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On Watering Grass: Navigating Immigrant Mental Health

This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! Immigrant mental health is a broad term to describe the complex and unique interplay of cultural, social, economic, and environmental factors that impact …

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Celebrate disability pride through reading then you can help challenge Mississippi Code 39-3-25. (Just like this parent and two kids are doing right now)
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Celebrating Disability Pride & Challenging Censorship

Join us in this empowering episode of our podcast as we celebrate Disability Pride, explore books that champion disability representation, and engage in an important discussion about censorship in Mississippi.  Disability Pride Wrap Up (00:22) Let’s  embrace diversity and inclusivity through reading! Renee recommends a curated list of books that shine a spotlight on disability …

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Ida B. Wells: A Lesson in Black Resistance

Note: The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has made this year Black History Month’s theme Black Resistance, which analyzes how Black people have historically rallied against political and societal oppression. When Ida B. Wells documented a total of 241 lynchings in Southern Horrors and The Red Record in the 1890’s it subjected …

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A Letter About Drag Shows

In light of your recent remarks voicing your emphatic concern for the well-being and safety of children everywhere, as well as your ardent plans to ensure that children in your states remain protected from trauma, I wanted to take a moment to assure you that drag queens are not traumatizing your children. 

But uncontrolled violence is.

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Read. Resist. Vote. 2022 — Week One

Love the image above? We’re bringing back our Read. Resist. Vote. shirts. Get yours now! In 2020, our Editor-in-Chief — Natalia Santana — worked with Feminist Book Club members to curate a list of progressive, female candidates to feature on this blog. Her intention was not only to spotlight kickass female candidates, but also to …

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