Sapphic Romances + Separating Art from Artist
Feminist Book Club: The Podcast
Release Date: 06/18/2024
National Book Award Finalists for Fiction
Feminist Book Club: The Podcast
Curious about the National Book Award finalists? Last week and this week, our team dived into the shortlists for the Young People’s Literature and Fiction titles. Today, Mariquita and Mhairie discuss the five shortlisted books in Fiction. The National Book Award winners will be announced tomorrow! Mentioned in this episode: Support this episode’s hosts: Follow Mariquita: // Follow Mhairie: // Get our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday . This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on...
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FBC Weekly - Nov. 15, 2024
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Renee, Rah, and Sally reconvene to ask is doxxing justified?, plus Grammy takeaways, and what we're watching and reading. Want to see the video recording and put faces to names? We publish these the same day in the FBC Community! Join us here: Books mentioned:
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National Book Award Finalists for Young People’s Literature
Feminist Book Club: The Podcast
Curious about the National Book Award finalists? This week and next week, our team is diving into the shortlist for the Young People’s Literature and Fiction titles. Today, join Renee, Jordy, and Nox as they tell each other about the five nominees for Young People’s Literature and which title they think is going to win the award. Mentioned in this episode: Support this episode’s hosts Follow Renee: // Follow Jordy: // Follow Nox: // // Get our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday . ...
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FBC Weekly - Nov. 8, 2024
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Join Renee, Rah, and Sally as they catch up and share how they're coping post-election, what they're baking, and how they're escaping Want to see the video recording and put faces to names? We publish these the same day in the FBC Community! Join us here: Books Mentioned:
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The Memeification of Culture (and this election) with Dr. Lauren Cagle
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Mhairie speaks with Dr. Lauren Cagle, professor of rhetoric at the University of Kentucky, about the history of memes, their impact on culture, and particularly on prevalence of memes in the 2024 US Presidential election. They discuss the field of rhetoric more broadly, define the term “meme,” and investigate the generational differences in social media use and online communication as it relates to the consumption of political information. Join our to be a part of the election night craft circle. Support this episode’s host and guest Follow Mhairie: // ...
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FBC Weekly - Nov. 1, 2024
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Renee, Steph, Rah, and Sally share their unfiltered thoughts on Halloween candy, Woman of the Hour, Love is Blind, Agatha All Along, and what they're reading. Want to see the video recording and put faces to names? We publish these the same day in the FBC Community! Join us here:
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Cool Authors Doing Cool Shit
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Is this real life? We are honored to be chatting with three amazing authors that we happen to admire so much! Sally chats with Jamie Raines and his wife Shaaba to discuss our November book of the month, The T in LGBT. Then Renee invites KJ Dell’Antonia back on the show to discuss the adaptation of her 2020 book The Chicken Sisters. The Trans Experience and Allyship (0:22) We’re heading into November, where our book club theme is Trans Voices and our non-fiction book is The T in LGBT. Sally sat down with the author, Jamie Raines, and his wife and collaborator, Shaaba, to talk about...
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Stories to Soothe Your Soul
Feminist Book Club: The Podcast
We’re in the final weeks until the election, so we thought we’d share a few books (and one documentary!) that brought a glimmer of hope to our hearts. Tune in for Mariquita’s review of A Bit Much, Sally’s review of The Inner Mountain, and Ashley’s discussion of the documentary Sacred Soil alongside the book Admissions. A Bit Much: Relishing Poetry that Recharges Your Heart (0:22) Mariquita reviews Lyndsay Rush’s debut book of poetry, A Bit Much, and discusses why everyone needs to have a little collection that reminds them just what a badass they are. The Inner...
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Escaping or Showing Up: How Books Can Help Both
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We all know that books can help us escape the real world and they can also demonstrate how we might show up in the world as our whole selves. This episode celebrates both ends of this spectrum. Sally kicks us off with some of her favorite quick horror novellas, a perfect escape for this time of year. Then Nox tells us about the impact the book Fat Girls Hiking had on her. Finally, Ashley chats with Jayne Allen, author of The Most Wonderful Time, a holiday romcom with depth. Bite-Sized Fright for Spooky Season (0:21) Novellas are perfect for a sick day, a readathon, or when you are...
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Why Reader Reviews Matter: A Discussion of One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon
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Renee and Mariquita didn’t know what they were getting into when they decided to discuss the book One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon. Tune into this discussion for an overview of Yoon’s first adult novel, a thriller in the vein of The Stepford Wives, but stick around for Renee and Mariquita’s experience being humbled by Black readers’ reviews. Books/Resources Mentioned Support this episode’s hosts Follow Renee: // Follow Mariquita: Get our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday . This...
info_outlinePride Month is here and we've got our queerly beloveds on our minds. In this double header, you'll first hear Rah and Jordy discuss their favorite sapphic romances and why they love a good WLW love story. Then, Ashley and Mhairie tackle the question of whether we can ever separate a piece of art (such as a certain nostalgic magical series) from the artist when they actively harm the people we love.
Queerly Beloved - Sapphic Stories to Light Up Your Pride Month (1:47)
Happy Pride Month! We don’t need an excuse to read sapphic romances, but if you're looking for one, this is the perfect month to dive in! Tune into this segment where Rah and Jordy discuss a few of their favorite sapphic romances and books with sapphic romances in the background. Get ready to have your TBR list bursting with books that showcase some delightful WLW antics.
The FBC Community asks, Can we separate art from the artist? (20:46)
Ashley and Mhairie delve into a question from a Feminist Book Club community member posed in our online community : how do you deal with authors whose beliefs go against your own yet their books were some of the most meaningful to you? The conversation includes what cancel culture means, accountability culture, and if you can separate art from the artist.
Books/Resources Mentioned:
Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake
Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake
The Fiance Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
No Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall - (listen to Nox’s Review here!)
Payback’s a Witch and In Charm’s Way by Lana Harper
Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun
Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma Alban
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Here we go again Alison Cochrun
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Today’s episode is sponsored by Thank You, More Please by Lily Womble from Legacy Lit and The Murder After the Night Before by Katy Brent from HQ Digital, an imprint of HarperCollins. Thank you to our sponsors for supporting independent feminist media.
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
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