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

Are 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=IwAR0K8421st3Kcek3eUW-5IHRlE0EQiomAlWBA70AgLekNb-Y_itinWc0z5E

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/680/transcript

Check out the LezRepresent podcast featured in our ad break

https://lezrepresentpodcast.podbean.com/

What we're reading:

The Burning White by Brent Weeks 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316251303

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154

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Grab 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

Watch our beautiful faces: https://youtu.be/UB_lsJqhilo

Harmony made the bread!! https://www.instagram.com/p/B6HRMctHi2Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

What we're reading:

The Crazed by Ha Jin 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780375714115

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154

Check out the podcast Fabled at https://www.fabledcollective.com/

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In 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 

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154 

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062227331 

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

Get 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 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 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.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Check out the ladies of Nerdy Bitches Podcast at https://www.nerdybitches.com/ 

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 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/9908/9781555977887

What we're reading: 

The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780451492784 

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.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Check out Deconstructing Damsels here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deconstructing-damsels/id1390773889 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.

Another blooper episode already? That's right,  Maggie and I needed some extra time to prep before we delved into new literary goodness. But stay tuned because next week 11/11 we'll be reading "The Husband Stitch" by Carmen Maria Machado. On 11/18 there will be another guest episode this time all about the publishing industry. And on 11/25 we'll start a three-part series on Little Women. To follow our episode schedule up to mid-January go to https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 

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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 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 image http://www.bellwitch.org/dean.jpg 

What we're reading: 

Beautiful Days (Bright Young Things #2) by Anna Godbersen 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780061962691

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765356154 

Check out Shelf Addiction at http://www.shelfaddiction.com/podcast.html 

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.