It is an interesting mix of embracing some conventions of this type of fantasy and turning others upside down. The book is a vaguely-medieval-Europe, dragons-and-castles-and-magic sort of fantasy that I don’t read a ton of these days, but it is infused with a sensibility that is Scottish (she’s from Edinburgh), feminist, socialist (in a broad sense), queer, and hopepunk, so I couldn’t very well *not* read it. I picked this one up because the author makes bookish content online that I quite like – her taste in books isn’t the same as mine, but it’s related, and she’s smart and politically interesting so I enjoy her videos. We do not exist to convince anyone of this but to discuss the nuances and individual issues presented by the literature we read.Īll fantastic name credit goes to Chelsea. Gender equality is at the heart of this book club so please recognise this in your behaviour.
Please use #feministorchestra on twitter, instagram and elsewhere so we can all share our posts, thoughts, discussion and book reviews If you also film a youtube review/discussion or write a review/discussion of the book on your blog please share it with us all by posting it in the reviews thread. A video review will then be posted on Jean (bookishthoughts) or Lauren's (readsanddaydreams) channel on youtube. At the end of the first month there will be a pre-scheduled twitter chat on themes relating to that month's book, which will not require you to have finished the book. We read one book over the course of two months throughout the year.
Therefore, I want this bookclub to be a group. I strongly believe feminism, which means equality of all sexes in society, not to be about the individual but about everyone and to be a group movement. This is not 'my' bookclub, however, it belongs to all of us.
All engagement is welcome though, on youtube, on blogs and on goodreads. Sick of sexist comments from people online and being accused of banging my 'feminist drum' by intolerant people I have decided to start a Feminist Bookclub on Booktube. We're also o Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: Discover and recommend more feminist reads here:
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