Rebel Girls Book Club

Maggie and Harmony discuss bodies and what it means to be living in these weird meat suits after reading Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay. What we're reading: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316213882 Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781534454217 Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Black...

This week we round off our series on Christian mythology with a poem by Mohja Kahf called Maryam’s Labor. We discuss the purpose of God, struggle as triumph, and what women reclaiming Christianity may look like. Read the poem here: https://eewc.com/eves-summons-and-maryams-labor/ What we're reading: Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky...

Maggie and Harmony finish The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. They read from page 215 to the end of the book and seriously question their working definition of feminist literature. This podcast is sponsored by An Earl, The Girl, And A Toddler By Vanessa Riley. Award-winning author Vanessa Riley continues The Rogues and Remarkable Women series with a poignant and swoon-worthy tale ideal for the...

This week Maggie and Harmony dive back into Christian mythology with The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd. They read up to page 215. What we're reading: Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316517911 Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781616207014 Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley  https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781250766564 Manufact...

This week we read the poem "Barbie Chang Got Her Hair Done," by Victoria Chang. We also bring on a couple of friends, Amery and Angelica, to talk about racism toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Read the poem: https://poets.org/poem/barbie-chang-got-her-hair-done Action Resources Black Girls Code https://www.blackgirlscode.com/mailing-list.html Bystander intervention...

This week we finished The Passion of Mary Magdalen and try to interpret the meaning of life as the book presents it. Elizabeth Cunningham if you have answers, we're eagerly listening. What we're reading: The Memory of Souls by Jenn Lyons https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781250175571 Real Life by Brandon Taylor https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525538882 To follow our episode schedule go here https://med...

Maggie and Harmony celebrate Easter with a feminist retelling of the bible, The Passion of Mary Magdalen by Elizabeth Cunningham. They read from Chapter 27 "To Sing or Return to Silence" (page 209) to Chapter 51 "Help!" (Page 418). Action Resources: Bystander intervention training https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/ What we're reading: A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby: A Multi-Cultural H...

This week Maggie and Harmony start one of Harmony's favorite books, The Passion of Mary Magdalen by Elizabeth Cunningham. They read up to page 209, Chapter Twenty-Seven "To sing or return to silence." They discuss trauma responses, Christian mythology, and radical forgiveness. What we're reading? The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781250178602 A Duke, the Lady, and a Bab...

Maggie and Harmony finish Girls Burn Brighter this week and become nihilists.  What we're reading: Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780812997439 Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982108847 A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781420152234 The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson https://bookshop...

This week Maggie and Harmony discuss resiliency, as they read up to page 202 of Girls, Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao. What we're reading: An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062353658 The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316541428 To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-t...

This week Maggie and Harmony explore mental health, womanhood, and the treatment of American Indians in the memoir Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot. To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/Re...

Maggie and Harmony delve into the seminal feminist text, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. They discuss plenty of lighthearted topics like Eugenics and white lady racism, abortion, and sexual assault. They also try to dissect the need and place of texts such as Herland despite their problematic aspects. What we're reading: The Removed by Brandon Hobson https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062997548...

Maggie and Harmony kick off a new mini-series to replace Bite-Sized Bits. Sprinkled throughout the rest of the season you can catch our Portable Poetry eps. This week we examine Nutritionist by Andrea Gibson. What we're reading: White Ivy by Susie Yang  Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow To follow our episode schedule go here https://...

Maggie and Harmony devour another book by Nnedi Okorafor this week. Binti is the story of a mathematician who leaves her home planet to study at university and ends up as a mediator between humans and an alien species. What we're reading: Witches In A Crumbling Empire by Rhyd Wildermuth https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781732552302 Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9...

Maggie and Harmony hone in on the theme "knowledge is power," displayed in this fantastical middle-grade novel by Nnedi Okorafor about four-young Nigerian Leopard People. What we're reading: Outlawed by Anna North https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781635575422 Sadie by Courtney Summers https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781250267139 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson https://bookshop.o...

This week Maggie and Harmony finish Children of Blood and Bone.  They read from pg. 260 to the end.  What we're reading: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780593085684 Outlawed by Anna North https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781635575422 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781594746031 Take a Hint, Dani Brown by T...

This week Maggie and Harmony step into a fantastic world of magic, warriors, and gods as they unpack up to pg. 259 of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Take Action: Police and Prison Reform from Thinking Abolition https://drive.google.com/file/d/12QHDT4D9UcIATb_gSwIu3CLYCGsd8rjr/view Abolish the Death Penalty https://www.ncadp.org/pages/about-us#mission  What we're reading: Miss Per...

This week Maggie and Harmony become socio-political commentators as they attempt to make sense of the attempted coup in Washington D.C. that occurred on Jan. 6, 2021. They talk about these events through major themes that occur in the book Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee.  In this episode: https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/may/06/why-ya-books-about-politics-election-always-d...

Happy 2021! Maggie and Harmony ring in the new year by finishing out the Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages series. They examine the short story "Virgins" by Danielle Evans as in the book Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self.   They discuss the construct of virginity and coming of age. What we're reading: The once and future witches by Alix E. Harrow  https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316...

This week a new guest joins Harmony for a discussion on The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray. They delve into the joys of fantasy and its potential for dealing with real-world issues, social domination theory, the shadow self, and philosophical anarchism. In this episode: https://digitalcollections.saic.edu/islandora/object/islandora%3A75841#page/2/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_domina...

In this episode, Maggie and Harmony dive into Foucaultian power theory in Rebel Angels by Libba Bray. They explored the different power relationships and knowledge of Anne, Gemma, Felicity, Ms. Moore, and Kartik. In this episode: Michel Foucault’s theory of power https://www.powercube.net/other-forms-of-power/foucault-power-is-everywhere/ Relationship to feminism https://plato.stanford.edu/entries...

We're back and ringing in the Holiday season with this YA classic. In this episode Harmony reminisces about her angsty  teens and Maggie contemplates the Gemma Doyle Trilogy for the first time. They dive into colonialism, fetishization of men of color by white women, the angst and uncertainty of girlhood, and the power of choice. What we're reading: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer https://boo...

This week Maggie and Harmony are on a break, but tune in next week for our analysis of A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray . To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodr...

Last week we dived into the Iranian Iraq war from the perspective of Marjane Satrapi. This week we narrow our focus and learn about her personal journey to find her identity after leaving and coming back to her homeland. What we're reading: The Lost Coast by A. R. Capetta https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781536200966 Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316126069 H...

This week Maggie and Harmony dive into the first volume of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi they attempt to read class, imperialism,  and the fall of a nation through a feminist-Marxist lens. In this episode: Marxist Criticism (1930s-present) WHAT IS ORIENTALISM? I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There. Taking a Break After the 2020 Election Helps Avoid Activist Burnout Action Resourc...