Welcome 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. Rowling

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3.Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerer_s_Stone

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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

This week we're continuing our Bite-Sized Bits series by examining two poems written by Caribbean author and social activist, Phyllis Shand Allfrey. We read and analyze "Resistance" (Palm and Oak, 1950)and "Nocturne" (Contrasts, 1955), and reflect on activism following the wake of Mayday and white feminism. Tune in to here Allfrey's beautiful poetry and learn more about this overlooked and conflicting writer. 

Sources on Allfrey:

http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/crb-archive/1-august-2004/o-stay-and-hear/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jan/22/featuresreviews.guardianreview32

http://facultysites.vassar.edu/liparavi/article/JeanRhysandPhyllys.pdf

https://www.geni.com/people/Phyllis-Allfrey/6000000014037053113

https://themissingslate.com/article/phyllis-shand-allfrey-the-poet/

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

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40605223-i-m-thinking-of-ending-things

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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

Unfortunately, we were unable to record this week please enjoy this blooper reel and tune in next week for a Bite Sized Bits Through the Ages episode about Phyllis Shand Allfrey.

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Are 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: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33512.One_Thousand_White_Women

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36621586-the-winter-of-the-witch

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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

In 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/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate

https://www.greenamerica.org/climate-justice-all/people-color-are-front-lines-climate-crisis

What we're reading:

Honeybee: Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6578610-honeybee

No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani Defranco

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42730299-no-walls-and-the-recurring-dream

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36621586-the-winter-of-the-witch

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6437061-the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77197.Assassin_s_Apprentice

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/rebelgirlsbookclub/ 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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

Maggie 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/

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/rebelgirlsbookclub/ 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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

Maggie 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_the_Summer_Country  

No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani DiFranco

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42730299-no-walls-and-the-recurring-dream

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/rebelgirlsbookclub/ 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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

Maggie 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 of female superheroes. 

In the episode:

https://screenrant.com/first-female-comic-book-superheroes-in-history/

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/fantomah/4005-2627

https://youtu.be/eGTKFpmCjaU

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/woman-in-red/4005-6231/

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/wonder-woman-through-the-years/

What we're reading: 

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56351.Guenevere_Queen_of_the_Summer_Country  

The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston 

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31450585-the-little-shop-of-found-things

Iron Gold by Pierce Brown https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33257757-iron-gold

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2590136-barracoon

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/rebelgirlsbookclub/ 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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

In 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 of Life by Deborah Harkness 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780143127529  

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780609806500  

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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

Maggie 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  

http://majorspoilers.com/2015/11/22/ms-marvel-1-review-2/?fbclid=IwAR1IMoX9dAmHE08bOrp9ZeHX5I8nsCf3yK3vjLehBNcFk6IzWN6QABW7F_0  

https://www.npr.org/2014/10/16/354592028/shazam-rebooted-comic-heroine-is-a-marvel?fbclid=IwAR1FCNvLjLVsuDimcM4yohru391iPpcysEjVtemrjUb2pmjJ3G6atH_qj3I  

http://cbldf.org/2015/04/using-graphic-novels-in-education-ms-marvel/?fbclid=IwAR0BS790teqsgPftnFazZKKCpbnOWY_698cAbwkSPV-g6ummRxENM3CYr_o  

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 of Life by Deborah Harkness 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780143127529  

Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780609806500  

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 [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.