The Audacity.

The Audacity.

The Audacious Roundup

For the Week of September 8th

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AUDACIOUS BOOKCLUB HAPPENINGS

Book club news! We’re partnering with the lovely people at Allstora for the Audacious Book Club. Now, you can sign up to have the monthly selections delivered to your doorstep each month!

Our September selections are Moderation by Elaine Castillo and Resting Bitch Face by Taylor Byas. We will have a live book club discussion with Taylor Byas on September 23rd at 8pm ET/5 pm PT. We will be in conversation with Elaine Castillo on September 24th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. Registration is open! I hope to see many of you there. I’ve put together an Audacious Book Club storefront if you want to buy current or forthcoming book club titles. There is a bookclub FAQ if you have questions about how it all works.


THE NEWSLETTER WEEK IN REVIEW

The Audacious Love Letter Contest Winners

The Audacious Love Letter Contest Winners

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Sep 11
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Introducing Resting Bitch Face

Introducing Resting Bitch Face

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Sep 9
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Introducing Moderation

Introducing Moderation

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Sep 8
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PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL NEWS

On September 30th, I will be at Occidental College, in conversation with my lovely friend Alexandra Grant. It’s free and open to the public; you can get tickets here. I’ll join fellow Omahan Amber Ruffin on stage in Hartford, CT on October 8th. On October 18th, from 11 am to noon, I will be appearing at the Chicago Humanities Festival, talking about a decade of Bad Feminist. Come through!

Thanks to you guys and other readers, The Portable Feminist Reader is a NYT bestseller! So thank you! And if you haven’t gotten a copy yet, there’s still time! (And there will always be time, it’s a book.) And check out Love Letter to a Garden, by Debbie Millman.

Book and project buying links: Books I’ve Written, RGB Imprint Titles, Rebind: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton.


READING MATERIAL

Things are grim but I love the Radical Monarchs. They could use our support so let’s see what we can contribute to this social justice troop for girls.

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