Rebel Girls Book Club

Harmony Birch and Maggie Collins

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/subscribe Are you tired of reading the same angsty hero narrative over and over again? So are we. That's why we're examining stories that feature rebellious heroines through an intersectional feminist lens. In this podcast, we will go deep into the latest bestsellers, comic books, and English class-worthy literature without taking ourselves too seriously. It's a book club for feminist literary nerds. So, grab a cup of tea, a cozy blanket, and come gab with us about your new favorite read.

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Maggie Time: Recent Reads

Rebel Girls Book Club

10/18/21 • 6 min

This 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 the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

https://bookshop.org/books/before-the-coffee-gets-cold/9781335430991?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list

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Cemetery Boys

Rebel Girls Book Club

10/13/21 • 28 min

In this spooky episode, Harmony focuses on community in the YA novel Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas.

In this episode:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/brujeria-meaning-explained

Irene Lara. BRUJA POSITIONALITIES: Toward a Chicana/Latina Spiritual Activism. Chicana/Latina studies. 2005;4(2):10-45.

Monteagut, L. E. (2017). Second-generation 0RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT2bruja1RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT2: Transforming ancestral shadows into spiritual activism (Order No. 10643084). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1992698414). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/second-generation-i-bruja-transforming-ancestral/docview/1992698414/se-2?accountid=130717

Ortiz, F. A. (2020). Self-Actualization in the Latino/Hispanic Culture. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 60(3), 418–435. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167817741785

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8N5G5MU/

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8NaeHsR/

Community How To by Sage Liskey

https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/7932

The Witches of New York: Part Two

Rebel Girls Book Club

09/02/19 • 110 min

Maggie 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

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781451642292

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982100704

Apocalyptic Witchcraft by Peter Grey

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18680114-apocalyptic-witchcraft?ac=1&from_search=true

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Spider-Gwen and Ms. Marvel with special token white guy, Kevin

Rebel Girls Book Club

03/10/20 • 89 min

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

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Red Clocks: part 2

Rebel Girls Book Club

09/28/20 • 93 min

Maggie 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

My name is....... I am calling because there is now a vacancy on the Supreme Court due to the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

McConnell set the precedent. Now the Senate should follow it.

No vote on a Supreme Court nominee just before or after an election until the President is seated on January 20, 2021.

Susan Collins. Maine 202-224-2523

Joni Ernst 202-224-3254 Iowa

Thom Tillis 202-224-6342 North Carolina

Cory Gardner Colorado 202-224-5941

Steve Daines Montana 202-224-2651

Martha McSally Arizona 202-224-2235

Kelly Loeffler Georgia 202-224-3643

David Perdue Georgia 202-224-3521

MITT ROMNEY...THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TO CALL 202-224-5251 Utah

Lindsey Graham (who is chair of senate judiciary cmte) 202-224-5972 South Carolina

Lisa Murkowsi 202-224-6665 Alaska

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

Support the Quileute people's and help them move to higher ground

https://mthg.org/

What we're reading:

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316027656

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062915795

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780385732314

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 [email protected].

https://bit.ly/2BlrFIv

The Witches of New York: Part One

Rebel Girls Book Club

08/28/19 • 79 min

Harmony 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 reading: City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780553419719

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780812982947

Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781578636488

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781945053030

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Have a big gay holiday

Rebel Girls Book Club

12/20/22 • 35 min

This week Harmony and Kevin talk about and recommend some queer holiday romances! Harmony has been on a year-long quest to find the best ones. Hear all about them here. 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 can email us at [email protected]. Our theme song is by The Gays, and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis.

The Witches of New York: Part Three

Rebel Girls Book Club

09/09/19 • 100 min

Maggie 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

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power by Pam Grossman

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982100704

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The Witches of New York: Part Five

Rebel Girls Book Club

09/23/19 • 74 min

In 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 Power by Pam Grossman

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781982100704

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9781514640807

HausMagick: Transform Your Home with Witchcraft

https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062906151

Check out our buddies over at Books & Booze

http://stitcher.com/podcast/books-and-booze/books-booze-2

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