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Today we're chatting with Traci Thomas, host of The Stacks podcast, about our top 5 feminist books. We cover a ton of literary ground in this conversation, from memoir to fiction to academia and more. We even ask the question, what constitutes a feminist book? You'll want to bookmark this episode and revisit it with your to-read list ready. Don't worry, we linked every book and resource mentioned in the shownotes: feministbookclub.com/podcast

Searing essays about justice, violence, environmentalism, art as advocacy, and relationships. Some passages stopped me cold. Highly recommend.

This was not a pleasant read for me. It was angry and depressing. I think that is exactly how it‘s supposed to make you feel so I have to give it a thumbs up for doing it so successfully. Everything about this book is strong - the writing, the message and the emotions. The anger is justified and stems from some very ugly truths but there were moments that I just wanted to tell the author to shut up already. Unpleasant to read but very effective.

This poke is delicious and this book of essays is amazing. 12/10 would recommend both. 🕊

^ this is my favorite way to spend a evening; lots of blankets, some tea, & a good book 😀

There is nothing more sacred in our culture than precisely this idea: that a woman‘s body belongs more easily to any man than it does to herself; that every man is allowed to be not only a full and complete human being, but also, whenever he wants, a total beast.

"More pain creates more sorrow, sometimes generations of sorrow, and it amplifies injustice rather than cancels it out. I want to let go of my anger and fear and pain. I want to let go of the hatred and enmity and spite. I want that shut place to open. The ending I want is inside."