Find groups in philadelphia, pennsylvania about book clubs and meet people. Readers can even book club hop so they can read the books that interest them. Here are all the books emma watson and her book club have. Fiction or nonfiction, paperback or hardcover, you. Cherry hill feminist book club 598 members lansdale 2030s womens book club.
Emma watson started her feminist book club our shared shelf earlier this year and now that summer august is behind us, the actress revealed her latest pick on the club. Since 2011 we have been meeting once a month to discuss feminist literature and gender. The falls book group is one of the free librarys longest running programs and is open to all. The feminist history book everyone should read metro us. Apr 19, 2018 this book club was founded by none other than benjamin franklin and his literatureloving friends in 1727.
The feminist history book everyone should read fight like a girl documents the struggle for gender equality. Feminist book club is a complete feminist experience. It was 2007, i was 26, and though i was staunchly, overbearingly feminist, i had only just met queeridentified people. The feminist majority foundation online features daily feminist news with take action ideas, domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines, a feminist career center, information on feminism including women and girls in sports and more. Did you participate in the womens march or believe in the principles of the march. This is a one act play in which an unseen woman is the plays central character. Join us to celebrate feminist authors of fiction and nonfiction, from escapist beach reads to big ideas. We will discuss the play trifles, by susan gladspell. We found this months five best new and early release reads. Top 10 best book clubs in philadelphia, pa last updated april. Jwa and jewishlive have arranged book talks with authors on zoom. More often than not, book clubs tend to skew toward fiction in their selections, but there is a rich and incredibly entertaining world lingering on those nonfiction shelves. The jwa book club is an online community of readers who love good books by, for, and about jewish women. E mma watsons feminist book club now has a name and is open to anyone who wants to join.
This south jersey book club tackles everyday sexism, difficult. Learn more about our monthly subscription box or subscribe to feminist book club. During these challenging days of social distancing, we invite you to read something other than the news and to come together virtually to discuss books, writing, and telling jewish stories. Backed into a corner, her need for a safe spacein which to grow and nurture her creative, feminist spiritbecame dire. The program promotes the entire greater philadelphia area joining together through. This year try joining a book club for motivation, community support, accountability and added fun. Here are a few of our recent favorite nonfiction books for book clubs.
November 2019 this club reads an intersectional variety of feminist lit fiction, nonfiction, memoirs. Covid19 advisory for the health and safety of meetup communities, were advising that all. Night shade takes place in society hill, philadelphia in the 1850s. The cherry hill feminist book club meets march 12, 2019 at the cherry hill public library, one of four times per year they discuss books written by those who identify as female about feminismrelated topics. The handmaids tale by margaret atwood, bad feminist by roxane gay, men explain things to me by rebecca solnit, shri.
Emma watsons feminist book club a list of books recommended by actor and activist emma watson, including work by bell hooks, margaret atwood, maya angelou, and roxane gay. Jan 12, 2016 read more in 2016 by joining a book club find a club in your community or join one online. She is the winner of the medici book club prize, philadelphia s athenaeum literary award, and a 2014 rome prize in literature. Feminist reading picks for your book club hattie kennedy jul 10, 2016 we here at panels are taking some much needed time off. And trust us, we read hundreds of books to find them. She lives with her family in philadelphia and is a faculty member of the mfa program in creative writing at temple university. Caucus of working educators book club inspires action. Jul 07, 2015 oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in philadelphia.
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Communitydriven monthly subscription box and companion podcast featuring feminist books and womanowned businesses. This is a group for women trans and nontrans and nonbinary and gender nonconforming folks of all genders. Its one of the many selections of the cherry hill feminist book club, a group that meets four times a year to discuss books written by women. Subscriptions to feminist book club box are available on a monthtomonth basis or sign up for 3 or 6 months at a time to save even more. Each book group, led by a teacherfacilitator, will meet up to four times over. Mar 22, 2019 comics fans without super bodyheating powers recently braved a frosty night in philadelphia to attend a book club meeting at.
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Over 90% of our books are written by, for and about womxn and girls of color. Fbc is a monthly column in which we explore written works through a feminist lens. Find groups in philadelphia, pennsylvania about book club and meet people in your local community who share your interests. April 16, 2020 74 candace bushnell, author of rules for being a girl. Here are all the books emma watson and her book club, our shared shelf have completed since its inception in january 2016. The book was chosen as the 2016 pick for one book, one philadelphia. Welcome to the guilty feminist, an awardwinning podcast and live show hosted by deborah franceswhite. Twentyfive local artists donated items for the event, which benefits woar philadelphia center against sexual violence. The podcast features interviews with feminist authors, conversations with feminist readers, and readings from contemporary feminist works. Feminist majority foundation breaking news, feminism from. The black feminist book club reads books by amazing black women writers, centers the discussion from black feminist perspectives, and celebrates classic and contemporary black women authors across genres and styles. Philly book club is a group of casual and enthusiastic members who enjoy reading and collectively choosing books on a monthly basis. Welcome to a monthly feminist book club with a difference.
Jan, 2016 if you want to take emma watsons lead and start your own feminist book club in 2016, there is no shortage of books coming out that can help you get started. This south jersey book club tackles everyday sexism. Best book clubs to join in philadelphia cbs philly. Reviews on book clubs in philadelphia, pa neighborhood books, head. The feminist majority foundation works for social and political and economic equality for women by using research and education to improve womens lives. Hood feminism offers an uncomfortable truth lifestyle. Radical teacher a socialist, feminist, and antiracist. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of theseus with a feminist twist, immersed in seventies pop culture, and mixing. In the time of the butterflies, by julia alvarez welcome to feminist book club. When news of emma watson s feminist book club, our shared shelf, broke earlier this year, readers everywhere couldnt wait to snag a copy of the clubs first read my life on the road, by feminist icon gloria steinem and get to posting on the goodreads discussion forum. Our book club will meet on zoom, saturday, april 25th, 2020 at 7.