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Book Discussion 5 - Shrill AF
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This episode we cover Shrill by Lindy West (Lee’s pick). We talk about gender bias and gender expectations surrounding fatness, internet trolls, representation of different body sizes in the clothing industry, flying while fat, millennials' consumer values, and more! This month’s genre pick was Lee’s pick: feminist/female lead.
Make sure to listen all the way through to find out next episode’s genre and book pick - read along with us this month and join us next episode for our discussion!
*This episode was recorded just before quarantine on March 8, 2020, which was 9 months and also 900 years ago.
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Check out these books mentioned on the show!
Previous Drink A Book book club picks:
- Give a Sh*t by Ashlee Piper
- Fever Dream by Samanta Shweblin
Other books mentioned:
- JO - Folk of the Air Series by Holly Black; Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- LEE - You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe; Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza
- LOREN - The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West; The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn; Circe by Madeline Miller; Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow; Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- LYNN - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides; Yes We (Still) Can by Dan Pfieffer
- MARIE - Atticus Poetry; Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney; Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein; Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Check out these other podcasts mentioned on the show!
- What Page Are You On?
- She’s All Fat
- Pod Save America
- No Man’s Land
- With Friends Like These
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