Herzog, bookstagrammer at @mybookworldtour

 “We need to be mindful about this concept of books teaching you something, especially books from different cultures. You can never summarize a whole country, culture, or reality from just one point of view.” – Bianca Herzog Bianca Liu Herzog is the creator of @mybookworldtour, the Instagram account dedicated to her journey in reading

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Interview with the Mujeristas Collective

The Mujeristas Collective is an art collective and platform for the voices of Latinas and women of color based in Queens, NY. The Feminist Book Club is excited to be supporting this September. The Collective publishes zines showcasing contemporary art and writings from women around the world, and hold community events centering on Mujerismo and

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Two boxing gloves touching in the middle. On the right it says "LatinX" on the left it says "Latino"
Educate and Activate, Social Justice

Latino vs. Latinx – A Match for the Ages

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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Children’s Book Recommendations to Fill Your Classroom and Home Library

As fall quickly approaches, teachers and parents are preparing for many different learning models, some with students attending school in person and others with full time distance learning from home. No matter how students are learning this fall, all children should have access to quality literature that is both representative of themselves, as well as,

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Interview with Beth Mayer

Beth Mayer’s We Will Tell You Otherwise is a collection of short stories with real characters who are often socially marginalized, with themes of family dynamics, children, death, and interactions between strangers. I think that writing a short story is more difficult simply because the author has limited space to create a world or a

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Podcast Shownotes

[97] Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching

“Anxieties about the world are driving people to horror fiction because they can feel the fear that they would’ve been feeling anyways but they know that these things at least can’t become real.” – Alexis Henderson Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and cosmic horror. She grew

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August 2020 Book Reviews

An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month. Listen to this podcast using the player above! Mentioned in this episode: Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier Genres: Contemporary literary fiction Read if you like: unusual pizza toppings, protagonists with complicated relationships, witnessing people make questionable choices like drinking while pregnant. Also

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Educate and Activate: Feminism

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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