Paperback Cabaret

If he wears a t-shirt saying “this is what a feminist looks like” there’s a good chance he’s still going to think he knows more, deserves more, and can take more than the people he claims to help.  Just one more hurdle on the path for basic human rights for everyone.

Off we go with chapter two in Ijeoma Oluo’s timely book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America.

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Myths and legends, genocide and lies.  The push to claim land in the West has been glorified with words like “manifest destiny” while the truth of the matter, no shocker here, is far crueler.

Off we go with chapter one in Ijeoma Oluo’s much needed book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America.

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When we ask ourselves the big question: How did we get here? Ijeoma Oluo offers an elegant and disturbing answer: It works according to design.

Today we begin discussing this much needed book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America.   Join us next week for

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Extra links:

Mary’s Hat https://urbannativeera.com/collections/new/%27you-are-on-native-land%27

News from Mississippi - https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/us/jackson-mississippi-capitol-criminal-justice-invs/index.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/08/mississippi-house-oks-new-court-system-to-be-appointed-by-white-state-officials.html

We take a brief pause before starting our next book to do a little purge with Traci and our newest host, Lisa.  No outline, no music choices, just right down to what made you mad, sad, and glad this week.  From health, to social concerns, to sex toys - we touched on several topics of importance and wrapped with a sentiment of love for the friendships we share.  

Next week, we begin Ijeoma Oluo’s much needed book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America.

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And we are done! With this book. We have essentialism explained by our gal Mary, discussion around the exclusions of women in education, and the near barbaric treatment still experienced in women’s health care.  We are in part four, Turning the World Upside Down: War on Nature, War on Women of Mona Chollet’s brilliant book, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial.  You know you’re intrigued, so join us.

Special (quiet guest) Lisa! She sat in chat and hung out with us for this recording and she will be joining us on a more permanent basis starting with our next book, Mediocre coming out next week.

Stay with us until the end for our new segment: The Purge - Paperback style! 

Plans are in place for more things.  Click the link below for all the ways to watch this project unfold with us. We can be voyeurs together.

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We’ve got laughter and tears aplenty this episode as we reflect on what it means to age in a society that gives women an expiration date.  We’re looking at you, Leonardo DeCaprio.   We are in part three, The Dizzy Heights: Shattering the Image of the ‘Old Hag’ of Mona Chollet’s brilliant book, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial.  You know you’re intrigued, so join us.   Plans are in place for more things.  Click the link below for all the ways to watch this project unfold with us. We can be voyeurs together.

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You may think this is an olden timey saying, but you would be wrong.  Mona Chollet takes us through what women who choose to remain childless face, and why the role of mother is still pushed, regardless of women actually want.  We are in part two of In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial.  You know you’re intrigued, so join us.  We are joined this week by our dear friend Tori, and even though we forgot to do introductions this week, we will make up for that in the near future.  She’s a hell of a gal and we are thrilled she’s with us.  Plans are in place for more things.  Click the link below for all the ways to watch this project unfold with us. We can be voyeurs together.

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Here we go.  In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial.  You know you’re intrigued, so join us.  This episode covers Part 1, A Life of One’s Own with a look at the fear that seems to surround unmarried women.   We are joined this week by our dear friend Tori, and even though we forgot to do introductions this week, we will make up for that in the near future.  She’s a hell of a gal and we are thrilled she’s with us.  Plans are in place for more things.  Follow the links below to watch this project unfold with us. We can all be voyeurs together.

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What would you do if your family couldn’t eat? If you had been promised someone would listen to you and you were still starving months, years later? How far do the extremes go when it’s your life on the line?  Dire and extreme situations flamed the flames of the French Revolution, and in many places women led the way.  Our characters find themselves facing former allies in an attempt to bring about a Republic in France.  Violence reigns supreme, and things are only just beginning to swing into bloody action.

Our current book is City of Darkness, City of Light by Marge Piercy, an historical fiction novel using real people from the French Revolution as the main characters.  This is one of those complex topics that lead to the kinds of conversations people from the Enlightenment period would still recognize.  Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité were the words that drove the revolution, but for who and for how long?

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Character wrap-up time before the real shit starts to go down.  Marge Piercy sets up our characters in their youth with imaginative glimpses into the earliest moments that may have influenced who they were becoming at the same time the revolution was unfolding.

Our current book is City of Darkness, City of Light by Marge Piercy, an historical fiction novel using real people from the French Revolution as the main characters.  This is one of those complex topics that lead to the kinds of conversations people from the Enlightenment period would still recognize.  Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité were the words that drove the revolution, but for who and for how long?

Follow us on Instagram @paperbackcabaret

Send us an email at [email protected]

If you’re more of a video book review kind of person, we suggest you find the There’s No Bookclub YouTube channel. We encourage you to follow them as this group will be creating new projects on the regular and they have all been so fun.

Also, big love and gratitude to our mama bear company, Cozy Contorta.   For all projects that have come out so far, we suggest you click here: https://linktr.ee/cozycontorta

We do not receive any income from affiliate links at this time.