Join us for an empowering episode of Feminist Book Club: The Podcast, featuring two engaging segments that challenge societal norms and celebrate personal choices. Child Free By Choice The decision to pursue having a family or choosing to be childfree is not one to be taken lightly. Renee and Sam chat about their experiences choosing […]
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Background Growing up, I never heard anyone talk about periods. I got ‘the talk’ from my mother when it happened for me, but not anywhere outside of that. I never heard open and free conversations about menstruation from anyone. Even my friends at school were incredibly private about it, and particularly skilled at the old
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! The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray is an exciting historical fiction novel that dives into the extraordinary life of
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Happy Audiobook Month! Mariquita talks about her initial skepticism around audiobooks before becoming a total fan. Find out a few reasons she loves them now, as well as how to use your purchases to support your local indie, or how to get your favorite titles for free through your library if you’re all about subverting
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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! Mother’s Day comes with lots of talk and thought about mothers and motherhood — its joys and its sacrifices. It also comes, increasingly
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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! I remember when my Mom recommended that I read The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates. I had just started working in San
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In this captivating episode of Feminist Book Club: The Podcast, we explore two thought-provoking segments that delve into love, borders, and the complexities of family and wealth. What happens when you fall in love with someone with an incompatible passport? Sally chats with Anna Lekas Miller about her book Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and
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With the passing of Tina Turner , I’ve noticed that so much of the coverage of her life revolves around her abusive ex-husband and the various men she has crossed paths within her career professionally. It’s a curious thing when one’s obituary is largely dedicated to their abuser and with that the fear that we,
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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! Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo is a powerful novel that explores the intersection of gender, race, and identity in contemporary Nigeria. The story follows
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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! The “male gaze” was first named by feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey in her 1975 essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” The term
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“Fareeda knew that no matter what any woman said, culture could not be escaped. Even if it meant tragedy, even if it meant death…It took more than one woman to do things differently; it took a world of them.” Etaf Rum The quote above is from A Woman is No Man. This book really got
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Join us for a special episode featuring two thought-provoking segments on representation and advocacy. In the first segment, Alana speaks with Juliana Pache, social media director, jewelry entrepreneur, and creator of Black Crosswords for the Diaspora. Juliana shares the story behind the creation of Black Crosswords, highlighting the importance of representation in overlooked spaces and
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