Harmony Birch and Maggie Collins

Rebel Girls Book Club

Arts EN ↓ 155 episodes

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/subscribe Are you tired of reading the same angsty hero narrative over and over again? So are we. That's why we're examining stories that feature rebellious heroines through an intersectional feminist lens. In this podcast, we will go deep into the latest bestsellers, comic books, and English class-worthy literature without taking ourselves too seriously. It's a book club for feminist literary nerds. So, grab a cup of tea, a cozy blanket, and come gab with us about your new favorite read.

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Harmony Birch and Maggie Collins

Episodes

Difficult Women: The Sacrifice of Darkness 21.10.2019 1:27:05

Depression, class, and the concept of women who bare the emotional labor of men collide in this episode. Harmony and Maggie read "The Sacrifice of Darkness" by Roxane Gay. They talk about the value of women bearing children, women who love "hard men" and hope as an act of resistance.   What we're reading:   Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke  https://bookshop.o...

Difficult Women: Noble Things and Open Marriage 14.10.2019 1:18:31

It's new book time! This week Maggie and Harmony take a terrifying look at complacency in the face of white supremacy when they read the short story "Noble Things" by Roxane Gay. To lighten their dread about the U.S.'s dystopian future they also explore power dynamics in heterosexual relationships in "Open Marriage," which is also by Gay. Both stories can be found in the book Difficult Women.&nbsp...

The sun will come ... I like your panties: An RGBC blooper episode 07.10.2019 10:53

Harmony and Maggie are eating pickles, drinking mulled wine, baking bread and reading non-podcast related books this week. While we enjoy some much needed R&R, you can listen to some of our many bloopers. And don't forget to read "Noble Things" and "The Sacrifice of Darkness" by Roxane Gay. We'll be back next week ready to analyze books with y'all.

An Introduction: Guilty Feminists and Books 26.08.2019 31:12

Meet Maggie and Harmony, two nerdy girls trying to push their feminist literary agendas.  In this episode:   "The Personal is Political" by Carol Hanisch  http://www.carolhanisch.org/CHwritings/PIP.html    Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado  https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781555977887   The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang ...

Rebel Girls Book Club (Trailer) 25.08.2019 0:34