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Book Review: Back in a Spell by Lana Harper

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! Synopsis  Back in a Spell is the third installment of A Witches of Thistle Grove series. It’s been a year since Nineve Blackmoore was […]

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The Joy of Cookbooks

One thing you may not know is that Natalia and Renee regularly text each other about food–what they’re eating, what they’re cooking, what they’re craving, what they discovered at Costco–you name it, they’ve chatted about it. So they’re rechanneling that hungry energy into a conversation about their favorite cookbooks, cookbook cultures, and cultural cookbooks. Renee

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Good for a Girl by Lauren Fleshman
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What’s Eating Women in Running? On Lauren Fleshman’s Good for a Girl

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! As one of most decorated American distance runners of all time, Lauren Fleshman has toed many starting lines. Her book, Good for a

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Critical Viewing in Hollywood

Who can criticize films? What is the foundation of their criticism? How can press junkets become more diverse, especially when sitting across prominent and popular filmmakers and actors? Most interviewers in press tours are white men. More of them have worked in their role for decades and building into senior positions. For those who have

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2023 Oscars Round-Up

Love them or hate them, the Academy Awards are something of a religion in my family. When I was a kid, while Sundays were technically one of my dad’s days, my sister and I were legally required to be at our mom’s place for Oscar night because it was listed as a holiday in my

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Ways to Celebrate & Practice Love Beyond February

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! With Valentine’s Day situated right in the middle of the month, it is easy to associate February with the month of love. From

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5 Star Reads of 2023 (so far) + The Wild Wild Alaskan Front with Iris Yamashita

It’s been a very good year of reading for Renee so far. Even though we’ve barely scratched the surface of the year (and we’re still covered in snow), Renee shares seven books that she’s rated five stars already. Then, Jordy sits down with Academy-Award nominated screenwriter, Iris Yamashita, to discuss her debut novel, City Under

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Multitudes of “Viral Justice” with Ruha Benjamin

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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Double Date with America’s Founders + Dr. Poetry on Spoken Word

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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