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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne

Just this sentence, in the intro… gutted me. I‘ve read her other books, they are very very excellent in-depth well-researched books. With so much to offer.

But this sentence alone, shows how our society works to silence women, just to make them so uncomfortable with themselves, that they balk at being “public”. That instinctual withdrawl silences whatever they would have said.

#SheSaid

AmyG 😥 1d

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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne

Hello #SheSaid! New month, New Book!

Happy 4th of July to those in the US, happy weekend to everyone else!

As we dive into a new read, thoughts so far?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1d

MallenNC I related a lot to her intro. I think a lot of people would. I‘m interested to see where the book goes. I like that she backs up her ideas with a lot of research 1d

DGRachel Still waiting for my library hold but I should have it soon. 🤞🏻 1d

vlwelser @MallenNC I agree. I found her really relatable in the intro and I am looking forward to seeing what she comes up with. 12h

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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne

Up Next for #SheSaid!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 6d

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 6d

AllDebooks @LitsyEvents 6d

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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne

Up next for #SheSaid!

So put in your library holds and inter-library loans or pick it up while it is still on sale.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1w

MallenNC I just got this one! 1w

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vlwelser Are we taking a week off or is there a schedule? 1w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser Schedule going up now 6d

vlwelser 😘 6d

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I who Have Never Known Men: A Novel | Jacqueline Harpman

Hello #SheSaid!

A bit of a different format this month, so just stop by as you finish reading and let me know what you thought of the book and reading it with only 1 discussion this time in the comments.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1w

AllDebooks I'm about to start reading this. 📚 1w

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vlwelser I really liked this. It's a fast read. It had Herland vibes but it's also very sci-fi. I have no idea who's got it done and what would count as a spoiler. 1w

MallenNC This kind of book is not my favorite. I felt like there was a point, philosophically, and it was interesting to imagine what a person would be like if born in this circumstance. But I wanted more narrative. I‘ll put another thought as a spoiler 1w

MallenNC I did NOT like that there were no answers about where these women were and how this had happened. I did listen to the audiobook so it‘s possible I missed something but that annoyed me. I am a plot focused reader so this was hard for me. I‘m glad it was a short book. 1w

Suet624 This was a rare DNF for me. Too much of a real world feel for me. 1w

AllDebooks This was a very tough read. I can't say I enjoyed it, but I did think it was worth reading. The character development between the women was good. The child's progress was interesting, although the stroppy, sulky teen period was overdone. It was good to see her mature into a more pleasant person. 7d

AllDebooks @MallenNC I agree, no explanation was frustrating. 7d

Liz_M I like odd books that play with the conventions of a novel. I was relived there wasn't an explanation (I loved the world of Piranesi but when the situation was explained, it lost the magic ). I found the MC fascinating as well as a scenario that played with classic dystopias/utopias. I had trouble understanding the narrator's eventual framing of the world outside the bunker as another prison. Do we need the contrast of society to be free? 6d

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Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia | Kate Manne

If you are looking to buy our next read instead of borrowing it from the library… it is on sale today on both Kindle & Kobo

#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 4w

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I who Have Never Known Men: A Novel | Jacqueline Harpman

Next up for #SheSaid

Our next pick is fiction this month. And there are no chapters or parts. So read when you can, enjoy the spring or fall depending on where you are. And I will see you all at the end of the month to discuss this book.

Put in your library holds & interlibrary loans…. Make sure you request in translation for your area.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1mo

vlwelser This is a great idea. I love being able to read at my own crazy pace. 1mo

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AllDebooks I have this, count me in 😀 1mo

Suet624 I've put a hold on it at the library! 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it usually works well for our fiction reads, which tends to work out well in the spring and winter holiday season. I little more laid back….so you can get out and do picnic, graduation, garden things when the weather is good…and then holiday get togethers, planning, shopping, cooking things. This one with no chapters or sections just said, nope no structure. 😂 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 it‘s not very long, so plenty of time. 1mo

vlwelser I thrive under no structure. 😂 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I know, I kind of prefer it for fiction myself. Non-fiction can be more difficult that way. At least for me and for denser reads, for me breaking them down into section seems to help. But as always it really does depend on the book. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser our last book could have worked really well as a end of the month discussion. Some of the more academically written it‘s nice to be able to talk about the specific things in different sections 1mo

vlwelser I think with the last book because it was so long we all ended up on different timelines. Which made discussing it slightly disjointed 1mo

CatLass007 My audiobook is broken up into parts, but discussing the book all at one time sounds great. Count me in. 4w

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The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard | Kate Moore

Hello #SheSaid!

I am way behind on this book…. Family issues. But I‘m so glad it‘s still going well for everyone, I cannot wait to see what happens next. See you all in the comments!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 1mo

vlwelser I really appreciated this book a great deal. The amount of research done on this fairly obscure historical icon is pretty stunning. I had no knowledge of this woman but she made so many impactful marks on the world. 1mo

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staci.reads After reading about her nitariaty at the time and her impact on legislation, I am appalled, and saddened, that she became "lost" to history. It overwhelms me to think about how many women, who made such a difference, have been forgotten, and it makes me grateful for authors like this who are uncovering their stories. 1mo

MallenNC This is one of those books that I can‘t say I enjoyed because of the subject matter but I thought it was very well done and I glad to have learned about Elizabeth‘s life. Kate Moore does a great job with these parts of history 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MallenNC I may be behind, but I am loving how it is written and reads like living history…not just research. Makes me want to pick up anything the author writes. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @staci.reads the disappearing of stories and people that change things/history is really hitting home for me right now as they delete history stories off of official websites etc. I feel like I need to find an old school Encyclopedia set to keep in my house so that some things can not just be erased. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa … but I guess it is not knew. Books like “12 Years a Slave” disappeared and were rediscovered much later. 1mo

MallenNC @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Have you read Radium Girls, her previous book? I think it‘s even better. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MallenNC no, I have not yet. I‘ll have to move it up my huge TBR list 1mo

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The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard | Kate Moore

Hello #SheSaid! How are you this week?

See you in the comments, please just drop in when you finish this week‘s section…

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I myself am a bit behind this week, so I will stop back in a bit and add my comments & impressions….hopefully if my phone stops ringing this weekend 😂 2mo

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MallenNC I‘m actually on track for this one. I won‘t spoil (if you can spoil nonfiction) other than to say I was so impressed by her determination and the ways she found to use her voice and her writings to help herself and others. And the men in her life continue to be infuriating 2mo

vlwelser @MallenNC same 💯 2mo

vlwelser She encounters all these obstacles and just keeps fighting. She's fierce. I do feel so bad for her children to have been caught up in all of this. The husband is a giant douche canoe. Like let it go dude. But I guess it's hard to admit that you might be wrong. 2mo

staci.reads I finally got caught up. I really enjoyed reading about the trial. It was a little reaffirming to see people rally around the bleaknesses and infuriating first half. I also have found it interesting to see the varied reactions of her children once she is released considering their father's ongoing campaign to turn them against her. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I am way behind…. Family issues. But I‘m so glad it‘s still going well for everyone, I can not wait to see what happens next. 1mo

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The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard | Kate Moore

Hello #SheSaid

How is everyone doing this week, slowly catching up? I know a few of you got the book later.

See you in the comments as you finish this week‘s section!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Me this week…the US is a mess. I am watching lots of news & doomscrolling….and reading lots of fluff novels as escapism. Then thinking how they would probably put me in an asylum for novel reading. 🥹 2mo

MallenNC I think the author did such a good job telling this story. This week‘s sections were tough bc they showed the reality of life in the asylum. And I felt such dread for Elizabeth throughout! And yes, it‘s scary how much some of this still echoes today. 2mo

vlwelser This book is incredibly detailed and while I appreciate that most of the time, I feel like I'm trying to rush through it. I feel so bad for Elizabeth and her babies. That husband is such a troll. And then he loses the job anyway! 2mo

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No Excuses Reading Journal for Banned Books | Tracy Tennant

This is from February I think, but I‘m just reading it now & thought I would share.

Link here:

https://cornell1a.law.cornell.edu/blog/index.php/clinic-files-lawsuit-against-id...

Riveted_Reader_Melissa “The complaint also targets a unique feature of HB 710 that permits both state law enforcement and private citizens to bring legal challenges against schools and libraries that fail to restrict minors‘ access to materials deemed “harmful to minors.” Private citizens that file complaints against such schools or libraries receive a $250 award if they are successful in their challenge”. 🙄 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa “The complaint also alleges that HB 710 expressly targets works that contain “any act of homosexuality,” including non-sexual acts like handholding and hugging between two characters of the same gender. According to the complaint, such a blatant restriction constitutes a violation of the First Amendment and the and Fourteenth Amendment‘s Equal Protection Clause.” So no mothers hugging your daughter in books I guess 🤪 2mo

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No Excuses Reading Journal for Banned Books | Tracy Tennant

Link to list:

https://media.defense.gov/2025/Apr/04/2003683009/-1/-1/0/250404-LIST%20OF%20REMO...

Link to website above where the link is at:

https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/4...

#Censorship + #BannedBooks = #FutureReadingGoals

Susanita 19 pages! 🤬 2mo

ManyWordsLater I‘m having difficulty articulating to friends the difference because library curation and banning books. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Well if you curate out anything to do with racism, gender, feminism, or transgender…you maybe are not curating a collection on a specific topic but removing a complete topic. For instance….race books out, Mein Kampf in…you could say more war history related…. But also out as feminism books about the underground movement of women in Afghanistan….which was probably pretty important in a fairly recent war. So I think it‘s the how, why, & ⤵️

The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ purpose. I am not a librarian, I should add. But I would think curating a collection is different from say removing from a library. My public library has the library, and a separate curated section on local history….but that does not mean they removed every book from the main library on any other subject. 2mo

shortsarahrose @ManyWordsLater - I‘ll add, as a library worker/person with a masters in library science, collection development has more to do with building a collection that reflects a wide range of viewpoints on any given topic - even those that we may not personally agree with or that the majority of our community may not agree with. Censorship is removing or refusing to purchase items that don‘t align with a certain view. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And why on earth Maya Angelou needed to be cut, only makes sense if it‘s a military curated collection…. But I did not see any other books of American classics novels of that sort listed. Just hers. And I find it hard to believe there was only 1 classic literature book in the library. No Steinbeck for example.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @shortsarahrose Thank you! I knew we needed a librarian! When in doubt, always ask a librarian. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Susanita right! I had heard about it when it happened, but today was the first time I had seen a complete list. Very interesting what topics the removed books seemed to be centered around. And so nice they included the topics for each books, and I‘m assuming the rational for pulling them. 2mo

ncsufoxes It‘s an odd collection of books, meaning it‘s kind of all over the place. A few repeated titles (some have different publication dates but some are repeated 2-3xs). There are only a few fiction books. I‘m surprised The 1619 Project wasn‘t on there. It is interesting to see what they find intimidating. My guess is whoever curated this list probably hasn‘t read one of these books. They probably used AI to generate the list. 2mo

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The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard | Kate Moore

Hello #SheSaid!

How are you all this weekend?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This book is infuriating, but well written and easily readable. And so much of it seems like things still important today. We still seem to call any woman with an opinion “crazy”, and based on elections in the US, women with opinions are still seen as odd, unnatural even 🤦‍♀️and should vote with their husbands 🫠, and now the new SAVE Act 🙄. Interesting to me how some of the impetuous for this was different opinions on slavery. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 2mo

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MallenNC I have meant to read this one since it came out but I knew it would make me so mad. It‘s very well written. I like that is narrative nonfiction, which is so much easier for me to follow. It‘s infuriating. And definitely relevant for today. 2mo

vlwelser I'm running slightly behind on the reading but so far this is intensely frustrating 2mo

TheKidUpstairs Like @vlwelser I'm a little bit behind, about half way through Part 1. But so far, I love the writing style, her narrative style engages you right from the start. Like everyone else, I find it so infuriating, and like @MallenNC pointed out it is unfortunately quite relevant for today, as we see so many politicians and political influencers trying to push us back to these times. cont'd in next comment 2mo

TheKidUpstairs I especially appreciate that, while the book is very much focused on Elizabeth and her story, Moore has brought in larger context with regards to sexism and racism in the medical profession, and the looming civil war. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @TheKidUpstairs yes…when the neutral parties were no help section at the train station, I could not help thinking of our current times. 2mo

ncsufoxes I‘m about halfway through part 1 & agree with everyone else about the writing style. It is infuriating to see how some ideas about women have not changed…women & anything to do with their anatomy & functions. As well as women thinking or speaking out. At least we can‘t be locked away today for “novel reading.” 2mo

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The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard | Kate Moore

Hello #SheSaid

Up Next for May!

Put in those library holds and interlibrary loans!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 2mo

Suet624 Oof. Thats a rough one. At least it was for me. 😩 2mo

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TieDyeDude Kate Moore is an auto-buy for me. This is a wild story; hope you enjoy it! 2mo

TheKidUpstairs The audio was available, so I started this yesterday. Immediately engaging! I think I'm going to be rage-listening to a lot of this one! 2mo

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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower | Brittney Cooper

Hello #SheSaid!

This month & this book flew by for me!

How did you all feel about this last section, and the book as a whole?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa For me this one was a re-read, but I did not remember a ton from the first time….so parts felt new…and since we are repeating history, some hit more and stuck with me more this time. For instance, the Michelle Obama thing, it was just in the news why she did not go to his second inauguration. Why we chose to repeat this catastrophe I will never understand. 2mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Never Scared seemed really poignant too right now with the attacks on University, classes available, etc. 2mo

vlwelser It's weird to think she wrote this at the beginning of his original term and absolutely nothing is different. Despite there having been a pandemic in the middle. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser very depressing 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser only change is it‘s worse faster. Took him years to build up to the pandemic level Gov issues, and that was with the problems of a pandemic. This time 100 days and all just him. (edited) 2mo

vlwelser It's easier to repeat his previous nonsense than to make up new stuff. IMO 2mo

vlwelser Is there a schedule for the next book? You know I like to plan 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser just working on that now 👍 2mo

vlwelser 🤗😘 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser up now! 2mo

Hooked_on_books I had to finish another book I was about to lose, so that delayed my finishing of this. I really liked this last section. Her chapter on the difficulties of dating as an educated woman really resonated with me. I met my husband when I was just turning 39 and long after giving up when dating just never worked, as all the guys ran away from my degree and work. Old fashioned gender roles are such crap! 2mo

Hooked_on_books And the statistic of black women having a median net worth of $5 is devastating. Median! That puts the reality of living while black in such stark perspective. I‘ve had this book for a long time and am so glad I finally read it, as it is superb. Thanks for picking this a letting me tag along! 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Hooked_on_books right! That statistic is just shocking. Thank you for joining us. 2mo

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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower | Brittney Cooper

Hello #SheSaid.

Sorry for the day late post…I hope you had a good Easter if you celebrate.

Join us in the comments as you finish this section

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa If you are Catholic, so sorry for your loss. I am not Catholic, but even I appreciated quite a lot of Pope Francis‘s influence. 3mo

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vlwelser I'm really enjoying this one. I love her read on Michelle Obama's hairstyle and the possible message she was sending. 3mo

Hooked_on_books I really liked the first essay this week. But then, just about anything starting with Michelle Obama tends to be good. I thought the second essay was also good but have an issue with what essentially sounded to me like blaming liberal white women for Trump‘s 2016 election win. There are so many voting blocks you can look at to see the differences from 2012 to 2016 that contributed to that election result. 🔽 3mo

Hooked_on_books Yes, far too many white women voted for that horrific man, which is frankly why I think a lot of liberal white women participated in the Women‘s March—horror over him being in office. My mother in law is a hard core conservative (though not a Trump fan), and there would have been no way to get her to vote for Hillary. (I don‘t know how she voted.) So to simply say it‘s because we didn‘t get our group voting right doesn‘t hold water. 3mo

staci.reads I ended up having to settle for audio again, so I'm struggling to add to the comments with anything specific about the chapters, but I am really enjoying this one. I feel like this book is a "shut up and listen" experience. I am learning so much. 2mo

staci.reads @vlwelser I loved her insight on that as well. I really want to believe her interpretation of the inauguration day hair is accurate! 2mo

staci.reads @Hooked_on_books That part was hard for me to hear as well. I respect her for sharing her feelings about the Women's March. I guess, though, I'd like to ask her what kind of protest white women who didn't vote for the orange man could have done that would have felt appropriate to her. I don't mean that in a snarky way. I am truly curious. 2mo

Hooked_on_books @staci.reads I‘d like to know that, too. I know a lot of us white women are devastated and embarrassed at so many white women voting for him. Plus, she also mentioned earlier that we‘re all stronger together, which I completely agree with. I do fully understand her frustration with the majority of white women. 2mo

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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower | Brittney Cooper

Hello #SheSaid!

Some good essays this week, I could not help thinking about some of the current US political/religious melding that is happening currently. See you all in the comments as you finish this section!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I am not black, so I do not want to overstep here, but boy could I relate this week. My great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother all got married and had children young. And I was determined not to fall into that pattern….even as my younger cousins got married & got pregnant (not all in that order)…I was like, nope, not going there until I graduate from college. And then it‘s like…wait, where are the guys, the good ones are married already 🤣 3mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ overall great essays this week, both on patriarchy/empire/military control and religion thoughts bleeding over into control, and always abstinence and sex=bad, never birth control/ knowledge and accessibility=good. Those really stuck out to me this week as the US is going through a hyper-toxic masculinity period where Dad knows all because he is an awesome multi-dimensional chess player and if you do not understand you are dumb.⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ let‘s go back to empire and take a few countries (they want us to, really they are just asking for it), and tariff everyone even if it upsets the global economic order we were the head of, because “sounds” tough 🙄 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I will apologize to those of you in other countries having to put up with our current US “policy”. 3mo

Bookwormjillk My library copy came in this week. I‘ll try to catch up. 3mo

AllDebooks Love this author and her essays 3mo

vlwelser I'm really enjoying this author. I loved the story about her grandmother. I'm also one of those people that had stuff to do and never thought about finding a partner. But I had no intention of settling in order to get children that I maybe also didn't really want. 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser Same…somehow I just thought, like her, that there were guys doing the same, and would be good men at the end of it. But I live in a very “red” area and (I say this sarcastically, but with some truth), well-educated women who have opinions are not really “IN” at the moment 😂 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ..honestly finding other people that read books are difficult to find sometimes….so yay for Litsy. 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser Now to get a little more serious, I think America is going through a phase where expertise in anything is not appreciated and valued. A bit of a “dark ages” here and now I see the beginning of a brain drain starting as academics and knowledge are being devalued and those that can, moving themselves where there will be research funding & opportunities. 🤷‍♀️ 3mo

vlwelser I hope we just need to tuck in and wait this out. But that's not exactly how change happens. I am also glad to have found a lot of really well educated women on the internet. But I live in a really blue state so this behavior is more normal here. 3mo

Hooked_on_books I enjoyed this week‘s essays. I did have some thoughts about her wanting the US government to intervene with Boko Haram. Of course I wanted those girls rescued, but I have to ask where and how we should intervene in other sovereign nations. It‘s a fraught thing. Leaning on a government to push them to get a rescue to happen is one thing, but intervening militarily is technically an act of war. So I can‘t agree with her about using our military 🔽 3mo

Hooked_on_books thought I certainly was horrified and wanted to see those girls rescued. I also loved her grandma! What a hoot! I am not religious but was raised Catholic and completely agree with her about how damaging the teaching about sexuality to girls is in many Christian faiths. It leads to a lot of disordered thoughts later and isn‘t good. 3mo

Hooked_on_books @Riveted_Reader_Melissa You mention the brain drain and knowledge being devalued, and I have to say that‘s part of what drove me out of my profession. I was living in a blue/purple area and even so, more and more people would look at what I said as a physician with skepticism. How can you get informed consent from people who refuse to be informed? It felt like a constant fight and it was exhausting. And I‘m not alone, which is bad. 3mo

AnneCecilie I love how she mixes the personal with facts. I‘m not black either, but how she talks about mothers and grandmothers makes it more relatable, even if I have completely different relationships with mine. 3mo

Hooked_on_books I forgot to say how it struck me that she‘s anti-patriarchy (as we all should be), but in the final essay for today mentions wanting black men to step up to protect black women, which is a patriarchal attitude. I would have liked to see her unpack that conflict—that would have been really interesting. 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Hooked_on_books have you read the

Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa It‘s a few years old now, but a lot of what it talked about is fermenting and now running things. I can see it in things like Signal-gate. They just think they know better, and anyone else that is complaining are sticklers/crazy, 🤷‍♀️. They had a “doctor” on who was meeting with unvaccinated people for Measles info (all the not-vaccinate alternatives they are recommending), while he actively had the measles. 🙄 (edited) 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Hooked_on_books I thought that was interesting too, but I think for me it boiled down to they expect women to stand up for and protest for them, but it is not reciprocated because they think women should still be quiet/not heard, or black women are loud, so ok, or as she mentioned, she is large so should be able to take care of herself. 🤷‍♀️. Lots of intersections in that discussion. Might be a deeper one too, not just the socialization part ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ You mentioned, that men should protect women. But also one about racism…loud/angry black men more likely to be handled violently by police for example, than loud/angry black women, so subconsciously let them be the angry front face. But I think no matter what angle we look at it, everyone needs to stand up for everyone else more, not just when it‘s knocking on their individual door. (edited) 3mo

Hooked_on_books Absolutely yes, we should all be supporting and looking out for one another more. We have to stop looking at people as “us” or “them” and look at every individual as a human being. And I absolutely need to read that book! I can‘t believe I haven‘t heard of it and it looks incredibly satisfying. 3mo

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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower | Brittney Cooper

Hello #SheSaid I hope you had a good week and maybe some Spring/Fall weather where you are at.

What did you think of the first few essays?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa My thoughts…both on Beyoncé and Hillary…we are too tough on females that make it in any way, cutting them down because they are not “perfect enough”… they need to be flawless perfect in everything…or else no. But it is not something we do with male stars or candidates at all. Makes me sad ?‍♀️ 3mo

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ncsufoxes I just borrowed from the library, my library (or Libby) didn‘t have the last one. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I just finished A Well Trained Wife by Tia Levings & adding it as a suggestion for this group 3mo

vlwelser I'm running a little behind. I'm partway through the Bey section. I will circle back shortly 3mo

MallenNC I‘m a little behind too but will catch up this week! I am glad to finally be reading this one. It‘s been on my TBR a while 3mo

Hooked_on_books I also appreciated her nuance as regards Hillary. She also showed some nuance about white women that I appreciated. There are plenty of white women who appall me (and I am white), but she‘s absolutely right when she says women of all colors need each other to have any hope of persevering against the patriarchy. We‘re so much stronger together than divided. 3mo

DebinHawaii @Hooked_on_books Great points! I feel the same about both being appalled by whites women & that we truly do all need each other & must do a better job of supporting rather than dragging each other down. I like her perspectives so far. 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ncsufoxes thank you, I‘ll check it out 3mo

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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower | Brittney Cooper

Next up for #SheSaid!

April 6: The Problems With Sass ~ Strong Female Leads
April 13: The Smartest ManI Never Knew ~ Grown-Woman Theology
April 20: Orchestrated Fury ~ White-Girl Tears
April 27: Never Scared ~ Closing

Please put in your library holds & interlibrary loans! And see you all this weekend!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 😉 3mo

Amor4Libros Got the audiobook from my library! 🤗 3mo

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Bookwormjillk I got the audiobook from the library. I have a harder time sticking to schedules with audiobooks so I might listen to it all at once. I'm looking forward to this one. I need to work on my Eloquent Rage. 3mo

Hooked_on_books I have this one and haven‘t read it yet, so I think I‘ll join you if you don‘t mind a hanger-on. 3mo

MallenNC I‘m joining this time! I have had this book for a while and haven‘t read it yet. 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Hooked_on_books Always welcome! 🤗 3mo

nelsonmatt890 Do you happen to use Goodreads? I‘d love to add you what‘s your username? 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @nelsonmatt890 I do, but I‘ve been very bad about keeping up to date there lately. 3mo

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Hello #SheSaid. Posting a bit later today. I hope you are all finishing up with the book and if not learning a lot, at least feeling less alone and “gas lighted” when you are in certain situations and being told it‘s normal, not a problem, etc.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know! 🙃 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Wow! The tags even posted without issues today! I need to post late more often 🤣 3mo

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Bookwormjillk @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😂😂😂 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk last week, I tried for literally hours. Logged out, back in, tried again. Let it sit after I hit enter, tried typing each in individually and then picking from the drop-down list of names. Anything I could think of….and nothing. I gave up after a few hours and just hoped you‘d find it by the tag. Today, copy & pasted the list in and it went right through and popped up as a comment immediately. 2 seconds 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Litsy may be gaslighting me 😂 3mo

DebinHawaii @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hah! But how frustrating! I finished the book this morning. It was a good but also frustrating read. 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DebinHawaii I felt the same, but I also feel better knowing that I‘m not imagining the problems or the scope of the problems 3mo

DebinHawaii @Riveted_Reader_Melissa So true! 3mo

vlwelser I'm glad the tags worked. I'm ready (ish) to jump back in for the next book. I don't have the book yet but it's on hold at the library so forward progress is happening. 3mo

AllDebooks I enjoyed this, despite its reiteration of well documented inequalities. Written well with some good insights 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser sometimes any forward progress is good progress. Even if it‘s just a tiny bit 3mo

staci.reads I thought the book finished strong. The chapter Unelectable- On the Entitlement to Power - was especially relevant after the last election. The part about the backlash against Klobachar after her perceived "disloyalty" to Al Franken was new information for me. I really liked her discussion of communality and the effect that expectation has on women in power. That hit home for me personally. 3mo

vlwelser 🤗 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @staci.reads there was a great footnote about Harris too, from the primaries…which was very relevant now too. 3mo

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Hello #SheSaid!

Did you make it through? Such a tough read right now, but also a really timely one…. 😬

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Hello #SheSaid. I hope this week has treated you well.

I know quite a few of you were running behind starting and/or reading this one, so just stop into the comments as you finish each section. This discussion is for chapters 5 & 6.

AnneCecilie This book is making me so angry. And I can‘t imagine reading this and not get angry. That whole abortion chapter 🤯 Hopefully, if I ever meet a pro-lifer, I‘ll now have arguments against their views 4mo

Singout I‘m finally caught up on a #SheSaid book! Yes, this made me angry too: the story in chapter 5 about the pregnant Black woman whose health needs were completely ignored and denied was gut wrenching. And, yes, the abortion chapter 😬. Recommended, if you can access it outside Canada, is an amazing book I read last year called “The Abortion Caravan,” about a group of women who went from the Pacific coast to Ottawa in 1970 to demand legal abortions. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout I feel like we are returning to that 3mo

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Hello #SheSaid! I hope this week treated you well and that a few of you got your library holds in and could join us.

@vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8 @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 🙃 4mo

AllDebooks I hope to start this later this week 4mo

staci.reads I have my Libby loan only a few more days, so I'm reading ahead and can't remember what was in this week's chapters 🤦‍♀️. I will say, this is a damn depressing book. We've read a lot of similar information in other books, but I'm listening to this one, and maybe that's why it is hitting different. I'm new to audio books, and I think I'm finding that for the non fiction, I'm going to need print copies. Having these stories drone on and on in my ears is really 4mo

staci.reads *overwhelming. 4mo

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Hags | Victoria Smith

Our book club pick for #SheSaid for October is on sale on both Kobo and Kindle today if you want to pick it up while it is on sale.

nelsonmatt890 Do you use the Goodreads app? 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @nelsonmatt890 I do, yes 4mo

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Hello #SheSaid! How is everyone doing this weekend. Surviving the current world so far 🙄. It‘s been a week and I can not wait to talk about this in the comments.

@vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8 @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I feel like these stories may be older now since this book has been out for awhile now… but like all these thoughts and way of looking at women in the US have now grown and developed into political movements 🫣 and are running the place. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I am also glad that I broke it up into 2 chapters a week so I can take it very slowly and put it down in between each section. Lots of good stuff in the footnotes too! 4mo

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TheKidUpstairs I just got my hold for this one, hoping to catch up for next weekend's discussion! 4mo

staci.reads It's a hard one to listen to 😔. I was appalled with the passages she includes from the writings of incels. I was not even familiar with the term until recently when my daughters were explaining it to me. I'm both glad for their awareness and heartbroken they have to be aware. 4mo

mhillis I still have about 8 weeks to wait for my hold, so I‘ll read it later in the year 4mo

DGRachel I thought I‘d be able to knock this out in a day or two, listening while I worked, but I‘m 20% of the way through, been listening at 1.5x speed for 40 minutes, and I‘m so angry I feel like I‘m about to explode. Incels make me physically ill. 4mo

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Next up for #SheSaid!

Time to pick up your library holds & interlibrary loans.

I have been waiting to read this one!

vlwelser I read this one already. And forgot about it. I'm still going to lurk in the posts. 4mo

AnneCecilie I‘m picking up this from the library tomorrow 4mo

MallenNC I think I‘m going to skip this one. I feel like I‘ve read enough (and lived enough) about misogyny for now. I will still take a look at everyone‘s thoughts. 4mo

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

How did everyone make out with this book? I know a few were excited for it and a few disappointed? Please let us know how it was for you in the comments!

TheKidUpstairs I bailed. Loved the idea, but not the execution. Like others mentioned previously, I found it incredibly repetitive. 4mo

vlwelser @TheKidUpstairs 💯 imo the execution was terrible. So repetitive and not positive or restful. 4mo

ncsufoxes Not my favorite book. It was repetitive. I did like some of her insights (hustle culture, how capitalism & white supremacy go hand in hand). I also learned about the Maroon people which I never heard of. “People are waking up to the truth of their manipulation under toxic systems.” 4mo

AnneCecilie I liked her ideas and some of her more specific lists to illustrate her ideas. I also found some of what she wrote alienating and that kept me at a distance. Or maybe she just highlighted that we‘re from two different worlds/ cultures. But sadly, I don‘t think this is a book that will stay with me 4mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage I agree it is repetitive!! It seems like a manifesto or article that got a book deal. But as what I call “a recovering entrepreneur,” I relate HARD to the productivity and grind culture thread in her writing. I‘m not self-employed anymore and it has helped. That‘s also a big part of why I stopped book blogging. My blog was a grind and started to take the joy out of reading, which is a method of rest for me. 4mo

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Raising Steam | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub

Looks like Amazon in the US is having a sale on all of Terry Pratchett. Might be time to pick up a book if you need it. @julesG

julesG Tagging the #OokBOokClub members:
@dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @BookWrym @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean 4mo

julesG Thank you, Melissa! 4mo

willaful They're also on sale at Kobo, which allows you to download your books so you're not locked into the Amazon ecosystem: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=terry+pratchett&fclanguages=en

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julesG @willaful Thank you!!! 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful even better, I‘ve personally been trying to get more from the library and not give Amazon money any more. 🤷‍♀️ 4mo

willaful @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Same! 4mo

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

How is everyone doing this week?

DGRachel Still on part one. I have agreed with a lot of what she‘s written so far, I just wish it wasn‘t quite so repetitive. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DGRachel yes. I was just thinking about reading the rest together, maybe the start and stopping on my end makes it seem even more so. 5mo

Bookwormjillk Finally got a copy from the library. Hope to catch up soon. 5mo

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JamieArc I‘m not reading this but wanted to chime in that she created a deck of cards from the ideas in this book. I got them for my husband and he pulls one out each day to look at while he‘s working, and often uses them in icebreaker situations. 5mo

vlwelser I don't love this book. She's very repetitive and doesn't seem to want to let stuff go and move forward. It's counterintuitive to blame the past on not feeling like you can rest and then keep making excuses about it. 5mo

AnneCecilie Agree with the repetitiveness @DGRachel and @vlwelser but I like her more concrete examples of how to rest, even if I was a little sad that reading wasn‘t on that list. There‘s also a lot of the grind culture I don‘t recognize living in a different country. We have rules when it comes to working hours per day, month, half year and year. We also have 5 weeks paid vacation and a lawful right to 3 weeks vacation during the summer. (edited) 5mo

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

Anyone get any rest this week, not me 😂

See you in the comments!
@vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl ⤵️

Bookwormjillk Haha nope. Still waiting for this book. I‘m always a month behind it seems but I‘ll get there eventually! 5mo

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 if you could tell my long suffering menopause and the world to behave… 😝 I have this book on hold… long wait for it. 5mo

DGRachel This is my next audiobook once I finish the one for The Morbidly Curious Bookclub. Hoping to start it by next weekend. 5mo

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DebinHawaii I have my print library copy & started reading but forgot to post last weekend. Interesting so far, though a bit disjointed & I‘m not as church-oriented as the author. Not a lot of rest this week but I liked the list of What Resting Can Look Like. I tend to think about rest as sleeping/taking naps so social media breaks, crafting, doing a deep listen to an album or just not responding immediately to text & emails are all things that I can do. 5mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘ve had this book on my Kindle shelf for a long while. I believe in stopping the glorification of”busy.” But putting it in practice is another thing entirely. So far the intro offers some solid ideas. (edited) 5mo

vlwelser I don't love this. It feels repetitive and forgettable. I'm still plugging along but it's hard to remember what I read. I should read it right before giving my opinion about it but this also sort of proves my point. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage funny story, the local news people were ribbing each other the other day, and one was giving the other “in fun” harassing over doing puzzles. 🧩 His point was they are a waste of time, they do nothing …go be useful and do something useful.🫠 Like clean …I thought of this book, like let the lady relax for goodness sake. 5mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I grew up in a house where puzzles were an “accomplishment” and competitive. So it‘s never felt relaxing to me. But I absolutely think we should stop shaming people for relaxing!! 5mo

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I who Have Never Known Men: A Novel | Jacqueline Harpman

#SheSaid. One of our book choices for later this year is currently on sale on Kindle in the US for $3.99 of you prefer buying to library.

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

I have to say when this was the first pick, I thought…maybe we needed something stronger for this time in history. BUT! I was wrong…. In an age when actions are meant to exhaust us and then numb us and make us just check out and tune out…this is exactly the right book for right now. Rest and Resist, and Rest as resistance. See you in the comments ;~)

vlwelser This seems interesting so far. I hope it doesn't get too far into the religion stuff. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I hope so too 5mo

CatLass007 I tried to listen to the audiobook because I have frequent migraines due to eye strain. I‘m afraid I did not find what I heard particularly restful. It could be because I am experiencing a lot of anxiety this past week due to possible negative effects on my health insurance because of DJT‘s freeze on spending. If I really wanted to rest, I had to listen to something that was fiction. I am going to attempt this section again soon. 5mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I understand, I also have Health Insurance and medications he is poking at. And I am waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak. But this book helped for me, if we stress constantly we will not have the energy to organize back. We need to sleep and rest and not doom-scroll 24/7. It saddens me that a lot of people are going to need to suffer, including most likely me, before people snap out of their trance…. BUT 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ Stressing ourselves into anxiety and exhaustion will not help us either. So I‘m trying to take all tips from those singled out for detrimental treatment before me. (edited) 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 but I understand, it‘s scary times & if you need to read for fun with fiction, I totally understand that…we all need a break from real life & an escape. And for the disabled… at least for mine…regular everyday life takes all my energy and I can not always keep up, hence the label of dis-able, not able to, and I‘ve often complained that the hoops you have to jump through to get the help you need is an added burden very very often. ↩️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ and this new onslaught is a fight we may not have the energy to fight by ourselves. I was heartened to see so many jump in when he was going to cut money for everything DEI, because although that seems to be the new N word that they do not want Brown people to get their jobs apparently (my interpretation here). DEI or Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion is Civil Righrs, and includes Women, the Disabled, the Elderly, Vetrans, etc, etc, etc… 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ anyone that gets left out of we do not have DEI. I am not at all surprised he went there, but I think a bunch of his voters will be, many have benefits that will be impacted…and members of congress have to win election again in 2 years and need those votes 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sorry for the political rant here… but it probably will not be the last, sorry to say. 5mo

AnneCecilie I had really high hopes for this, I‘m all for resting and try to do as much as possible myself. Like @vlwelser and yourself, I hope it doesn‘t get to religious. I also hope she will explain her statement that capitalism is white supremacy and slavery. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AnneCecilie I understood that connection almost immediately. The US is a Capitalist country, and has always been run by wealthy corporations and before that wealthy landowners. The easiest way to make money is to keep costs low…cheap labor. Shipping in slaves, breeding slaves, capturing & enslaving natives cut labor costs, and made profits higher. To keep that system in place you had to create a race system where brown natives & africans⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ were less than human, less than their white owners…and therefore make the system “ok”. It was common for many European countries to do this as they created colonies around the world too, not just the US. Canada has issues with its native populations historically, England in India, Australians and Aboriginal, every African colony, etc. The idea that the White Europeans were better than, smarter then, more Gods children than the native ↩️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ “savages” they found there. And that mindset was what gave them the permission system to …take their land, enslave them, kill them off…they were not entitled to the same rights as the White Europeans…that was the beginning of the race system and White Supremacy. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa But..as we changed from a plantation system to a corporate system the landowners and eventually companies needed to keep costs low to maximize their profits. So as one system is outlawed, they employ the next. Slavery is out, Jim Crow is in…now you will be arrested for being lazy and leased back to the same plantation or business as a laborer with no rights, Jim Crow is our, Mass incarceration is in where more brown people are arrested ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And imprisoned for the exact same crimes as white people who are given a warning and waved on. Just in the recent CA wildfires they used prison inmates to fight the fire and paid them $10/day. From there it branched out into regular businesses. Why pay higher minimum wage here, if I can ship my company overseas and save money, increase profits. Why have labor laws..like child labor, work weeks, paid maternity leave, unions, etc…if I can ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ keep that down, more profits at the top. We in the US have a widening wealth gap in the US because of policies like this…and a belief that those at the top are smarter, more gifted, etc, so deserve a big bonus, where the day to day labors do not deserve a living wage because they are obviously unworthy, lazy, etc. but sadly very little is based on merit, but based on who your parents were, what education you could afford, etc, etc. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa So the system of making better profits through Slavery and White Supremacy has morphed into the current Capitalist system. Company boards at the top, workers at the bottom. As companies make record profits, employees do not get a pay raise, instead they get no-fault firing, benefits cuts, etc. which has led yo what she calls Grind culture. You can not pay your bills with 1 job , so to break even you work 2, get a side hustle as they call it⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ drive your personal car for DoorDash, Uber, etc. So you work more and more hours (& put miles on your personal car, tires, etc) to work for another company to just make enough to pay basic bills. And less rest, less time to question why this is the system, why the heads are making record profits, but just can not pay a living wage, or keep prices steady instead of price gouging. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘ve seen some compare the current state of things to the days of mining towns & sharecropping. Where you worked for the mine, but all goods had to be bought at the company store. And because they controlled both wages and costs, basically you were always in debt to the company store so owed them more money and more work. Which keeps the workforce basically “enslaved” to that company. (edited) 5mo

CatLass007 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I don‘t blame you for your political rant. It‘s completely understandable. My anxiety has decreased tremendously over the weekend and I might give this book another try today. I have to say that the comments that religion in this book is unwelcome are disappointing. I do not consider myself religious, but I am spiritual. Christianity is another way to belittle and enslave people. I do not consider myself a (cont)⬇️ 5mo

CatLass007 Christian. Mainly because of the negative connotations that the word itself has. To quote Ghandi, “I like your Christ very much. It is your Christians I do not like.” I think that all spiritual traditions have merit. But they also have flaws. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I am with you there, born Christian, but left the organized church in my area because of some intolerance views they had. I do not think God/Jesus/or whatever you believe in would agree with that. Sadly Christianity has a bad history with imperialism and treating non-Christian‘s as not human. To quote another source “if you preach hate at the service, those words are not anointed” Song - Same Love: Macklemore. (edited) 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I also consider myself spiritual now, but not religious. Maybe we should start our own religion…I think there is a growing number in that group 5mo

CatLass007 I‘m not sure what to start my own religion. I just need to find the right spiritual path. 5mo

vlwelser Was there a political rant? Did I miss something? 5mo

CatLass007 @vlwelser @AnneCecilie @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I haven‘t gotten back to it yet, but I do have to say that every time she said, white supremacy or white supremacist I just kind of mentally inserted white male patriarchy. I think that as women that is a description of capitalism with which we all can identify, no matter our race. Of course it doesn‘t really matter if it‘s capitalism, it also could describe monarchy, communism, fascism, or others. 5mo

vlwelser @CatLass007 she's referring to the current (and past) state of the US. Definitely white male dominant. I'm for sure not in charge. 😂 5mo

CatLass007 @vlwelser Yes. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser nope me either. 5mo

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

The Voting Breakdown

#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 5mo

vlwelser Can you tell how many voters there were? 5mo

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vlwelser Jk it says 12 at the top 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it‘s ok, I know people are curious. 12 responded and they could all vote for as many as they were interested in. 5mo

wanderinglynn Hi Melissa, you can remove me from the list. I have too many things going on right now to participate. Thank you! 5mo

AllDebooks It was a tough choice, so many great books 📚 5mo

willaful Remove me please, I'm just overloaded right now! 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @wanderinglynn @willaful I will, and I understand. Serious nonfiction reading can feel like a job right now, I‘m trying to balance with a LOT of fiction & fantasy! 5mo

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

Up for this year:

8 Votes:
February: Rest is Resistance - Tricia Hersey

7 Votes:
March: Entitled - Kate Manne

April: Eloquent Rage - Brittney Cooper

6 Votes:
May: The Woman They Could Not Silence - Kate Moore

June: I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (Fiction)

July: Unshrinking - Kate Manne

August: Small & the Mighty - Sharon McMahon

September: Eve - Cat Bohannon

October: Hags - Victoria Smith

5 Votes:
8 Book Tie 🤪

#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #SheSaid2025Reads 5mo

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AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thank you for your hatd work and organising a great list. Looking forward to #SheSaid2025 5mo

staci.reads I'm excited for a lot of these! Thanks for organizing! 5mo

mhillis Thanks for organizing! I‘ll join when my library hold align lol 5mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage Hello @Riveted_Reader_Melissa - lovely to see that #shesaid is still thriving. I‘ve read several of these choices and they‘re all excellent!! May dip my toes in discussions. 💕 (edited) 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @staci.reads @mhillis You‘re welcome 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage how are you? Please do! 5mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m doing okay—missed this group and trying to step away from Meta. My reading has been very “choose by mood” for the last year or so. Not much nonfiction comparatively. And lots via audio as it feels “easier.” (edited) 5mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hope you are doing okay also!! 5mo

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Up Next #SheSaid!

Pick up those Library Holds and put in those Interlibrary Loans!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 5mo

Bookwormjillk Ohhh this sounds promising 5mo

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Scochrane26 You should untag me from the list. I rarely get around to reading the books. I‘ll make sure I see what you all are reading & decide if I can join in 5mo

mhillis This one looks so interesting! But I have 26 weeks more to wait according to Libby 😭 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Scochrane26 ok, I will. If you want added in the future, just let me know 5mo

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Up Next for February #SheSaid!

Put in your library holds and interlibrary loans!

I‘ll get the whole schedule up soon, but this book got more votes than any other, so it‘s up for February!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 6mo

Singout Looking forward to it! 6mo

DGRachel Ooh, really looking forward to this one! 6mo

AllDebooks Thank you x 6mo

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

It‘s time to decide what we want to read this year!

#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/42MWYrPW2Vr9B6NXA 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 6mo

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CatLass007 Voted! 6mo

AllDebooks Voted. Thank you for organising another year of great reads @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 6mo

Bookwormjillk Voted, thank you! 6mo

staci.reads Voted! 6mo

vlwelser Voted! Thank you! 6mo

Singout Voted and thanks from me too! 6mo

ncsufoxes Voted (I picked at random because I would pick every book). I haven‘t read Herland since college. Hood Feminism is such a great book (intersectional feminism is essential for feminism to move forward). Looking forward to some good reading this year! 6mo

MallenNC I voted! I picked books I already own or that my library seems likely to have. Looking forward to seeing what gets picked 6mo

DGRachel Can‘t wait to see what‘s picked. Hoping I can participate more this year. 6mo

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Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

#Nonfiction2025 is here!

Around the world there seems to be unrest, division, and just generally unhappy populaces. So this year we will look at famous movements for change and of resistance, what drives people to push for change, why, and how.

🎶“Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution”🎶

As always, this is a make it a way that works for you challenge, a little revolt is good for the soul after all ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ and we do not all need/want the same from our reading. So Bingo, Four Squares, Coverall…. Whatever works for you. And you can pick a book specifically about the topic, someone related to, or any lightly connected book you want. Examples Below ⤵️ (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Earth Day and Climate Change books are plentiful, you can also read about individuals in the movement from Greta Thunberg, to Al Gore, to Bill Nye, but you can also read about nature, the earth, etc. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa March of the Mill Children was against Child Labor. Again, you can go straight to the topic, or a book that has children or about children, or a child‘s experience, or written by a child…there are some great books out there written by non-adults at the moment. 6mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa You can be as creative as you like, if the topics bore you or pulls you down, use your imagination….not up for the People‘s Revolution… maybe Prince and the Revolution are more your mood. Please have fun with it. (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #Nonfiction2025Template 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa If you need suggestions or to brainstorm ideas, just ask… the idea is to encourage a bit of nonfiction reading this year that‘s it. 6mo

ncsufoxes I love these prompts. My reading fell off last year & I‘m hoping to get back into my usual groove. I‘m a big non fiction reader 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ncsufoxes I hope it helps you and inspires you to pick up a few nonfiction this year. (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ncsufoxes my reading fell off really bad last year too, so I‘m also hoping to get my groove back 6mo

Singout Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for doing this again amidst your busy life and thank you for these amazing prompts! 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout You‘re very welcome, now find good books! 6mo

Deblovestoread I need this motivation to get to the NF on my shelf! 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread I hope it helps! We all need motivation sometimes 6mo

Singout Not to be a nitpicker, but aren‘t the Singing Revolution and Baltic Way about the same thing? Unless there‘s another Singing Revolution than what comes up quickly in my search? 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout same movement, different styles & dates. I believe one was more like Hands Across America back in the day and one Singing specifically. So more options for odd connections too. So similar to both lunch counter sit-ins, bus boycotts, and marches in the Civil Rights movement. I thought they both provided great connections for other reading choices & connections. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ my examples are definitely a give away that I am an American, sorry about that 🫠 6mo

Singout You don't have to apologize for being American, we need as many Americans like you as we can get! *Looking nervously across Lake Ontario* 😬 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout 😂 I read my answer and thought, wow, that is a specific country history centric example list. 🫠 (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout there are a lot here, and we glance nervously around too. (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Lizpixie 6mo

Lizpixie Thank you! There‘s been a lot of revolution in my country too, especially around women‘s rights and Indigenous rights. Not to mention the rest of the world. America is definitely not the only country that‘s had idiots in power.✊ 6mo

MallenNC Thanks for doing this again! It will be interesting to see what I can match up with the prompts this time. Seems like a lot of options. 6mo

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 6mo

willaful I seem to have missed this, glad I came across it now. I've read a surprising amount of relevant books this year. 4w

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

Hello #SheSaid! It‘s no secret that I have gotten behind this month while moving. So we do not have a book selected for January. So January will be our catch-up reading month (I need it to finish December‘s yet), and Voting for the books for 2025. I‘ll take all the nominations so far and get a Voting Poll up for you by the first. Sorry for the delay, and please enjoy your holidays and have a great New Year!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 6mo

vlwelser 🤗😘 6mo

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wanderinglynn Thank you for tagging me, but you can remove me. 2025 is going to be a crazy year for me and I‘m not going to be able to keep up. 😀 6mo

Bookwormjillk Sounds good. I‘ll plan on reading Becoming A Matriarch in January and will email you when I‘m done. 6mo

Singout Fair enough! Moving is *hard *. I‘m still working on Becoming a Matriarch! 6mo

Singout Nominations: Ordinary Notes by Cristina Sharpe, We Were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler, Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H, I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante, Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby, Bad Cree by Jessica Johns, Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hershey. (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @wanderinglynn will do, I hope it is a good one for you, and join back when ever you want. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk Sounds good, thank you 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout I‘d say 90% of my physical books are moved now at least 😂. Need to move the rest and other odds and ends. I keep thinking I should slowly just buy more on kindle and not keep the physical ones… but then we get into book banning and who really has control of our digital content…and I think, maybe keep the physical books. 😂 6mo

Lizpixie Will there be a Non Fiction Bingo in 2025? 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Lizpixie Yes there will, I‘m behind on posting that too though 😂 6mo

Singout Oh, yay! 6mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

If you have finished the book, discuss below, if not, please join when you can!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 6mo

vlwelser Overall I thought this was an interesting look at female institutionalization. And not having power over your own person. But the time travel/utopia stuff was just sort of meh to me. Though I bet it was scandalous in the 70s. 6mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m still very early in the book… but it is making me want to read Kindred again 😂 6mo

MallenNC I finished! This book was not for me. The present day story was so bleak and unrelenting, and then I wasn‘t sure if the time travel parts were meant to be real or not. Like @vlwelser said, it probably hit readers differently when published. Speculative fiction is not my favorite anyway so others may enjoy it more. 6mo

vlwelser Maybe add Kindred to your voting list? I haven't read it. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it‘s a good time travel, and packs quit a punch. I‘ll add it to the voting. 6mo

MallenNC @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Kindred is very good! 6mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid! Sorry for the day late post!

I hope you are all doing well and ready for this holiday season. Please visit the comments as you get caught up with this weeks section.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ (edited) 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 6mo

MallenNC I‘m not quite caught up but I did find the audiobook and I‘ve made a lot of progress. I‘m not really enjoying it! Everything is pretty bleak with the main character but I‘m hoping I understand what the author was going for when I get to the end. 6mo

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vlwelser @MallenNC it is pretty bleak. I'm hoping to find out what the author is up to in this last section. 6mo

MallenNC @vlwelser I think it feels especially bleak bc I‘m reading it among a bunch of holiday stories! 6mo

vlwelser @MallenNC I don't really read holiday stories but it's not doing well against the fairy tales I've been hooked on lately 6mo

MallenNC @vlwelser I don‘t typically but I decided to load up on them this year — some of them are mysteries so that balanced things a little 6mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

How is the book going? I‘m way behind and still packing, but hoping to be on the other side soon and able to unwind with this book. So I hope it‘s a good one!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 7mo

Bookwormjillk I still haven‘t started this one…but I will eventually! In the meantime I did receive last month‘s book from you and will read it soon. Thank you so much! 7mo

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vlwelser I'm reading this alone it seems 😂 serves me right for lurking while you all read the last one. The book is good even if it's a bit slow. 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk you are welcome, I‘m glad it arrived safely. Just let me know when you are ready to pass it on. No rush, holidays and all. 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I started it last night! So go me! U-Haul and big furniture goes tomorrow so hopefully I can be settled in enough to read this one before the end of the month 😂 7mo

vlwelser You're fine. I'm trying to stay on schedule because I have to travel for the holiday. Is there a January book yet? I like to plan and I didn't see a book list. 7mo

Deblovestoread I‘m refining my commitments for the new year and would like to be removed from the tag list. Thank you 🩵 7mo

Singout I don‘t think I‘m going to get very far with this one because I really want to do my #nonfiction2024 ones and I‘m helping my elderly parents move! (to a seniors‘ residential home😢). So I feel a bit of your pain. 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread no problem. I completely understand that 6mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

Sorry for the very late post today. I am in the process of moving and just completely lost track of time today. But, better late than never I guess…

Everyone get the book and get a chance to start it yet, or everyone running behind like me. 🫠

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 7mo

MallenNC Good luck with moving! That‘s not easy. I just got this late in the week so I haven‘t started yet. 7mo

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DGRachel I got the print version from my library and I‘m going to grab it on audio as well. Best of luck with your move! 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MallenNC & @DGRachel thank you both. It‘s a process that‘s for sure! 😂 7mo

Karisa Good luck with your move! I‘m just starting the book. Had to grab the audio version since the other has a two week more wait. 7mo

charl08 Hope the move goes well. My copy hasn't arrived yet, fingers crossed it comes soon! 7mo

AllDebooks Good luck with the move. I'm about to start audio version 🎧 7mo

Bookwormjillk Good luck with your move. I‘m hoping to start this week. 7mo

vlwelser Good luck with the move! I hate moving. I did read the first section and it was slow at first but I'm definitely getting into it. I love that she uses the logic that if you're crazy you think you don't belong in an institution. That circular logic that allows them to keep you. Looking forward to the next section. 7mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Up next for #SheSaid in December, put in your library holds & interlibrary loans!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 7mo

charl08 I've ordered my copy, hope it comes in time 7mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

Thoughts for those of you finishing up this week….for those of you that signed up for the mail list, mine is mailing out this week too.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 7mo

vlwelser Sorry I missed this one. I have the next book ready though... 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great, I‘ll try to get the schedule up later today. 7mo

JenlovesJT47 I‘m a little behind, about 30% in, but I‘m enjoying it so far. Will hopefully finish this week! 7mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

Such an odd feeling this week, reading this section about grief, about holding things in and letting them out, about taking up the burden to help others, and then carrying that weight. And how holding it all in our bodies is not great for us…. I need to let it sink in more to comment, but I think we all need to let it out more, stop holding it in to make others comfortable…

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ….if nothing else current events have shown holding it in to be polite has not helped change the world. 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 7mo

Suet624 💕💕💕 7mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

#SheSaid

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

“The world will Always Take what you are willing to give.”

We all need to be a little less willing to give, remember the old saying, ‘put on your oxygen mask first or you can not help anyone else‘. Save some space for yourself to just be, refresh, regenerate, get grounded, and just be in the moment and refill your own well before everyone drains you dry. “The world will always take what you are willing to give.” Save a little you for yourself

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #SheSaid 8mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

If you were able to get ahold of this book, how did you like this week‘s sections? If not, did you sign up to get my book as it travels around visiting?

Sorry for the late post, but we can talk in the comments 😉

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 8mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 8mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa There are a few quotes from those section that really stuck with me, I‘ll post them too. But although this is so much a book about the women in her family and their lives and letting them go, I love the way she grows through it & learns to be loving and fierce herself….become her own female head of the family. 8mo

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Julsmarshall I was not able to get my hands on this book but you can keep tagging me, I‘ll keep trying 😄 8mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Julsmarshall Do you want me to take you off the tag list for this month? If you asked before and I forgot or missed it, my apologies 8mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Julsmarshall and if you go to last weeks post there is a sign up for the reading book share group 8mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

I‘m really enjoying this book so far, not much overlap with her previous book, but the talk about matriarchs, carrying on the traditions over multiple generations, ties to & fighting for the land, the continuing line despite it all, the people that we lean on & in turn become the ones approached to lean on, all feel very solid & centering to me this week. Terrible things happen to people & a people, but humans & families carry on.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 8mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 8mo

Lindy Becoming a Matriarch is a finalist for Canada‘s GG awards. The winners will be announced on November 13th. 🏆 8mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Again if anyone could not get it in the US, please respond to the form below and we can mail my copy around the US to read. 8mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/LkJaSPSGwGjo97RN9 8mo

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