In today’s episode, Renee reveals the book of the month and the special collaboration for November’s box! After the reveal, Phalin brings on a very special guest today! Drum roll please….her daughter, Jordyn! Jordyn is a bright, sometimes shy, 11 year old that loves to read. She’s currently fascinated with graphic novels and *any* manga series. In this segment, Jordyn gives a couple of book recommendations and advice to young readers. Books mentioned:  You Got Anything Stronger? By Gabrielle Union   Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner New Kid by Jerry Craft Follow and support our hosts:   Renee: Instagram    Phalin:Instagram Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

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November Unboxing + Book Recommendations with Phalin & Jordyn

Are you a Ted Lasso fan? You’re not alone. Renee shares five books that will give you the same warm fuzzy feelings and also discusses why it’s a feminist show. Then Mariquita reviews Christina Henry’s new book, Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow, a reimagining of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.   Books mentioned:  Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry  When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon The House on the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown Follow and support our hosts:   Renee: Instagram    Mariquita: Instagram Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Sarah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Books to read if you love Ted Lasso + Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow review

Niba and Emma sit down to talk about immigration and what you don’t want to know (but might already know) about America.   **CW: Racism, Immigration   Books mentioned: (already affiliate links) Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During The Crisis (and the Next), Dean Spade   Orgs that help The Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health Immigrants Rising Mental Health Connector Mental Health Resources for Immigrants Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) Pro Bono resource center: https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/probono/ Immigo App (legal resources): https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/immigo-project/ Women Step Forward for immigrant women: https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/stepforward-project/ Immigrant Legal Resource Center The Committee for Hispanic Families and Children UnidosUS Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund South Asian Americans Leading Together SAMHSA’s National Helpline   Find local mental health treatment facilities: https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/   AAPI History Blogs by Emma Whiteness on Trial Who Can Belong in America?   Follow and support our hosts:   Niba: Instagram // TikTok // Twitter // YouTube // Website   Emma: Instagram Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

What You Don't Want to Know About America

Renee and Emma team up for a *SPOILER HEAVY* discussion of The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang.    Books mentioned: The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang The Burning God by R. F. Kuang Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark   Other resources mentioned: Everything You Need to Know Before You Read The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang - readbytiffany.com F. Kuang: How a Hidden History Became a Fantasy Trilogy - LitHub - Reading Women @owlslittlelibrary @readbytiffany @hilaryreadsbooks   Follow and support our hosts: Renee: Instagram Emma: Instagram   Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Sarah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

The Poppy War Discussion

Mariquita and Natalia join forces once again to talk about True Crime: who consumes true crime, which group or groups of people are deemed worthy of coverage (and what does that say about how we value individual life), what is ethical consumption, and how can we do better? Our October pick: We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper Other Resources Mentioned:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/09/23/gabby-petito-media-coverage-missing-white-black/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome https://apnews.com/article/business-media-florida-news-media-richard-stafford-688c2ee4d1a0598b9fedc031c768c1e8 https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2021 https://mashable.com/article/black-indigenous-victims-media-coverage-gabby-petito https://19thnews.org/2021/09/what-help-can-states-offer-when-women-of-color-go-missing/ https://wysac.uwyo.edu/wysac/projects/mmip-report/   Follow and support our hosts:   Mariquita: Instagram    Natalia: Instagram // Twitter  Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Mariquita and Natalia Talk True Crime

Listen in while Niba talks about books that fit the Cottagecore aesthetic. Then stick around for Emma’s recommendations on Japanese literature that might have to be added to your reading list.    Cottagecore books mentioned:  Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore  Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen   I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith  Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao    Japanese Literature Books Mentioned:  The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino At the End of the Matinee by Keiichiro Hirano Yokohama Station SF by Yuba Isukari The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri Also mentioned: Osusume Books Follow and support our hosts:   Niba: Instagram // TikTok // YouTube // Twitter // Website   Emma: Instagram Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Sarah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Books for the Cottagecore + Japanese Literature Books & Resources

Renee shares three books that she thinks deserve way more love in the online book community, Bookstagram and BookTok specifically. Then Emma gives a few horror, thriller, and spooky recommendations just in time for fall.  Books mentioned by Renee:  The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard The House of Deep Water by Jeni McFarland Books mentioned for Spooky Season :  Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark Night of the Mannequins, Stephen Graham Jones Mapping the Interior, Stephen Graham Jones The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones My Heart is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw Taaqtumi, Compiled by Neil Christopher Lobizona, Romina Garber Cazadora, Romina Garber Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas The Devourers, Indra Das Certain Dark Things, Silvia Moreno-Garcia They All Fall Down: A Thriller, Rachel Howzell Hall And Now She's Gone, Rachel Howzell Hall These Toxic Things: A Thriller, Rachel Howzell Hall A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson Good Girl, Bad Blood: The Sequel to a Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson As Good as Dead: The Finale to a Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson The Taking of Jake Livingston, Ryan Douglass The Year of the Witching, Alexis Henderson Blood like Magic, Liselle Sambury Sorrowland, Rivers Solomon   Follow and support our hosts: Emma: Instagram   Renee Powers: Instagram Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose

Spooky Season Book Recommendations + Under the Radar Literary Fiction

Mariquita talks with Ruth Ozeki about her new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, published September 21, 2021 by Viking. Ozeki’s new book touches on loss, grief, childhood mental health issues, and the role objects have in our lives.    Follow and support our host: Mariquita: Instagram   Follow and support our guest: Ruth Ozeki: Website // Facebook // Twitter Beyond the Box: 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 the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Discussion with Ruth Ozeki

In today’s episode, Renee reveals the book of the month and all five of the products in our October True Crime box, plus our featured social justice organization Manavi. Then Phalin preempts seasonal depression with six books she hopes will help bolster her own mental health this fall and winter, and maybe they’ll help you too.   Follow and support our hosts: Renee: Instagram Phalin: Instagram   Sign up for your October box here!   Also mentioned in this episode: The Mountain is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Mastery by Brianna Weist The Strength in our Scars by Biana Sparacino Daring to Take Up Space by Daniell Koepke Don’t F*cking Panic: The Shit They Don’t Tell You in Therapy about Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, and Depression by Kesley Darragh What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower’s Guide to Why You Are Already Enough by Chidera Eggerue 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna West Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Unboxing October’s Box and Books for Self-Love

An unreliable narrator who makes terrible choices, a haunted orphanage in Sri Lanka, plus a twist you won’t see coming? These are some of Renee’s favorite things, so she was thrilled to chat with Amanda Jayatissa about her brand new book My Sweet Girl, out now from Berkeley Books.   Follow and support our host: Renee: Instagram   Follow and support our guests: Amanda: Website // Twitter // Instagram Purchase your copy of My Sweet Girl here!    Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Sarah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose   Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

My Sweet Girl: An Interview with Amanda Jayatissa

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: Renee: Instagram   Follow and support our guests: Jamila: Website // Facebook // InstagramAugust: Podcast // Website // Instagram    Purchase your copy of With Pleasure here!   Beyond the Box: 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 the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

With Pleasure: An Interview with Jamila Dawson and August McLaughlin

In this double header, Niba walks us through sugar waxing and encourages us to ask ourselves why we remove our body hair. Then Phalin shares how sexism creeps up everywhere, even in landscaping.   Follow and support our hosts: Niba: Instagram // Twitter // TikTok // YouTube // Website Phalin: Instagram  Also mentioned in this episode: @jaimalenehough0 original TikTok on Botanical Sexism Dr. Sarah Taber’s Twitter thread Experts Weigh in on the Viral Botanical Sexism Theory - Buzzfeed News Trees: The Yearbook of Agriculture (1949)   Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Sugar Waxing, Body Hair, and Botanical Sexism

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 we ask the question, is there such a thing as a natural disaster?   Follow and support our host: Natalia: Instagram // Twitter Follow and support our guest: Dr. Samantha Montano: Twitter // Website // Newsletter   Disaster-ology Newsletter by Dr. Samantha Montano (includes a book recommendation every month!) How to Help After a Disaster article by Dr. Samantha Montano Katrina: A History, 1915-2015 by Andy Horowitz The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza Beyond the Box: 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 the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Emergency Management is a Feminist Issue

with Emma & Renee   Emma talks a little about adrienne maree brown's Pleasure Activism and how adrienne maree brown writes about healing, pleasure activism, and transformative justice. Then Renee shares five books that made her (otherwise stone cold) heart break. Follow and support our hosts: Emma: Instagram Renee: Instagram   Mentioned in today’s episode: Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali Interview with Marjan Kamali Love You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love by Abby Maslin Interview with Abby Maslin Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri   Today’s episode is sponsored by Kobo Audiobooks .If you’re looking to level up your reading routine, Kobo’s audiobook membership is just what you need! Choose from thousands of audiobook titles in Kobo's catalogue, including bestsellers and originals. You can use your monthly credit on any audiobook, regardless of its list price. With the free Kobo app, you have access to your listening library at all times. Head to www.kobo.com for more. Thank you to Kobo for sponsoring today's show.    Beyond the Box: 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 the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Healing, Pleasure Activism, and Tearjerkers

with Renee and Christine   Renee unboxes our Back to School September box (sign up here!) and chats briefly about each small business featured in the box. Then Christine sits down with the queen of romance herself, Jasmine Guillory, to discuss her latest book While We Were Dating.   Follow and support our hosts: Renee: Instagram Christine: Instagram // Twitter   Follow and support our guest: Jasmine Guillory: Instagram // Twitter   Mentioned in today’s episode: While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir by Ashley C. Ford Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang Today’s episode is sponsored by Kobo. Imagine having your favorite bookstore with you, wherever you go. Or being able to access over 6 million titles at all times. At Rakuten Kobo, we're here to make your reading life better. Download the free Kobo App, shop the always-open Kobo eBookstore, and easily integrate the power of reading into your every day. Because stories can shape who you are, and words can transform the world around you. Ready to elevate your reading world? Start reading with Kobo: www.kobo.com   Beyond the Box: Our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday This episode was edited by Phalin Oliver, Claudia Neu, and Renee Powers and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people. Original music by @iam.onyxrose Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

September Reveal + Jasmine Guillory Interview

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