Introduction: 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 […]
Educate and Activate: Immigration Read More »
I have a history of getting super excited about movements and initiatives before fully understanding the big picture. It’s very middle-class white chick of me. For example, six years ago, after popping out a child and deciding, Man, I never want to do that again, I got an IUD that magically released me from the burdens of
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I woke up on January 6, 2021 very excited to hear where the Georgia run-off elections were going and ended the day totally distraught about the domestic terrorism that occurred at the Capitol. I could not let today go by without talking about what happened yesterday on this blog. White supremacists, Neo-Nazi’s, and the other
Introduction: 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
Educate and Activate: BIPOC Read More »
Editors Note: To learn more about what you can do to help secure the Senate in the run-off Georgia races, we highly recommend visiting and/or donating to New Georgia Project, Asian American Advocacy Fund, Latino Community Fund Georgia, GALEO or the amazing Fair Fight Action. More white women voted for Donald Trump this time around
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Introduction: 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
Educate and Activate: Ecofeminism Read More »
A few days ago, Jenna Bush Hager revealed her December pick for her book club Read With Jenna. This month, she and her book club members will be reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Now, this isn’t a surprising book club pick considering the huge wave of anti-racism education happening since the riots in
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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
Educate & Activate: Gentrification Read More »
At first glance in Luster by Raven Leilani, Edie is a crazy Black woman, one of those where Black men and white women would easily call a “crazy bitch”. She is fueled by sex and wrapped up entirely in her own pain. Her train of thought was erratic and non sequitur, and darkly hilarious (hella dark).
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Are you stressed about climate change and the devastating effects that it’s having on our planet? Do you worry for our future great-grandchildren? Or are you simply tired of seeing large corporations recklessly pollute Mother Nature? Jane Fonda is in the same boat. Climate change was and still is an urgent issue to Jane and
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The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafa is a novel focusing on a Palestinian- American woman, Afaf Rahman, as she navigates a world that is torn apart by hate, misunderstanding, and cruelty. She is the principal of a Muslim all-girls’ school in a Chicago suburb. The story focuses on two timelines: the present where
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“Did you see my new yard sign?” I asked my parents when they walked in the door the other week. I was excited about the Black Lives Matter sign I’d recently purchased in order to counteract the ostentatious Trump display just a few doors down and the Blue Lives Matter sign next door. In addition
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Our fiction book of the month is GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and our non-fiction book of the month is FROM HERE TO ETERNITY: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
If you've already read these picks, have no fear! We have brought in other suggested titles including Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel, Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott, Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikkita Gill, and Ask Baba Yaga: Otherwordly Advice for Everyday Troubles by Taisia Kitaiskaia.
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