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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Sister Citizen
TweetWe at Feministing have long been fans of Melissa Harris-Perry who has become a voice for young women in politics and specifically for young women of color who were tired of feeling invisible in political conversations. Her political analysis is on point, but she is also unconventionally honest, which sometimes makes her controversial. And she is not [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: F’em!
TweetJennifer Baumgardner, co-author of Manifesta and Grassroots, and sole-author of Looks Both Ways and Abortion & Life, has a new book out. It’s actually a collection of essays she’s published over the years, with updated epilogues, spliced with interviews with feminists Baumgardner admires. The book is boldly titled F’em! Goo Goo, Gaga and some Thoughts [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Love Cake
TweetLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s new book of poetry, Love Cake, is a delight to read. I have to admit I’m not a big poetry reader, but I’ve been a fan of Leah’s since I saw her during Mangos with Chili a few years ago. It’s her politics (from books like The Revolution Starts at Home) and [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Death of the Liberal Class
Tweet Turns out Death of the Liberal Class, Chris Hedge’s bleak polemic on the failure of liberal institutions to challenge the rise of the corporate state, is not exactly good beach reading material. But while it totally ruined my vacation high, I’m glad I read it. Because damn: this book is some real talk. Hedge, [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Blueprints for Building Better Girls