“Gotta Kick It Up” premiered twenty years ago and it’s where I learned what “Si Se Puede ” means(Yes You/We Can). The affirmation was probably an early one for President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. The film stars America Ferrera, Claudia Guaty, Susan Egan, Jhoanna Flores, Suilma Rodriguez, and Sabrina Weiner as a dance team who […]
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Ashley speaks with Ruha Benjamin about her book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want. This book has been described as, “Part memoir, part manifesto, Viral Justice is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.” They talk about privilege being used
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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! The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li is, in its way, a love story. It is about the kind of rare, singular love
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In our new series, Sally proposes a bookish Double Date by sharing two of her favorite books on a particular topic, starting with America’s founders. Taking a deep dive into the early years of U.S. history may not seem super sexy, but these books are engaging and offer insights your teachers might have missed in
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As Renee enters her late 30s, she craves books with older main characters. In this short segment, she shares four books that center the lives and stories of older women. After a short message from our sponsor, Ashley speaks with Nic Stone about her novel, Chaos Theory. The conversation includes how class and power play
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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! Lauren Blackwood returns with her second novel, Wildblood. The story centers around eighteen-year-old Victoria, who is a Wildblood. She has worked as a
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Renee and Mariquita were pitched a book described as “a gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 1970s film Taxi Driver” and knew they had to discuss it. Your Driver is Waiting by Priya Guns is an unexpected live wire of a novel about a young woman of color driving for a rideshare app and just trying
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The classic feminist text Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis was published 40 years ago, yet it remains as relevant as ever. In this episode, Sally & Tayler sit down to talk about its impact on them, and how it might help us get to the liberation we desire and deserve. Books &
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![This month’s theme is as relevant as ever: Immigration 🌎️
It’s easy to say that immigrants deserve human rights, and it’s hard to believe that this fact has continued to be controversial. So many of us are, after all, living on stolen land, in a nation built by slaves and immigrants.
We know this means there’s a lot of work to do: to learn about the immigrant struggle, to develop empathy for their experiences, and to share their stories with others. With so many people displaced right now and a growing narrative of us vs. them, the civilized and the other, we’re grateful to have a space where our members can come together to do some of this work in our online community.
Want to get in on the conversation? Head to the link in our bio to check it out.
What books would you add that explore the theme of “immigration”?
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