Author Interview, Podcast Shownotes

With Pleasure: An Interview with Jamila Dawson and August McLaughlin

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Happy publication day to August McLaughlin and Jamila Dawson! Renee chats with the authors about their book With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationship. Their conversation ranges from pleasure, trauma, and healing to race and collaboration, with lots of laughter and warm fuzzy feelings in between.  Follow and support our host: […]

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Blog, Book Reviews, Social Justice

Book Review: Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity by Jill Louise Busby

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Feminist Book Club does not shy away from discussing difficult topics, as evident not only from our business model but also from our numerous blog posts on social justice and our Educate and Activate series. Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity by Jill Louise Busby (also known for her online persona Jillsiblack) is a collection of

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Blog, Book Reviews, Bookish Life

Book Review: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

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Summary CW: domestic abuse Have you ever witnessed your friend or family member in a toxic relationship? Have you yourself ever been in a toxic relationship? To an outside perspective it seems impossible why anyone would ever stay in an unhealthy relationship. But to the person inside the relationship…it’s not that easy. In this story,

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An Ode to Joan Carol Clayton

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Girlfriends, a foundational television series about four Black women loving, working, and understanding in Los Angeles, premiered in 2000 on UPN. Joan Carol Clayton, along with her friends Lynn, Maya, and Toni share a unique bond that is cozy, powerful, and real.  Some background on Joan. She is a lawyer working on the path to

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Blog, Book Reviews

Feminist Book Club Book Review: Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer by Jamie Figueroa

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Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer is the debut novel of Jamie Figueroa. Her bio on her website states that she is “Boricua (Afro-Taíno) by way of Ohio and long-time resident of northern New Mexico.” Boricua is a person from Puerto Rico by birth or descent and the Taíno “were an Arawak people who were the indigenous

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Author Interview, Podcast Shownotes, Social Justice

Emergency Management is a Feminist Issue

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Natalia interviews Dr. Samantha Montano, disasterologist and professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy about her newest book DISASTEROLOGY: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis. They discuss why emergency management, something traditionally seen as “wonky” is actually hella feminist, how to battle fatigue when hearing the news, why flood plain maps are important and

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Literary Magazines Still Grapple with a Lack of Diversity

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As a freelancer, every day is a new adventure. Depending upon which deadlines I’m juggling, I engage in a mix of research, Zoom interviews, brainstorming, pitching, writing, and yes, let’s be real, scrolling through my Instagram feed. But now that I’m an editor at a literary magazine (a magazine devoted to creative, hoity-toity, literary writing

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