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Reproductive Rites
Reproductive Rites: The Real-Life Witches and Witch Hunts in the Centuries-Long Fight for Abortion | Sophie Saint Thomas
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A provocative pop history that explores the witchesand witch huntsin the untold story of abortion, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch Trials and the 1980s Satanic Panic, all the way to our fraught present. Not only fascinating and engaging but, in our current post-Roe climate, necessary . . . with wit, humor, and verve that make it an unputdownable read for every feminist. Jennifer Wright, author of Madame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New Yorks Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist For millennia, across cultures and continents, both providers and recipients of reproductive healthcare and abortions have been persecuted as witches (whether they actually practiced the craft or not). In this dauntless reassessment of that history, journalist Sophie Saint Thomas follows the tangled threads of witches and reproductive rights through the ages. Along the way, she maintains an intersectional eye toward the communities most affected by reproductive oppression (including Native Americans, enslaved Black women, and trans people) and offers a scathing look at the hypocrisy of anti-choice crusaders (from eugenicists in the Church of Satan to an astrology-following Republican First Lady). With heart, humor, and deeply researched insights, Reproductive Rites brings new context to the urgency of our ongoing fight.
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Here‘s my review for this book.

This book counts for:

☑️TBR Read
☑️3 readathons (#spookoween, #hauntedshelf & #bookspinbingo)

#skeletoncrew

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kelli7990
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I‘ve started and finished some books this weekend. I‘m not sure if I want to do the #wordsearch on the books or not. I have a lot of Netgalley ARCs to read this month. I‘m feeling very overwhelmed trying to read all of them so maybe to make it easier on myself, I should stop doing the #wordsearch and just focus on reading the books and still give myself points for reading them.

#hauntedshelf #skeletoncrew

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Here‘s my progress on my #currentlyreading books. I celebrated my brother‘s birthday this weekend with my family. His bday is Oct 25.

Sherlock Holmes - I finished this week‘s short story but I didn‘t get to participate in the discussion for the story.
Reproductive Rites - I finished it on Saturday.
Creative Makeup - I started & finished this book on Saturday.
Epic Myths - I started this one on Saturday but I‘m almost finished with it.

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kelli7990
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I was approved for this Netgalley ARC that was published on Oct 15. I started reading this book on Oct 13. It‘s taken me all week just to read this book and I think it‘s taking me a while because the chapters are all 1 hr long. The history is interesting but I‘m ready to get finished with this book.

This book counts for:

☑️ 1 hr of reading (I just spent 1 hr listening to another chapter.)

#hauntedshelf #skeletoncrew

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kelli7990
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I listened to more of this book today for #hauntedshelf. I forgot that I can count my reading hours for this readathon so I might as well start doing that too.

Hours of reading done so far:

Tuesday - 1 hr of reading done
Wednesday - 2 hrs of reading done (I listened for 1 hr at the park walking my dog this afternoon and I just finished listening to another chapter for 1 hr before bed.)

#skeletoncrew

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kelli7990
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I found an audiobook for this Netgalley ARC I was approved for. It came out Oct 15. I‘m going to be late reviewing it but I have a lot of ARCs to read this month. I started out reading the book using text to speech but I didn‘t get very far into the book so last night before bed, I started reading the book again. At this point, the book has been published so it doesn‘t matter what format I read it in as long as I read it.

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kelli7990
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Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView !

1. Not yet

2. Nonfiction, abortion, history

#two4tuesday

TheSpineView YW! Thanks for playing! 3w
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kelli7990
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I just started this Netgalley ARC. I don‘t remember if I requested it and was approved or found it as a Read Now book but it‘s being published Oct 15. StoryGraph is right. This book isn‘t something I‘m in the mood for but I started it last night and the history is really interesting so far. The history element of the book is why I want to read it but I don‘t know anything about the topic itself so I don‘t have an opinion on it.