Every October, I bring you my favorite new horror reads, spotlighting women writers who are upping the creep factor in the world of horror lit. This year, I thought I’d shake things up a bit. Instead of focusing on all the best new horror releases across the genre, I’m going to share my favorite witchy […]
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Right now, Iran is going through a revolutionary movement led by young women and girls who are standing up for their equal rights under an Islamic regime. Since 1979, Iran has been under a strict Islamic regime that prevents women from having many legal rights. Some of those strict rules include wearing a mandatory hijab,
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Nora McInerny has built a career shining a light on people’s deepest pains through her writing and her podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking. Her latest book Bad Vibes Only (and Other Things I Bring to the Table) is a collection of essays that will make you laugh, cry, and think… but mostly laugh. Listen in
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Hi, friends! I’m Lillie Gardner, a writer and Feminist Book Club contributor. I’m also the creator of Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers (You Might Not Have Heard Of), an animated kids’ series that is super important to me as a classical pianist and music educator. Here’s why: Why Classical Music? For most of
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Calling all feminist foodies! We’d like to introduce you to our friends at Overseasoned. Overseasoned is a collection of bold apparel and kitchen accessories that flavor the resistance. The shop features tea towels, tote bags, aprons, t-shirts, sweatshirts and baby onesies. The clever designs are inspired by the resistance movement and the colorful, tasty culinary
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Empathy, Astrology, and Kinship with Candice Carty-Williams Ashley interviewed Candice Carty-Williams about her novel, “People Person”. Ashley asked about creating kinship within long-lost family, using social media for validation, and Candice’s thoughts on romantic relationships. Ashley and Candice also share their big 3 in astrology. Book content warning: death, mention of blood, revenge porn Book
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Love the image above? We’re bringing back our Read. Resist. Vote. shirts. Get yours now! Hey, everyone! It’s week three in this year’s Read. Resist. Vote. series (you can find week one right here and here’s week two). This week, we again have two more candidates to rally around. We’d like to extend a very
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[cw: body horror, child abuse, death, descriptions of blood and gore] Background When I was in fourth grade, my father told me the legend of La Llorona, a vengeful ghost. According to the story, which dates all the way back to at least 16th-century Mexico, the woman forever roams waterfront areas at night, crying and
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Yami is not your typical Catholic school student. She is Mexican-American, has two immigrant parents (one of whom was deported to Mexico), and is gay. After her brother, Cesar, kept getting harassed and bullied at their previous public school, Yami and Cesar’s mother, Maria, transferred them to Slayton, a preppy Catholic school. Slayton is primarily
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Reclaiming the Canon is a series of posts that aims to bring attention to historical women who are often excluded from the narrative of their field — whether literature, music, science, or another area. Each post features a woman whose name we feel everybody should know. Readers are strongly encouraged to explore further resources, spend
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Ashley, Rah, Mariquita, and Alana Amore discuss the memoir, I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy. The conversation gets into thoughts about how Jennette wrote her experiences including her relationship with her siblings, going to therapy, and healing after her abusive relationship with her mother. There are spoilers in this conversation. There are also
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Meghan Gilliss’s debut novel, Lungfish, left me reeling. Experimental in form and told in flashbacks and fragments with vivid descriptions that verge on poems, Lungfish is disjointed and sometimes chaotic, like the tumultuous and precarious life of its protagonist, Tuck. Its language, like its landscape, is lush and vibrant with a razor-sharp edge. While it
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