Harmony Birch And Maggie Collins

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Rebel Girls Book Club Practicing Bibliomancy and trickle down therapyHarmony lacks the resources for therapy, so this week we practice some bookish mental health care. Bibliomancy is a spiritual tool for diving into the future and meaning-making. Maggie and Harmony use Bibliomancy on four books to make meaning of their current struggles. What Is Bibliomancy? Definition and Techniques In this episode: Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers A Tale of Two Cities by Charles...

2023-03-1050 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Mermaid, the Witch, and the SeaThis week Maggie and Harmony read The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. We talk about the power of storytelling and owning our narratives, the generational impacts of colonialism, and so much more! In this episode: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall To follow our episode schedule, go here: https://rebelgirlsbook.club/the-syllabus. Follow our social media pages on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-reb… and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 , Or you ca...

2022-12-0544 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Reproductive Justice: "Saraswati praises your name even when you have no choice"Sorry for the late episode. Harmony was busy finishing her Master's program. She's done now (yay!). This week Maggie and Harmony throw out their schedule to discuss reproductive justice and abortion access. They ground their discussion with the poem "Saraswati praises your name even when you have no choice" by Purvi Shah. In this episode: "Saraswati praises your name even when you have no choice" by Purvi Shah "Purvi Patel Could Be Just the Beginning" by Emily Bazelon 1 in 4 women "HOW THE FALL OF ABORTION RIGHTS COULD THREATEN GAY...

2022-05-1149 min

Rebel Girls Book Club 10 Books ChallengeThis week Harmony and Maggie do the 10 Books Challenge which we found on Zezee With Books but whose creator we could not find. If you know who made this tag, let us know! We talk about the books we've re-read the most, books that make us want to travel, and more! Also, Harmony reveals that she is open to Feeling All the Feels. What We're Reading: Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo The Fate of Stars by S.D...

2022-04-1822 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Spring Cleaning Book TagThis week Maggie and Harmony do the Spring Cleaning Book Tag which we found on Zezee With Books, and was created by booktuber Jen @ Book Syrup, though the video has since been deleted! Harmony wants to rewrite the bee scene in Bridgerton Season Two (iykyk). Maggie is not an Ursula K. Le Guin fan. Hot takes abound. In this episode: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Storm Front by Jim Butcher The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd The Inheritance of Orquíde...

2022-04-0418 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Women, Race and Class: An Activist Perspective by Angela DavisThis week Harmony and Maggie discuss Angela Davis's 1982 Keynote Address delivered at the Fourth National NWSA Convention. We dive into communism, changing rhetoric over the last forty years, and nuclear disarmament. Harmony and Maggie also talk about education - and why it's the most powerful tool when you take control of it. In This Episode: Women, Race and Class: An Activist Perspective by Angela Davis What We're Reading: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Name...

2022-03-1447 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Never Have I Ever Book TagThis week Maggie and Harmony do the Never Have I Ever book tag which we found on Zezee With Books and which was created by Madame Writer/Anne With a Book (though it looks like the blogs have been deactivated!). Maggie scandalizes Harmony with the admission that she's burned a book before. Harmony has a lot of thoughts about skim reading. Maggie does not read history books for fun, despite being a historian. Editor's Note: A moment that was cut from the episode involves Maggie promising Harmony that they will one day read Charlotte's Web on the...

2022-02-2130 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Honey GirlThis week Harmony and Maggie talk about Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers. Everyone is Going Through It. Harmony is comforted by the language and message of this book. Maggie gets distracted a little too often by lonely creatures. In this episode: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers What We're Reading: You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape by Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore A D...

2022-02-1444 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Romance Reader Book TagThis week Maggie and Harmony do the Romance Reader Book Tag, originally created by The Bookish Knitter and Romance Queen of Booktube, and which we accessed through the Books Real When Shared blog. We talk about our favorite heroes and heroines. Harmony goes on a tangent about 17-year-old Maggie. Maggie talks too much about Emily Henry. In this Episode: Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore The Brown Sisters Trilogy by Talia Hibbert Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry ....and ma...

2022-02-0720 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Miami Book Fair: Three Writers on History, Hardship & HealingLooking for last-minute gift ideas? Back in November, Maggie and Harmony got to interview three wonderful authors about their new middle-grade novels. Each book focuses on a difficult contemporary hardship and showcases how young people can cope with it. The books: Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga To follow our episode schedule go here. Follow our social media pages on Instagram Facebook Goodreads and Twitter. Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail...

2021-12-201h 37

Rebel Girls Book Club Reader's Advisory: Holiday Book RecommendationsHarmony and Maggie attempt to give you sapphic holiday reading recommendations. And then just general holiday romance recommendations. And then just books about winter. Plus side? There's a little something for everyone here. In this Episode: The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows: Feminine Pursuits by Olivia Waite A Little Light Mischief: A Turner Novella by Cat Sebastian Mangoes and Mistletoe: A Foodie Holiday Novella by Adriana Herrera Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli Royal Holiday by Jasmi...

2021-12-1325 min

Rebel Girls Book Club O Beautiful interview with Jung YunThis week Maggie and Harmony interview Jung Yun about her latest book O Beautiful the story of a forty-something former model attempting to become a journalist who is sent to cover the oil boom in North Dakota. Jung Yun was a featured speaker at this year's Miami Book Fair. To follow our episode schedule go here. Follow our social media pages on Instagram Facebook Goodreads and Twitter. Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays, and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. Rebel Girls Book Club i...

2021-12-0644 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Birthday Book TagThis week Harmony and Maggie take the Birthday Book Tag created by Antonia at Always Books. Find out books we want to revisit as adults, books that got us through the pandemic, and more in this fun episode! In This Episode: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw All's Well by...

2021-11-2914 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Indigenous AnarchismIn this episode, Maggie and Harmony explore Indigenous Anarchism and the Land Back movement. In this episode 4:18 - "Locating an Indigenous Anarchism" https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/aragorn-locating-an-indigenous-anarchism 24:28 - "What is the Land Back Movement?: A call for native sovereignty and reclamation." https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-the-land-back-movement#:~:text=On%20its%20face%2C%20the%20land,in%20the%20taking%20of%20it. 25:47 - "I can't remember the text right now but I promise I will cite it in the show notes." "Decolonization is not a metaphor" Tuck E...

2021-11-2249 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The End of the Year Book Tag!Harmony and Maggie do The End of the Year Book Tag created by Ariel Bissett. Are we mood readers or do we plan what we'll read? Do we have a favorite book of the year set in stone? What does our autumn TBR pile look like? All this and more in this week's episode! In This Episode: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories o...

2021-11-1511 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Once and Future WitchesThis week Harmony and Maggie talk about the Once and Future Witches in terms of intersectional solidarity. They also goof off in this tearful reunion episode. In this episode: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/10/feminist-solidarity-empowers-everyone-the-movement-must-be-trans-inclusive To follow our episode schedule, go here https://rebelgirlsbook.club/read-along-with-the-show/ Follow our social media pages on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1, Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The...

2021-10-2540 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Maggie Time: Recent ReadsThis week Maggie shares three excellent recent reads for all of you. Looking for a five-star YA fantasy? I've got your back. Need a spooky book before Halloween? Got that too. Want to cry to an audiobook during your morning commute? I've got a recommendation for that too. In this episode: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko https://bookshop.org/books/raybearer-e83905da-04c1-4d90-a61f-62ed8ddc80b2/9781419739835?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher https://bookshop.org/books/the-hollow-places/9781534451124?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list Before th...

2021-10-1806 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Maggie Time: Three Books on Climate ChangeThis week Maggie gives you three fiction recommendations for thinking about the climate crisis. Spoiler: only one of them is fantasy. We're shocked too. Let's talk about community and land in the context of the fictional-but-not-really apocalypse. In this episode: The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin https://bookshop.org/books/the-nature-of-witches/9781728229423?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline https://bookshop.org/books/the-marrow-thieves/9781770864863?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice https://bookshop.org/books/moon-of-the-crusted-snow/9781770414006?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list ...

2021-10-0407 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Maggie Time: Eating My Words about YA LiteratureThis week Maggie eats her words about YA Literature (and audiobooks) not being her cup of tea. They are totally her cup of tea. I've got five of my favorite (mostly fantasy if we're being honest about it) young adult reading recommendations for you here: get them while they're hot. In this episode: Lobizona by Romina Garber https://bookshop.org/books/lobizona/9781250239129?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley https://bookshop.org/books/firekeeper-s-daughter-9781250779526/9781250766564?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Th...

2021-09-2007 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Maggie Time: Reproductive Justice Recommendations That Aren't The Handmaid's TaleThis week Maggie has a reading list for you all. Let's talk about reproductive justice with a mix of fiction and non-fiction books that explore abortion, IVF, eugenics, and more. We've got long-form journalism, think pieces, and oh yeah: a bunch of dystopias to explore. In This Episode: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas: https://bookshop.org/books/red-clocks/9780316434782?aid=9908&listref=season-two Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdich: https://bookshop.org/books/future-home-of-the-living-god/9780062694065?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot: ...

2021-09-0604 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Salvage the BonesMaggie and Harmony wrap up Season 2 with Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. They discuss womanhood, class, and Hurricane Katrina as a metaphor. What we're reading: This Is My Brain in Love by I. W. Gregorio https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316423823 The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781679910999 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/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.co...

2021-06-2855 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Forget Russia with Author L. Bordetsky-WilliamsThis week Maggie and Harmony interview author L. Bordetsky-Williams about her book Forget Russia. 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/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. Rebel Girls Book Club is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find...

2021-06-2150 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Portable Poetry: Sappho's "A Hymn to Aphrodite"You can find Summer in the City by Lori Wilde, Priscilla Oliveras, and Sarah Skilton wherever books are sold. Find out more at Kensingtonbooks.com. This week Maggie and Harmony read Sappho's "A Hymn to Aphrodite." 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/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by T...

2021-06-1434 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Portable Poetry: "A Song of Someplace Yet to Fall"This week maggie and Harmony read "A Song of Someplace Yet to Fall" by Ryka Aoki from the book Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul. Check out the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780991900855 What we're reading: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062882769 Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780778311027 Females by Andrea Long Chu https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781788737371 One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake https://bookshop.org/a...

2021-06-071h 13

Rebel Girls Book Club Building bookish, feminist communities with The Mistress of the House of BooksMaggie and Harmony interview the founders of The Mistress of the House of Books, Yasmine and Molli. MOH is a website examining literature through a feminist lens. What we're reading: Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525657743 A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780156787338 Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780593133378 Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Ibi Zoboi https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062564054 T...

2021-05-2453 min

Rebel Girls Book Club HungerMaggie 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 Blackall https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316362382 The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062990297 Viper Wine by Hermione...

2021-05-1754 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Book of Longings, Part 2Maggie 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 Bridgerton binge-watcher. 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 ht...

2021-05-0353 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Book of Longings, Part 1This 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 Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780375714498 Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Go...

2021-04-2647 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Passion of Mary Magdalen, Part 2Maggie 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 Historical Regency Romance by Vanessa Riley https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781420152234 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982140168 To...

2021-04-051h 00

Rebel Girls Book Club The Passion of Mary Magdalen, Part 1This 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 Baby: A Multi-Cultural Historical Regency Romance by Vanessa Riley https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781420152234 The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780593099605

2021-03-2955 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Girls Burn Brighter Part 2Maggie 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.org/a/9908/9780593099605 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 I...

2021-03-221h 01

Rebel Girls Book Club Girls Burn Brighter Part 1This 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-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Tw...

2021-03-1546 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Heart BerriesThis 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/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in...

2021-03-081h 02

Rebel Girls Book Club HerlandMaggie 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 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525620785 To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow...

2021-02-2255 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Portable Poetry: The NutritionistMaggie 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://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...

2021-02-1535 min

Rebel Girls Book Club BintiMaggie 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/9908/9780062941237 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780451532244 Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor ...

2021-02-0851 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Akata WitchMaggie 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.org/a/9908/9780593230251 Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781250250469 To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80...

2021-02-0151 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Children of Blood and Bone: Part 2This 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 Talia Hibbert https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062941237 To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow ou...

2021-01-251h 07

Rebel Girls Book Club Children of Blood and Bone: part 1This 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 Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781594746031 Take a H...

2021-01-181h 08

Rebel Girls Book Club Not Your Sidekick/Unpacking the Attempted CoupThis 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-dystopian https://dystopianyaliterature.weebly.com/common-themes.html https://bookriot.com/what-is-speculative-fiction/ https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-speculative-fiction-defining-and-understanding-the-different-genres-of-speculative-fiction#subgenres-of-speculative-fiction https://bookriot.com/10-ways-post-election-america-is-a-dystopian-ya-novel/ https://bookriot.com/bring-back-dystopian-ya/ https://www.v...

2021-01-111h 21

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages 2010: VirginsHappy 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/9908/9780316422048 The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780440237778 In this episode: https://schoolofsexed.org/blog-articles/2020/04/2/virginity ...

2021-01-0456 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Rebel AngelsIn 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/feminist-power/ 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...

2020-12-211h 25

Rebel Girls Book Club A Great and Terrible BeautyWe'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://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316707046 The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316509848 All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki h...

2020-12-141h 19

Rebel Girls Book Club I really have to-- I smell rotten eggs: An RGBC Blooper episodeThis 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/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. ...

2020-12-0710 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Persepolis Volume 1This 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 Resources We've been taking an activism break but this past week was Trans Awareness week and don't forget that Thursday marks an eventual betrayal and attempted ge...

2020-11-231h 26

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages 2000: "Sexy"This week maggie and Harmony look at a short story from the book Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. They explore themes of fetishization, cultural appropriation, and one very weird babysitting nightmare. What we're reading: The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781501169052 Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553233704 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 ht...

2020-11-1645 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Margaret the FirstThis week Maggie and Harmony read Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton. They explored the themes of voice, intelligence, and fame. In this episode: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/margaret-cavendish/ http://www.lablit.com/article/411 https://www.bl.uk/people/margaret-cavendish http://womenwriters.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/content.php?level=div&id=atomic_010&document=atomic 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/ Goodreads htt...

2020-11-091h 06

Rebel Girls Book Club Bonus Ep: Fall BooktagThis week Maggie is buckling down at a new job, Harmony is drowning in midterms, and they're both worrying about election day. Take a break from 2020 with us in this fun booktag episode. We will be back next week talking about Margaret the First (Maggie's namesake) by Danielle Dutton. Be sure to tell us about your favorite fall reads by emailing Rebelgirlsbookclub@gmail.com. Action resources: Go vote https://www.vote.org/ Stand up to voter intimidation https://freespeech.org/stories/stand-up-to-voter-intimidation/ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics...

2020-11-0214 min

Rebel Girls Book Club CarmillaThis week Maggie and Harmony explore Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu. Maggie reads a version edited by our favorite, Carmen Maria Machado, and Harmony listens to an Audible dramatized adaptation. They explore narrative lenses, the meaning of lesbian vampires, and orientalism in the text. Support LGBTQ+ rights https://www.lambdalegal.org/know-your-rights/article/youth-ally https://www.hrc.org/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ What we're reading: Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553213164 Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

2020-10-261h 14

Rebel Girls Book Club Mary Shelley and "The Invisible Girl"This week Maggie and Harmony examine everyone's favorite gothic author, Mary Shelley and one of her short stories, "The Invisible Girl." They examine Shelley's radical parents, her gothic worthy life, and her subversive spin on the Gothic genre. They also examine "The Invisible Girl," as the 1800's version of an empowering fairy tale. In this episode: https://americanliterature.com/author/mary-shelley/short-story/the-invisible-girl https://philosophynow.org/issues/128/Mary_Shelley_Frankenstein_and_Moral_Philosophy https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mary_Shelley https://www-jstor-org.proxy.libraries.rutgers.edu/stable/20541066?seq=3#metadata...

2020-10-191h 06

Rebel Girls Book Club The Ghost BrideMaggie and Harmony tackle The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo this week. They explore the contrast between Eastern and Western literature and colonization through a westernized perspective of masculinity and femininity. What we're reading: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316592635 Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781442490024 Action resources: Stop forced marriages https://iwhc.org/priorities/end-early-forced-marriage/ https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/02/opinions/fighting-forced-marriage/index.html https://preventforcedmarriage.org/about-us/ Justice f...

2020-10-121h 11

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages 1990: “His Vegetable Wife” and "Women in the Trees”This week Maggie and Harmony read two stories from Points of Departure by Pat Murphy, “His Vegetable Wife” and "Women in the Trees." They explore societal lenses of femininity and depictions of domestic abuse survivors. What we're reading: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781538732182 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525536291 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553588941 Action Resources: If you need help https://www.womenshealth.gov...

2020-10-051h 05

Rebel Girls Book Club Red Clocks: part 2Maggie and Harmony read page 188 to the end of Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. They dig into the weeds on wife and motherhood, and what it feels like to be trapped in circumstances and the ways in which women weaponize their societal roles against each other. Action Resources: Justice for Breonna Taylor https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhfh4chNjo/?hl=en https://www.standwithbre.com/ https://action.justiceforbreonna.org/sign/BreonnaWasEssential/ Prevent Trump from appointing a conservative Supreme Court Justice https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration

2020-09-281h 33

Rebel Girls Book Club Parable of the TalentsMaggie and Harmony read the second book in the Earthseed series, Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. In this episode, they explore toxic masculinity, high standards for mothers, and the ways religion can be used for social change. Action resources: Help those on the Westcoast dealing with wildfires https://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/disaster-relief/wildfire-relief.html https://www.calfund.org/wildfire-relief-fund/ https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/wildfire/ https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7574 Prevent Trump from appointing a conservative...

2020-09-211h 22

Rebel Girls Book Club Red Clocks: part 1This week join Maggie and Harmony as they read up to page 187 of Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. They explore healthcare in the U.S. and white feminism. Action resources: Support reproductive care in the U.S. https://www.bustle.com/p/11-organizations-like-planned-parenthood-to-donate-to-34394 https://www.bustle.com/articles/197444-7-reproductive-rights-organizations-to-donate-to-on-giving-tuesday Oregon, and most of the west coast, is on fire! Help our west coast friends https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/09/oregon-wildfires-how-you-can-help-victims.html https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/ways-to-help-during-oregon-wildfires/ https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/how-to-help-california-oregon-and-washington-fire-victims.html

2020-09-141h 15

Rebel Girls Book Club Parable of the SowerMaggie and Harmony explore a dystopian California in the 2020s with Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. This book recently made the New York Times bestseller list, in part, because of it's parallels to current day society. Our hosts explore empathy, gendered leadership, guns as a necessity for survival, and the role of faith in society's progression. In this episode: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/07/13/three-million-more-guns-the-spring-2020-spike-in-firearm-sales/#:~:text=On%20March%2013%2C%20President%20Trump,firearms%20were%20sold%20in%20March. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013&version=NIV https://theglowup.theroot...

2020-09-071h 07

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages 1980: The World’s Greatest FishermanMaggie and Harmony explore a story published in 1981 this week, "The World's Greatest Fisherman," by Louise Erdrich, which later became the first chapter of her debut novel Love Medicine. The story explores the dynamics of a Chippewa family after one member goes missing. Harmony and Maggie discuss racial dynamics, domestic abuse, feminine solidarity, and the effects of Native American genocide. In the episode: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/louise-erdrich https://pen.org/the-worlds-greatest-fisherman/#:~:text=Erdrich%20exploded%20onto%20the%20literary,herself%20is%20an%20enrolled%20member. What we're reading: Harry Potter...

2020-08-311h 16

Rebel Girls Book Club In the Dream HouseMaggie and Harmony kick off season two with their favorite text of 2020, In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado. In this episode, they dive into trauma, healthy relationships, and gendered violence. What we're reading: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781538732182 The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525536291 Are you feeling overwhelmed about racial inequality in the U.S.? We are too! Here's some resources we've found useful. If you have any additional resources you'd like to sha...

2020-08-241h 31

Rebel Girls Book Club Zany Zines with Zine Queen Meg: An RGBC Season FinaleThis week Maggie and Harmony bring on special guest, Zine Queen Meg to talk about the intersection between art and activism. In this episode: Zine History https://bit.ly/2CPCWBf #BoringSelfCare https://www.instagram.com/makedaisychains/?utm_source=ig_embed Hungry for a Conspiracy https://www.etsy.com/listing/171714034/hungry-for-a-conspiracy-conspiracy Plants Against the Patriarchy https://etsy.me/31noqe2 RAIX Zine https://issuu.com/raixzine1 The Tenth http://thetenthmagazine.com/ True Laurels

2020-06-291h 04

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages 1970: "Martha" by Audre LordeMaggie and Harmony kick off another Bite-Sized Bits decade by exploring "Martha" by Audre Lorde. Lorde, a famous feminist and American writer, is often not talked about enough when it comes to her poetry. "Martha," published in 1970, was her coming out piece. It explores death and rebirth, loss, coming out, and uncertainty as central themes. You can read it for yourself here: http://themirrorpoetry.blogspot.com/2018/08/martha-audre-lorde.html In this episode: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde https://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/audre_lorde_2012_3.pdf https://sites.psu.edu/245...

2020-06-2243 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Pride Poetry: Exploring work from Danez Smith and Vita E.This week Harmony and Maggie celebrate pride by reflecting on marginalized communities and the right for everyone to feel comfortable, safe, and loved in their own skin and identities. They explored two poems, "dear white America" by Danez Smith and "The Company You Keep: a Poem for my Family" by Vita E. In this episode: HRC https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-trans-and-gender-non-conforming-community-in-2020 "dear white america" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/150542/dear-white-america https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olnVW3Lixbw On the poplar tree: ...

2020-06-1553 min

Rebel Girls Book Club "Remember, No One is Coming to Save Us": Understanding and responding to the George Floyd uprisingsThis week Maggie and Harmony read the article "Remember, No One is Coming to Save Us" by Roxane Gay and use the article as a baseline for a discussion on allyship to the Black Lives Matter movement. They also read "For Our White Friends Desiring to be Allies," by Courtney Ariel, "I Don't Know What to Do With Good White People" by Brit Bennett, and use an excerpt from Untamed by Glennon Doyle Melton. In this episode, our hosts, with the help of the aforementioned texts, attempt to tackle white complicity, fragility, and silence and explore anti-racist action.

2020-06-081h 12

Rebel Girls Book Club Does My Head Look Big in This?This week, Maggie and Harmony discuss Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah, a young adult novel about a second-generation Australian-Palestinian girl's choice to wear the hijab. They dive into identity, belief, race, microaggressions, healing empathy, and sexuality. Are you feeling overwhelmed about racial inequality in the U.S.? We are too! Here's some resources we've found useful. If you have any additional resources you'd like to share feel free to email us at Rebelgirlsbookclub@gmail.com. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dSf1PciW8-mmvdHlloG1HEUfwtWAsVIPhNz_eQmX5J0/edit?usp=sharing...

2020-06-011h 14

Rebel Girls Book Club If You Leave Me with special guest ElenaMaggie and Harmony are joined by the magnificent Elena for a discussion on If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim. They discuss women's roles in East Asain society, displacement and isolation, the importance of being selfish, and intergenerational abuse. More on intergenerational abuse: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/can/impact/long-term-consequences-of-child-abuse-and-neglect/abuse/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212819/ Resources on Domestic Violence: https://www.thehotline.org/ https://www.loveisrespect.org/ Resources on child abuse: https://www.childhelp.org/story-resource-center/c...

2020-05-2557 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages 1960: I Stand Here IroningMaggie and Harmony, surprise you all with the 1960's Bite-Sized Bits. They analyze the short story "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen. In this episode, they dissect motherhood, privilege, unreliable narrators, and identity. Read the story here: https://www.shortstoryproject.com/story/i-stand-here-ironing/?fbclid=IwAR0SoPTdMQv13lDVa1rRobZoxAngkAozr4ADBNQNVruvhOCuFpUhYM8pjss What We're Reading: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/656.War_and_Peace The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34037113-the-rules-of-magic P...

2020-05-1854 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Special Mother's Day episode starring Harmony's mom/ No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A MemoirWelcome and happy Mother's Day! This week Harmony sits down to talk about feminism and reading with her mom. They also discuss the book No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani DiFranco. Tune in for lots of mom love. Warning: There is some talk of trans exclusionary viewpoints and an accidental misgendering around 1:15 to 1:22. What we're reading Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34728667-children-of-blood-and-bone Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K...

2020-05-101h 40

Rebel Girls Book Club Honey Bee: Lessons from an Accidental BeekeeperAre you a Queen Bee or a Worker Bee? The majority of us are worker bees, but one lucky entrepreneur crowned herself queen. This week Maggie and Harmony dissect capitalism, labor, hobbies and the ethics of beekeeping as presented in a beekeeping manual, Honey Bee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper by C. Marina Marchese, the founder of Red Bee Honey. In this episode: https://archive.vcu.edu/english/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/emerson/essays/selfreliance.html https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/15/why-is-cottagecore-booming-because-being-outside-is-now-the-ultimate-taboo What we're reading: One Thousand White Women: Th...

2020-04-2058 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The BeesIn honor of Earth day, which is on April 22, Maggie and Harmony are spending the rest of April exploring climate-related stories. The Bees by Laline Paull is not only a surprisingly riveting tale about the life of one personified sanitation bee, but also delves into feminist themes. It explores race, hierarchy, reproductive justice, individualized versus communal love, nature versus nurture and the very real impact humans have on wildlife. In this episode: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK200983/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/human-impact-on-wildlife-to-blame-for-spread-of-viruses-says-study-aoe https://www.propublica.org...

2020-04-131h 19

Rebel Girls Book Club Recipes to Take Down the PatriarchyMaggie and Harmony interview two of the three women behind a killer new cookbook, Recipes to Take Down the Patriarchy. The four of them talk about the need for women to experiment, try new things, and fail. To learn more about Recipies to Take Down the Patriarchy follow and support their Kickstarter Campaign at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kaylacarnes/recipes-to-take-down-the-patriarchy-a-feminist-cookbook?fbclid=IwAR3OkTdOhLA6aKeXMh0DK-W005XXOrisMXIWoMUCjI9yLjH1hY863vEQDqg Follow their website at: https://www.recipestotakedownthepatriarchy.com/?page_id=2405 Follow their Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/recipestotakedownthepatriarchy/

2020-04-061h 12

Rebel Girls Book Club Harley Quinn and Power GirlMaggie and Harmony dive into the mini-series Harley Quinn and Power Girl by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti and illustrated by Stéphane Roux. They talk about desire, power dynamics, Harley Quinn as a "bad feminist," and what makes a story feminist. What we're reading: Dominicana by Angie Cruz https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43263696-dominicana Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42036538-gideon-the-ninth Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56351.Guenevere_Queen_of...

2020-03-3050 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite Sized Bits Through the Ages 1940: The First Female SuperheroMaggie and Harmony continue the Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages series, in which they review smaller pieces of literature over the last century through a feminist lens. This month they're exploring the first female superhero and the first female crime fighter to appear in comic books. In this episode, they explore Fantomah, a weird, badass, and problematic take on the first female superhero. They also explore the Woman in Red, the first female crime fighter. Join the conversation while our hosts contend with these two heroes through a modern perspective and talk about how their influence affected today's depiction...

2020-03-2343 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Prince and the DressmakerIn this episode, our hosts, Maggie and Harmony, explore the cutest graphic novel of all time, The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang. They explore gender identity, fashion as a mode of self-expression, the difference between gender and sexuality, labor in creative fields, and unequal relationships. What we're reading: Iron Gold by Pierce Brown https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780425285930 Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780525509714 The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781401341336 The Book o...

2020-03-1652 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Spider-Gwen and Ms. Marvel with special token white guy, KevinMaggie and Harmony are exploring superheroes this week with two Marvel favorites Spider-Gwen and Ms. Marvel. They employ Spiderman expert Kevin, the colonizer, this episode to help them dissect Spider-Gwen, Vol. 0: Most Wanted? by Jason Latour and illustrated by Robbi Rodriguez and Ms. Marvel, Vol. 4: Last Days by G. Willow Wilson and illustrated by Adrian Alphona. The team explores refrigeration, genderswapped stories, the place of activism in storytelling, and the power of wish fulfillment. In this episode: https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/02/13/kevin-feige-explains-why-captain-marvel-isnt-wearing-iconic-ms-marvel-outfit/?fbclid=IwAR13eU5Q13Iq20Y80wR1tEK4C_kek8odjU47qNXbdcnrv_sKw4Dew03LjRY ...

2020-03-101h 29

Rebel Girls Book Club Saga #1In this episode, Maggie and Harmony kick off a month full of comic books, starting with cult favorite, Saga. They discuss anti-P.C. and soldier culture, colonization, weird sex kinks, alternative family structures and more. This episode is definitely not for children. What we're reading: The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781542008389 Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780609806500 The Secret History by Donna Tartt https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781400031702 To follow our episode sch...

2020-03-021h 06

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite Sized Bits Through the Ages 1930: Helene JohnsonMaggie and Harmony continue their new series, Bite-Sized Bits Through the Ages, in which they review smaller pieces of literature over the last century through a feminist lens. In this episode, they talk about the poetry of Helene Johnson, a Harlem Renaissance writer. Maggie and Harmony dissect the poems "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem" and "A Missionary Brings a Young Native to America" and explore the difference between articulating beautiful thoughts for yourself versus publishing them for others. Check out more of Helene's work here https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/classic-women-authors-poetry/11-poems-by-helene-johnson/ https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781558495722

2020-02-2445 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Feminist Reads and Boozy Delights: an RGBC Valentine's Day SpecialIn Maggie's words, "Valentine's Day sucks," so why not curl up with your favorite feminist read and a delightful alcoholic concoction? Maggie and Harmony get together in this silly episode to discuss 10 book and cocktail pairings. Books and Drinks: The Witches of New York by Ami McKay https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062359926 Drink: Dark and Stormy Difficult Women by Roxane Gay https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780802127372 Drink: Stout Sangaree The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente Annie Wu (Illustrations) https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781481459358 Dr...

2020-02-1455 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Lilith's Brood: Imago (part 3 of the Xenogenesis series)Maggie and Harmony finish Lilith's Brood with their exploration of Imago. In this novel, they discuss codependency within relationships, toxic power dynamics, coercion and the monsters in the Sci-fi genre. Check out our Sponsors: Ro Gallery rogallery.com Ballsy ballwash.com Use the coupon code Rebel20 for 20 percent off of your purchase of the You're Incrediballs heart box. What we're reading: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780143119685 The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780399590597 Obsidio...

2020-02-101h 18

Rebel Girls Book Club Difficult Women: I am a KnifeIn this episode, Maggie and Harmony revisit Difficult Women by Roxane Gay and dive into the short story "I am a Knife" they explore the feminist ideal of the independent woman, the hardship of miscarriage, the relationship between life and death, and the ways people cope with trauma. Check out the promo for Brook Reading in this episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brook-reading-podcast/id1341507643 What we're reading: The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553575644 Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff https://booksh...

2020-02-0352 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Lilith's Brood: Adulthood Rites (part 2 of the Xenogenesis series)Maggie and Harmony continue their post-apocalyptic journey through the Xenogenesis series by Octavia Butler with Adulthood Rites. In this novel, we meet Akin an inquisitive human and Oankali hybrid. Maggie and Harmony discuss the story's take on gender and masculinity, human aversion to difference, human's cultural concept of individuality, and access to true intimacy. Check out the promo for Some Kind of Brown in this episode. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-kind-of-brown-podcast/id1431744270 What we're reading: The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781101885987 The G...

2020-01-271h 23

Rebel Girls Book Club Bite Sized Bits Through the Ages: Age of Innocence, Chapter 1Maggie and Harmony unveil a new series of episodes looking at content from a feminist lens over the last century. They start the series off at 1920, with the first chapter of Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. In this episode, our hosts explore masculine ideals for women and heterosexual relationships among the 19th century's New York elite. They also grapple with the age-old question of whether Wharton was a feminist. Tune in for Newland Archer's F**k boiery and ageism What we're reading: A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, Cynthia Sundberg Wall htt...

2020-01-201h 09

Rebel Girls Book Club Lilith's Brood: Dawn (part 1 of the Xenogenesis series)Two hundred years in the future after World War III a woman is Awoken on an alien spaceship. Maggie and Harmony start their deep dive into the Xenogenesis Series by Octavia E. Butler with its first novel, Dawn. They contend with the meaning of human hierarchy and its relationship to toxic masculinity and the importance of consent in this episode. In this episode: Butler's biography https://octaviabutler.org/files/bio.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/octavia-e-butler-black-science-fiction-writer-bloodchild-xenogenesis-parable-a8411566.html What we're reading: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff htt...

2020-01-131h 16

Rebel Girls Book Club Ere, can you speak like a monster human? An RGBC blooper with special guests Johanie Martinez and DDHarmony and Maggie are enjoying what's left of the Holidays. Harmony will be back next week with a review of the new Little Women movie. 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/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a...

2019-12-3011 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Little Women: Part ThreeAre you feeling the warm and cozy family vibes? We are ... but maybe not from this book. Maggie and Harmony read chapter 31 to the end of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. They tackle Beth's erasure and the weight placed on motherhood throughout the novel. To follow our episode schedule go to https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 In this episode: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/02/22/getting-to-know-professor-bhaer-part-1/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/02/23/me-wants-me-bhaer-part-2/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/little-women-quiz/?ref=PRH0EC032AFBF&aid=27611&linkid=PRH0EC032AFBF&fbclid=IwAR0K8421s...

2019-12-231h 06

Rebel Girls Book Club Half Spent Was the Night: A Rebel Girls Christmas SpecialGrab a cup of cocoa and burn the yule log before diving into this magical tale. In this holiday special of Rebel Girls Book Club, Maggie and Harmony discuss Half Spent Was the Night: A Witches' Yuletide by Ami McKay and try their hand at video. This book serves as a sequel to McKay's The Witches of New York. This episode is more light-hearted and silly than your standard RGBC content. Be prepared for jolly laughs, sexy content and spoilers abound. To follow our episode schedule up to mid-January go to https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108

2019-12-1655 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Little Women: Part TwoIn this episode, Maggie and Harmony read chapters 16 to 30 of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. They tackle the concepts of material goods as a symbol for morality, grieving as a child, marital power dynamics, and the nature of consent in a society where women aren't allowed to voice their wants. In this episode: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56706/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-little-women Check out the podcast featured in this episode: https://www.romancepod.com/ What we're reading: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781101870600 Jonath...

2019-12-091h 22

Rebel Girls Book Club Anne of Green Gables with Kate RowellMaggie and Harmony are joined by special guest Kate Rowell to discuss Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Kate explains why she was drawn to the character of Anne as a child and Harmony and Kate compare Anne's experiences to their own as girls with ADD. Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is...

2019-12-021h 07

Rebel Girls Book Club Little Women: Part OneGet ready to start the Holiday season with Meg, Beth, Jo, and Amy. Maggie and Harmony are breaking out our copies of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. In this episode, Harmony and Maggie read chapters 1 to 15. They explore the perceived goodness of women who make themselves small, the effect of seeing angry women, and differing values from our literary feminist foremothers. To follow our episode schedule up to mid-January go to https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Check out the ladies of Feminists without Mystique at https://www.feministswithoutmystique.com/episodes Follow our social media pages at...

2019-11-251h 13

Rebel Girls Book Club HIRE PEOPLE OF COLOR! with Johanie Martinez-CoolsMaggie and Harmony get the opportunity to interview up and coming editor and writer Johanie Martinez-Cools. She tackles race and the barriers marginalized people face when it comes to publishing their work. You can follow Johanie on Twitter @jmartdotcom, Medium @jmcools, and Instagram @j.m.coolz What we're reading: Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553575637 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154 To follow our episode schedule up to mid-January go to https://medium.co...

2019-11-181h 12

Rebel Girls Book Club Her Body and Other Parties: The Husband StitchIn this episode, Maggie and Harmony analyze "The Husband Stitch" by Carmen Maria Machado featured in her book of short stories, Her Body and Other Parties. "The Green Ribbon," from In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz. Harmony and Maggie explore the themes of female sexuality, adolescence, women's truth, consent, and maternal mortality rates in the U.S. To read the story go here: https://granta.com/the-husband-stitch/ To listen to "The Green Ribbon" go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3PIkV2anqk https://bookshop.org/a...

2019-11-111h 39

Rebel Girls Book Club Witches, Ghosts, and Devils with the Mistress of All Things SpookIn this special Halloween edition of Rebel Girls Book Club, Maggie and Harmony are joined by ghost enthusiast Rachel to take a critical (and sometimes feminist) look at ghost stories. In this episode, they examine the Bell Witch and "The Devil Came to New Orleans " from Haunted New Orleans: History & Hauntings of the Crescent City by Troy Taylor. https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781540224187 To learn more about the Bell Witch (and to see the weird image Maggie found) go to http://www.bellwitch.org/story Here's a link to just the weird ima...

2019-10-311h 18

Rebel Girls Book Club Exploring representation in horror with Amaris GagnonIn this spooky spectacular episode, Maggie and Harmony sit down to talk with screenwriter Amaris Gagnon about all things horror. They delve into problematic horror tropes-- such as the virginal final girl-- and figure out how horror can (and is) being used to subvert expectations and challenge the status quo. In this episode: The Thing (1982) It (2017) Get Out (2017) Us (2019) Breaking In (2018) Halloween (2018) Into the Dark: Pure (2019) Check out our friend at the Perhaps It's You Podcast https://perhapsitsyou.wordpress.com/and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perhaps-its-you/id1279107395 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.ins...

2019-10-2847 min

Rebel Girls Book Club Difficult Women: The Sacrifice of DarknessDepression, 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.org/a/9908/9780765356154 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781514640807 The Dragon Keeper (The Rain Wild Chronicles #1) by Robin Hobb https://bookshop...

2019-10-211h 27

Rebel Girls Book Club Difficult Women: Noble Things and Open MarriageIt'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. What we're reading: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780374537654 Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura, Chris Warner (Editor), Jason DeAngelis (Translator) ...

2019-10-141h 18

Rebel Girls Book Club The sun will come ... I like your panties: An RGBC blooper episodeHarmony 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. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rgbc/message

2019-10-0710 min

Rebel Girls Book Club The Witches of New York: Part SixIn this episode, Maggie and Harmony read from page 501, October 12, 1880, Waxing Moon, to the end of The Witches of New York by Ami Mckay. We talk about the erasure of misdeeds done by powerful men, Beatrice's self-empowerment and our overall thoughts on the book. What we're reading: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780374537654 Berserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura, Chris Warner (Editor), Jason DeAngelis (Translator) https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781506711980 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154 The Bear and the...

2019-09-301h 06

Rebel Girls Book Club The Witches of New York: Part FiveIn this episode, Maggie and Harmony start to wrap up The Witches of New York by Ami Mckay after reading pages 407 to 497, October 10, 1880, Waxing Moon to October 11, 1880, Waxing Moon. They use the book as a catalyst to talk about creepy but well-meaning old men, the downsides to being powerful or “strong,” the book’s depiction of poverty, institutionalized bias, and writing as an act of defiance. What we’re reading: The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/479519.The_Light_Bearer Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and P...

2019-09-231h 14

Rebel Girls Book Club The Witches of New York: Part ThreeMaggie and Harmony read pages 255 to 347, September 25, 1880, Third Quarter Moon to October 8, 1880 Waxing Moon, of The Witches of New York. In this episode, Maggie gets a little tipsy but is still a badass genius … and accidentally forgets her own age; we dive into the gendered nature of mediums; we explore the in-book lore surrounding witchcraft and what it means to be a witch, the importance of solidarity, consent issues, the ritualized nature of femininity, gendered selflessness, and Beatrice’s mommy issues. What we're reading: The Nix by Nathan Hill https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781101970348 W...

2019-09-091h 40

Rebel Girls Book Club The Witches of New York: Part TwoMaggie and Harmony discuss from pg. 139 to pg. 252, September 18, 1880, Gibbous Waning Moon to September 25, 1880, Third Quarter Moon, of The Witches of New York. In this episode we dive deep into grief in capitalist culture, romance tropes, the importance of friendships, domestic violence, unreliable narrators, and Maggie is broken by the existential question of free will. If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic and dating abuse here are some resources: https://www.loveisrespect.org/ https://www.thehotline.org/ What we're reading: Three Women by Lisa Taddeo htt...

2019-09-021h 50

Rebel Girls Book Club The Witches of New York: Part OneHarmony and Maggie discuss up to pg. 136, September 18th the waning moon, of The Witches of New York. We talk about the maiden archetype, Insta-love, cultural appropriation, violence against women, gay relationships in the 1800s, abortion, the use of a certain word to describe Romani people, and more. In this episode: “Eight women on abortion” by Harmony Birch https://link.medium.com/PqgbD44rlZ Amy Sherman Paladino "I’ve been helped in my career more by men than women. Always." https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a13957186/amy-sherman-palladino-interview-marvelous-mrs-maisel-gilmore-girls/ What we're re...

2019-08-281h 19

Rebel Girls Book Club An Introduction: Guilty Feminists and BooksMeet 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 https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781555978273 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781250175465 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.f...

2019-08-2631 min