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Labyrinth of Lineage and Education with Kimberley Baker Guillemet

In this episode Ashley interviews Kimberley Baker Guillemet about her memoir, Black Prep: Life Lessons of a Perpetual Outsider. In the interview, Ashley and Kimberley discuss family lineage, writing about childhood, being a Black girl receiving an outstanding education, and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination.  Books mentioned: Black Prep: Life Lessons of a […]

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Blog, Book Reviews

Book Review: Open by Rachel Krantz

CW: Abuse Rachel Krantz’s memoir Open could not be any more of just that. Subtitled “An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy,” Open is filled with vulnerable moments across the emotional and physical spectrums as Rachel Krantz details her beginning explorations of non-monogamy and polyamory. Along the way, she comes into her queerness, interrogates the patriarchy, and meets

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Blog, FBC Readathons, Podcast Shownotes

We hate Audible, but we definitely love the Readathon

A fun look at audio books + Readathon FAQ answered Do you enjoy audio books? Perhaps you just enjoy reading with a community? In this two segment episode you can clearly see that we’re not here for audible and how much we love the Readathon. Up first, Mariquita talks about the different available audiobook platforms

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The Woman They Could Not Silence

Mariquita interviews Kate Moore to discuss her most recent book, The Woman They Could Not Silence, and the ways in which pejoratives for mental illness are still used against women today to discredit them. Following the interview, Mariquita offers a review of the book, including a short synopsis. Books mentioned: Radium Girls by Kate Moore

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Book Review: Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Woman of Light is Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s first novel, after her collection of her debut collection of short stories, Sabrina and Corina. FBC has a podcast episode on the novel’s themes and the quotations that stood out to them. This multigenerational novel was beautiful and magical. There are novels with two timelines-one historical and one contemporary

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Blog, Educate and Activate

Educate & Activate: Restorative Justice

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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Author Interview, Podcast Shownotes

The Women Who Invented Television with Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

To close out Women’s History Month, Renee invited on Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, author of When Women Invented Television, to discuss the early pioneers of our second favorite medium (after books, of course). Before Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, and Carol Burnett, we had Irna, Hazel, Betty, and Gertrude breaking barriers and setting the standard for the

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