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01/07/2024

We're currently reading Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for S*x Workers' Rights by June Mac and Molly Smith to learn about the global s*x worker rights movement.

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11/18/2023

We're reading Destransition, Baby by Torrey Peters.

With blurbs from two of our previous book club authors on the cover (Carmen Maria Machado and Jia Tolentino), it's an obvious choice!

The lives of three women—transgender and cisgender—collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires. This provocative debut is about what happens at the emotional, messy, vulnerable corners of womanhood that platitudes and good intentions can’t reach.

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10/13/2023

Next we're reading a memoir by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha. Dirty River: A Q***r Femme of Colour Dreaming Her Way Home "is a mixtape of dreams and nightmares, of immigration court lineups and q***r South Asian dance nights; it is an intensely personal road map and an intersectional, tragicomic tale that reveals how a disabled q***r woman of colour and abuse survivor navigates the dirty river of the not-so-distant past and, as the subtitle suggests, "dreams their way home."" (Description from )

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09/04/2023

Can't believe we're reading our 30th book this month! 📚

07/10/2023

For our 30th book, we're reading Made Up: A True Story of Beauty Culture under Late Capitalism by Daphné B.

From , this book delivers a "nuanced, feminist, and deeply personal take on beauty culture and YouTube consumerism"

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05/09/2023

We're excited to be reading another classic! Book #28 is Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.

Written in 1979, this book stands the test of time as Butler skillfully juxtaposes the serious issues of slavery, human rights, and racial prejudice with an exciting science-fiction, romance, and historical adventure.

We'll be meeting in person in Toronto on June 7 at 7pm. Email [email protected] for more details.

03/21/2023

Next up is Abolition. Feminism. Now. By by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.

Join us on Wednesday April 26th at 7pm on Zoom to discuss! Sign up for our mailing list to get a reminder and the zoom link. Pm or Email [email protected].

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02/03/2023

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar is our next fiction pick.

From the award-winning author of The Map of Salt and Stars, a new novel about three generations of Syrian Americans haunted by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts.

Join us March 15, 2023 at 7pm for a discussion on zoom! Send a PM or Email [email protected] to get on the mailing list.

12/13/2022

Next we will be reading Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century edited by Alice Wong.

Save the date for our next meeting on January 30th at 7pm on zoom. Pm or email [email protected] to get on the mailing list!

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11/04/2022

For our next meeting we will be reading We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama. Join us on December 7th to discuss this compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile.

See you on December 7th at 7pm on zoom. Make sure you sign up for the newsletter by emailing [email protected] to get the link and reminders.

09/22/2022

Our next memoir is a must-read and a must-discuss: A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliot.

Our next meeting is scheduled for October 26 at 7pm on Zoom. Pm for the zoom details or sign up for our newsletter by emailing [email protected].

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09/02/2022

We're back! We're meeting to finally discuss Book #23, What We Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon. Join us on September 14 at 7pm to reconvene in person in Bickford Park.

Check your email for more details or pm me to get on the mailing list. See you there!

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