We have a double header for you today! First, you’ll hear some of our team’s favorite LGBTQIA+ books from the last few years with diverse recommendations

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13.06.2025

We Need To Talk About AI

Did you hear about the summer reading list that was mostly fictional? This is why FBC's recs are always better than AI.

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11.06.2025

Favorite Books of 2025 So Far (Ashley and Mhairie’s version) - Feminist Book Club

Our contributors have paired up to tell one another about their favorite books of the year so far. You’ll hear these segments over the next few weeks!

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06.06.2025

Big Tech's Social Impact: The Real Deal or a PR Stunt?

We all use products from Big Tech companies. But what happens when they harm the communities that many of us are from? Learn more here.

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04.06.2025

Favorite Books + Met Gala Looks - Feminist Book Club

Our contributors have paired up to tell one another about their favorite books of the year so far. You’ll hear these segments over the next few weeks!

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30.05.2025

Mental Health Awareness Is Not Enough

This Mental Health Awareness Month, I want to share my own story — and to let folks know that awareness is not enough. We need action.

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21.05.2025

International Booker Prize Shortlist 2025 - Feminist Book Club

The International Booker Prize celebrates translated literature from across the world that have been published in the UK or Ireland in the last year. In

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16.05.2025

Civic Engagement for Future Activists

How can our kids participate in civic engagement? Nervous about protests? Here are some kid-friendly suggestions so they can be involved, too.

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30.04.2025

Back on Our Reality TV Soapbox - Feminist Book Club

The Amazing Race. Cooking competitions. Bachelor Nation. We touch on a little bit of everything in this episode! Nox, Rah, and Shoshana discuss reality

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23.04.2025

Happily Ever After for All - Feminist Book Club

We’re chatting about Black wealth, Black joy, and happy Black endings in today’s episode. Tune in to hear Ashley discuss why she loves the soap opera We’re chatting about Black wealth, Black joy, and happy Black endings in today’s episode. Tune in to hear Ashley discuss why she loves the soap opera Beyond the Gates, then stick around for Jordy and Mhairie’s discussion of Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron, a Black, queer retelling of Cinderella.

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11.04.2025

Romantasy As a Vehicle for Exploring Our Desires

Romantasy is exploding in popularity. Why? Discover the sexual satisfaction that keeps readers coming back for more!

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02.04.2025

Hardboiled Lesbian Fiction + Lady Gaga’s Mayhem - Feminist Book Club

Sometimes we just wanna gush about the things we love. For Renee and Margot, it’s hardboiled fiction. For Ashley and Nox, it’s Lady Gaga’s new album. Tune

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28.03.2025

These Books Nail Those Adult Coming-of-Age Moments

These adult coming-of-age tales nail that moment in our lives when we start to become who we were always meant to be.

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26.03.2025

Sirens, Selkies, and Mermaids, oh my! - Feminist Book Club

Dive into the enchanting and eerie world of selkies, sirens, and mermaids with author and literary agent Rachel Ekstrom Courage and FBC contributor,

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21.03.2025

Use Literacy to Fight The Oppressor - Feminist Book Club

In a country where 54% of adults' literacy level is below 6th-gradel, why don't we use everyday language to discuss important information?

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19.03.2025

Reevaluating Unhinged Women: From Bad Moms to Playboy Bunnies - Feminist Book Club

The unhinged woman trope is undoubtedly one of our favorites, but what kind of woman gets to be unhinged and who gets a redemption arc? In this episode,

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14.03.2025

Listening to Lemonade by Beyoncé for the First Time

Ashley shares her experience listening to Lemonade by Beyoncé for the first time and what that experience means for seminal works.

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12.03.2025

Into the Deep End with the Audie Awards - Feminist Book Club

Get those TBRs ready because we’re about to melt your library card. In this episode, romance lovers will hear Jordy’s review of the new Ali Hazelwood

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08.03.2025

Educate & Activate - Oligarchy

What even is an oligarchy? Or an oligarch? What does it mean in the United States today? Natalia gives some context in the latest for FBC.

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05.03.2025

E-Readers, Repairability, and Why We Don’t Like Kindle - Feminist Book Club

Mhairie and Nox, both avid e-reader users, talk about what devices they use and their storied problems with the Kindle Fire breaking down. If you’re

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28.02.2025

Section 504 and How to Fight for Disability Rights

Texas v. Becerra wants to take out Section 504, a foundational disability protection. Keep reading to find out what you can do to help.

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26.02.2025

Accessible Resistance: Use Your Library - Feminist Book Club

Mhairie and Nox both LOVE the library, and in this segment, they’re talking about how much they love libraries and audiobooks. Nox gushes about a program

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21.02.2025

When Working in a Male-Dominated Field Feels Like Too Much

Working in a male-dominated field can be stressful for women, who tend to face sexism in these environments. These books show what it's like.

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19.02.2025

Recommendations for Black History 24/7/365 - Feminist Book Club

With the current administration actively trying to whitewash Black History Month, Nox and Ashley sat down to share their Black history recommendations.

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19.02.2025

When Fans Push Back Against Celebrity Boundaries

Maintaining boundaries can be uncomfortable, and as we've seen with celebrities, it doesn't get easier with fame and influence.

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19.02.2025

Bread and Roses (sort of) - Feminist Book Club

The title of this episode is a nod to the Bread and Roses strike at textile mill in 1912, where women banded together to demand bread aka money as well as

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19.02.2025

Didion and Babitz: Bad Art Friends - Feminist Book Club

Lili Anolik's new book Didion and Babitz promised to tell the story of a complicated friendship. It did something else.

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29.01.2025

“The magical dagger is basically Audrey II”: A Discussion of Servant of Earth - Feminist Book Club

In this episode, Jordy and Nox delve into Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley, a dark romantasy brimming with Fae politics, perilous trials, and a fierce

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24.01.2025

Book Review: Piglet by Lottie Hazell

Piglet is the perfect summer read if you want to be engrossed in a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and self-discovery.

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22.01.2025

Big Family Drama - Feminist Book Club

We love messy family dramas and today our podcasters are talking about two newer releases, The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha and Hate Follow by Erin

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17.01.2025

Craftivism: How Our Creativity Can Help Our Community

Craftivism is the use of crafts as a form of activism. There are lots of ways for us to use craftivism and creativity to help our communities.

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15.01.2025

Empathy and Natural Disasters - Feminist Book Club

The podcast is back with a quick review of The Jewel of the Isle from Jordy for all our adventure-loving romcom fans. But the bulk of this episode is

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10.01.2025

Why Do We Enjoy Horror?

FBC contributor Nina explores the reasons why people enjoy horror media from literature to film, including input from online horror spaces.

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03.01.2025

Mileage May Vary: Belonging at the Marathon - Feminist Book Club

Sam talks about the marathon, the way she found her way to running, and the ways that marathons' inclusivity surprised her

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27.12.2024

A Review of The Worst of Me by Where She Grows - Feminist Book Club

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20.12.2024

The Necessity of Music Videos

Ashley discusses how music videos are a perfect medium for telling stories, and why they are still a necessity from musicians.

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13.12.2024

Older Women Who Insist on Being Visible

In recent books, TV series, and films, older women are taking center stage. We must demand more narratives like these.

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We Need To Talk About AI

Favorite Books of 2025 So Far (Ashley and Mhairie’s version) - Feminist Book Club

Big Tech's Social Impact: The Real Deal or a PR Stunt?

Favorite Books + Met Gala Looks - Feminist Book Club

Mental Health Awareness Is Not Enough

International Booker Prize Shortlist 2025 - Feminist Book Club

Civic Engagement for Future Activists

Back on Our Reality TV Soapbox - Feminist Book Club

Happily Ever After for All - Feminist Book Club

Romantasy As a Vehicle for Exploring Our Desires

Hardboiled Lesbian Fiction + Lady Gaga’s Mayhem - Feminist Book Club

These Books Nail Those Adult Coming-of-Age Moments

Sirens, Selkies, and Mermaids, oh my! - Feminist Book Club

Use Literacy to Fight The Oppressor - Feminist Book Club

Reevaluating Unhinged Women: From Bad Moms to Playboy Bunnies - Feminist Book Club

Listening to Lemonade by Beyoncé for the First Time

Into the Deep End with the Audie Awards - Feminist Book Club

Educate & Activate - Oligarchy

E-Readers, Repairability, and Why We Don’t Like Kindle - Feminist Book Club

Section 504 and How to Fight for Disability Rights

Accessible Resistance: Use Your Library - Feminist Book Club

When Working in a Male-Dominated Field Feels Like Too Much

Recommendations for Black History 24/7/365 - Feminist Book Club

When Fans Push Back Against Celebrity Boundaries

Bread and Roses (sort of) - Feminist Book Club

Didion and Babitz: Bad Art Friends - Feminist Book Club

“The magical dagger is basically Audrey II”: A Discussion of Servant of Earth - Feminist Book Club

Book Review: Piglet by Lottie Hazell

Big Family Drama - Feminist Book Club

Craftivism: How Our Creativity Can Help Our Community

Empathy and Natural Disasters - Feminist Book Club

Why Do We Enjoy Horror?

Mileage May Vary: Belonging at the Marathon - Feminist Book Club

A Review of The Worst of Me by Where She Grows - Feminist Book Club

The Necessity of Music Videos

Older Women Who Insist on Being Visible

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