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Bodies Are Political, and So Is What We Put on Them

Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

May 6, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Fashion may seem to be concerned entirely with pop culture, but the way people choose to dress can make a statement about their politics, and feminists over the 20th century have made ample use of this fact. You’d think it should be obvious, with how “the personal is political,” but it was definitely eye-opening to see how deeply fashion and feminism have been entwined, used by both those for and against it to make their point. Despite the cliches about the ‘ugly, man-hating feminist,’ many […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, 20th Century, ARC, Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, fashion, feminism, NetGalley, United States

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:27 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 20th Century, ARC, Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, fashion, feminism, NetGalley, United States ·
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God forbid the beautiful, eligible daughter of a duke have hobbies

Lady Knight by Amalie Howard

April 15, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Books Bingo 25: Book by an author you’ve never read Thank you to Netgalley and Joy Revolution for this ARC. My opinions are my own. Lady Zenobia “Zia” Osborn and several of her female friends have started a secret society, calling themselves Lady Knights, and at night, they dress up as highwaymen and rob the carriages of Lady Zia’s brother’s rich friends. They need to collect enough money to ensure the survival of their boarding school, not to mention the orphanage next door to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, Amalie Howard, BIPOC, book club, cbr17, feminism, friendship, highwaymen, historical romance, Lady Knight, LGBTQIA, Malin, NetGalley, Regency, secret society, The Diamonds, Young Adult

Malin's CBR17 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, Amalie Howard, BIPOC, book club, cbr17, feminism, friendship, highwaymen, historical romance, Lady Knight, LGBTQIA, Malin, NetGalley, Regency, secret society, The Diamonds, Young Adult ·
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The fame, the wealth, the surveillance system in her body

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

April 11, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I started Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase sometime in early 2025. It took me until March 30, 2025 to read. Not because it was a bad book, necessarily,  but because it was a dense, hard read. There were a lot of descriptions of what was happening (even if it was just trying to get out of bed, let alone the technical parts), cultural references and even the way of speaking that was not what I was used to. The idea of a future where we […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:191 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Abused women, African futurism, afrofuturism, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian fiction, Electronic surveillance, feminism, patriarchy, Social Themes, Tlotlo Tsamaase ·
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Cover, Loud, by Drew Afualo, Picture of Samoan woman,, hand covering her mouth, with colorful concentric circles behind her.

“If no one is going to remind you that you are worth more than all of these awful men combined, I will.”

Loud: Accepting Nothing Less than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo

March 15, 2025 by NTE Leave a Comment

If you don’t follow Drew Afualo on TikTok, your FYP is doing you dirty, because Drew is a delight. I mean, for me, anyways.  Not so much for the ignorant, the misogynistic, the bullies, the shit talkers. For them? Drew is – or she should be – the absolute last person they hope to see. And she revels in it, as is obvious in her book Loud: Accepting Nothing Less than the Life You Deserve. The book is rooted in her work on her platform […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: activism, drew afualo, feminism, feminist, loud

NTE's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: activism, drew afualo, feminism, feminist, loud ·
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Jello-Coated Updo

Barely Floating by Lilliam Rivera

January 24, 2025 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Nat is an amazing swimmer, and the pool is her favorite place to be. She’s not afraid to boast about it, or even challenge the older boys to swim races, but she has to be loud and proud. She’s a fat Latina in an sport known for its skinny white athletes. One day, she learns about a local artistic swimming team (formerly known as synchronized swimming). She had no idea that swimmers could not only be strong and fast, but glamorous and creative. Nat adores […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: fat positive, feminism, kidlit, latina author, latinx stories, Lilliam Rivera, middle grade, sports

cosbrarian's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: fat positive, feminism, kidlit, latina author, latinx stories, Lilliam Rivera, middle grade, sports ·
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If someone makes fun of your outfit, fart in their face

The League of Super Feminists by Mirion Malle

Feminism: A Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati

November 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When history starts to become current events again, you might be surprised at how the “old books” became “new” and recommended reading. Two books I happened to find (when browsing for something else) that were on the current event theme of feminism are League of Super Feminist (published 2020) and Feminism: A Graphic Guide (published 2019). I am assuming due to the way they were set up and presented, not too much needs to be updated, but while I haven’t finished the second, I did […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Tagged With: Cathia Jenainati, feminism, feminist theory, Jem Milton, Judy Groves, Mirion Malle, sex roles, social science, Social Themes, Social Topics, sociology, women

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:558 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult · Tags: Cathia Jenainati, feminism, feminist theory, Jem Milton, Judy Groves, Mirion Malle, sex roles, social science, Social Themes, Social Topics, sociology, women ·
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