Maggie Briana ChidesterApr 2311 minHow Ruby Tandoh Reminded Me To Eat Up And Stop Worrying About My Weight in QuarantineI have struggled with my weight for as long as I can remember and food has long been a scary commodity for me. I used to track every bite of food I put into ...
Aleks RomanoApr 1712 minFemme fatale Need Not ApplyExploring Female Interiority in Bizet’s Carmen through Roxane Gay and Carmen Maria Machado
Marian PeralesApr 1510 minAre We Actually a Nation of Unified Americans?Books to Help You Put the CARES Act in the Context of Undocumented Immigrants In late March, the federal government announced passage of a $2 trillion stimul...
Mel Ann RosenthalApr 122 minHealth Insurance does not equal Health Care: An American Sickness by Elisabeth RosenthalIf you’re at all like me, Shonda Rhimes has permanently imprinted many of her TV characters on your brain. And, if you’re a diehard fan like I am, you’ve pro...
AdminMar 2831 minTBS Roundtable: MY DARK VANESSAWelcome to the first roundtable between The Book Slut writers. Think of this as a book club meeting, recorded. Except in these times we decided to exchange w...
Jessica MariaMar 2715 minExcavation, My Dark Vanessa, and the Power of Who Tells Our StoriesA few weeks ago I was eating dinner with a large group of friends and acquaintances, and the woman next to me asked what I was currently reading. When I said...
Maggie Briana ChidesterMar 36 min"Hispanics can't read" & Dominicana by Angie Cruz“Who would be interested in a story about a woman like me? It’s so typical.”
Brianna AddamoJan 275 minRereading City of Bones in 2020It all started in 2019. I was completing NaNoWriMo last November - quite unsuccessfully might I add - and didn’t want to give myself a huge unachievable TBR ...