Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

MINI POD! In this quick episode, Jordy shares why she loves The Glass Scientists trilogy by S. H. Cotugno, a gothic graphic novel series where so-called monsters challenge the rigid systems built to control them. Through mad science, queer selfhood, and breathtaking art, this episode explores who gets labeled dangerous, who gets erased, and what happens when marginalized people refuse to stay hidden and start cracking institutions from the inside out.



Books mentioned:
The Glass Scientists, Volume 1 by S. H. Cotugno
The Glass Scientists, Volume 2 by S. H. Cotugno
The Glass Scientists, Volume 3 by S. H. Cotugno
 
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by Amarissa

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Our contributors teamed up to tell one another about their favorite books of the year. Renee and Nox round out this podcast series with their cozy, feel-good favorites. If you need a book that's like a warm hug (and who doesn't right now?), tune in!
 
 
Book and resources mentioned:
Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton
The Baby Dragon Cafe by AT Qureshi
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
What Happened to Belen? by Ana Elena Correa
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club by Gloria Chao
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell
Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
 
 
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by Amarissa
 
Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, BlueSky, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

MINI POD! Jordy and Renee discuss their creative obsession: junk journaling! They chat about the origins of the junk journal and how they adapt this creative activity to suit their needs. This is a two-part series. See more spreads and the video of this conversation in our Mighty Network community!
 
Resources mentioned:
Jessica Swift's online retreats
Skillshare
Buy Nothing
PangoBooks
Art Scraps
 
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This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by Amarissa

Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, BlueSky, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

Our contributors have teamed up to tell one another about their favorite books of the year over the next couple of weeks! Casey and UyenThi come together to discuss their top 5 reads of 2025. From memoirs, to romance, to translated fiction, to dark academia, these are the stories we read in 2025 that we feel need to be on everyone's TBR. 
 
Book and resources mentioned:
James by Percival Everett
The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patricia Melo
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hull
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H.
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years by Shubnum Khan
The Night Eaters by Marjorie Liu
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
#PouredOver interview with Nnedi Okorafor 

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
I'll Tell You When I'm Home: A Memoir by Hala Alyan
Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
 
 
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Check out our online community here! 
 
This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by Amarissa
 
Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, BlueSky, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.

As access to abortion is being increasingly restricted, trustworthy resources for abortion care and loving someone through an abortion can be difficult to find. Becca Rea-Tucker has written the go-to manual for just that. Whether you're considering an abortion for yourself or know someone who might need support, The Abortion Companion should be on every feminist's bookshelf. 
 
*Join us for a community-wide online Q&A with Becca on January 25, 2026. Your first week in our community is free, sliding scale available: Join the FBC community!
 
 
Book and resources mentioned:
The Abortion Companion by Becca Rea-Tucker
Baking by Feel by Becca Rea-Tucker
Relinquished by Gretchen Sisson
Baking the Resistance with Our Favorite Sweet Feminists (Becca's previous appearance on the pod!)
Find abortion resources: ineedana.com
National Network of Abortion Funds
See Becca on her book tour!
 
 
 
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