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Your Favorite Succession Characters as Book Recommendations

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! What is Succession? As I’m writing this post, I have just begun season 4 of Succession. I was slow to get into this […]

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Ida In the Middle: Book Review + Queerness & Solving the Climate Crisis

This episode starts off with a review of IDA IN THE MIDDLE by Nora Lester Murad. This book follows Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, as she eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents’ village near Jerusalem. In the second segment, Niba sits down with Liz Weinberg.

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Book Review: Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox

Summary Did you get recruited by the CIA during college? Have you ever fallen in and out of love while traveling the world under a false identity? How about bringing your newborn baby to your undercover missions? Amaryllis Fox has lived a unique life full of adventure, chaos and unforgettable experiences. During her time in

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Dark Academia Books + Fight Night Book Review

Ever felt Interested in dark academia and all that encompasses it? Us too. In this episode, Niba recommends 5 books that fit the dark academia aesthetic. Then Mariquita reviews Miriam Toews’s new book, Fight Night, published October 5th by Bloomsbury. She strongly urges you to read it. Listen in and find out why.  Books mentioned: 

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Feminist Science Fiction and Fantasy with Emma and Niba

Emma hypes up an option from June’s Feminist Book Club box, Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventures, edited by Lydia Rogue. Then, using the Realm of Elderlings series by Robin Hobb, Niba takes an in depth look into feminism in fantasy as we watch female and non-binary characters

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Happy Audiobook Month!

June is Audiobook Month and, while I’m always celebrating audiobooks, I thought it’d be a great time to highlight some of my favorites and some of our community’s favorites! I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for ways to squeeze in a bit more reading time. Audiobooks are one way to do that.

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