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Just finished this amazing book! I need more books like this in my life so any recommendation is welcome! #feminism #reading

The highest of recommendations! 🥰

This essay collection manages to be diverse in terms of ethnicity, gender, and social class, but not so much in terms of jobs — a lot of entertainers and journalists are present. It‘s an interesting book, but its audience is women who are quite a bit younger than me who are just beginning to consider feminism. Some of the essays are good while others are just okay. Low end of the pick scale.

I think I‘m almost finished with this. Got in a walk by the bay today, so there was a nice breeze. It‘s supposed to be nasty and rainy the rest of this week, so I guess my exercise will be inside.

#bookfitness results
Walking = 2.07 miles

#bfc #audiowalk @wanderinglynn

Today‘s #audiowalk book. The bottom picture is the really cool pair of socks and nice, personal card I got from @wanderinglynn for winning the #bookfitnesschallenge drawing last week. I love them. I also love that pretty red envelope they came in.

#bfc results
Walking = 3.12 miles

Bookcase Built! 💪🏻 Proud of myself bc in my almost 32 years, I‘ve never assembled anything myself. 😂

Two great life tips! 👑💪🏻

The Feminist Book Club intern Maraya recorded a great review of this book for today‘s podcast episode. Search Feminist Book Club on your favorite podcast app (Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, etc) or stream directly from feministbookclub.com/podcast

So many books and so little time! Does anyone else find that books reference other awesome-sounding books, which reference other awesome-sounding books, which leads to a huge TBR pile that never gets smaller?!

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What does feminism mean to you?

I enjoyed this a lot. So much so, I blasted through it in its entirety this evening. A lot of diverse pieces from women of different backgrounds, which kept it interesting.

I have at least one true sexist in my life and I‘ve recently started to be more than mildly unpleasant to him, in pretty much the same way he has been mildly unpleasant to me. He didn‘t like it at all. Good.

Absolutely fuelling my GURL POWER feels right now 🚺🧠💪🏼🙋🏻‍♀️💟

Next load of books ready to read! I reckon the haul I‘ve just done (36 books in total!) will keep me going for quite a while! Very excited 😁

We can‘t be what we can‘t see. - Alaa Murabit #RepresentationMatters

Apropos. 💖🙌🏻💪🏻

“This book is here to show you that at the heart of feminism is women.”

The book was okay. Not the eye opening bundle of essays I expected. But still an okay read. It is nice to read about other women‘s visions on feminism. And if you are new to feminism and are still trying to find your place in the movement, I can imagine it‘ll do more for you.

Most of these essays were awe inspiring or informative about various things going on in feminism today. Aimed at those a bit younger than me but I still enjoyed them. Although I still find it sad that it‘s all still needed. I did not like the Keira Knightly digs at Kate Middleton after childbirth, surely number one rule - be kind to other women (people!) you don‘t know what they‘re going through. This just came across as nasty.

I got distracted doing other things and planned to renew this book only to discover it wasn't renewable so I only had 2 days to read it! Luckily, because it's a collection of pieces of writing, it was very easy to breeze through. I loved reading all the different stories and learning about all the cool organizations working to help society move towards total equality. Highly recommend!

Designed for young women but also enjoyable for established feminists, this book draws from many voices to discuss what feminism is, how to get involved, and why it is so vital for women to support one another. It has a positive, empowering, intersectional message.

Some #booktubers I follow are doing Nonfiction November so this week when I went to the library I decided to get some nonfiction for a change. These 3 books practically jumped into my hands. 😉 👏🏼👏🏼

Feminists Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies is a collection of women‘s stories and experiences with feminism ranging from hopefully to angry. Curated by Scarlett Curtis and in partnership with Girl Up. You can‘t not feel empowered reading it.

https://onthebl.org/2018/10/18/feminists-dont-wear-pink/

“Learning to have sex from porn is like learning how to drive from The Fast and The Furious.” Jameela Jamil in Feminists Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies This quote made me laugh so hard... It's also soooo true!!!

The only thing better than a good book is a good books and yummy snack!

I hear Starbucks has a seasonal pumpkin scone, so why not save some money and impress your friends by making it at home! This is my easy and super yummy recipe from a picky pumpkin eater!

onthebl.org/2018/10/16/pumpkin-scones/

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One I ordered for my #feministfix and one my friend has sent me after recent ordeal! She knows I hate self help books but says this one is awesome. I shall have a look - if only because she cares enough to buy it for me 💕