The Perks Of Being A Book Lover Podcast
Education:Language Learning
Sometimes it only takes a spark to start a fire. For writer and activist Farrah Alexander, the small flicker of an idea that eventually became her first book was her January 2017 participation in the historic Women's March in Washington DC. She encountered so many women who were emboldened to make change but weren’t sure how to channel their energies.
Farrah wrote her book titled Raising the Resistance: A Mother’s Guide to Practical Activism which gives suggestions on how to be a leader in your life and a model for change for your children. But the book is also witty and whimsical which makes it accessible to a wide audience.
Farrah has been a journalist and freelance writer whose articles have appeared in the Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, and BuzzFeed. Her work focuses on feminism, social justice, parenting, and politics. She is also a Jeremiah Fellow with Bend the Ark, a Jewish partnership for justice which aims to combat white supremacy and mobilize communities for social change.
In this episode, Farrah talks to us about how even as a child she was drawn to books with strong female characters like Amelia Bedelia, how she wants to make the ideas of feminism less academic and more accessible, why she feels essay writing can be a powerful tool for women to share their stories, and which item of her political memorabilia collection is her most cherished.
Books mentioned in this episode:
1- Raising the Resistance: A Mother's Guide to Practical Activism by Farrah Alexander
2- Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish
3- Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
4- The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols
5- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
6- Becoming by Michelle Obama
7- Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
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S. 7 Ep. 156 Holiday Gift-Giving with Bookseller Sam Miller 11/23-/2
S. 7 Ep. 155 - Fashion and Fiction with Guest Jacqueline Firkins 11-16-22
S. 7 Ep. 154 Around The World Reading: Australia with Guest Lily Raiti
S. 7 Ep. 153- Weathering a Poetic Storm with Guest Ellen Hagan - 11/2/22
S. 7 Ep. 152 - Dark Academia’s Haunts and Curses with Guest Lee Mandelo 10-26-22
REPLAY S. 5 Ep. 109 - Horror Is Like A Jar Of Salsa with guest Johann Trotter
S. 7 Ep. 151 - Library Haunts with Guest Stacie Dotson from the Willard Library - 10-12-22
S. 7 Ep. 150 - Making Reading Less Scary with Guest Tyler Miller 10-5-22
S. 7 Ep. 149 - Manhattan, Myths, and Mom with Guest Erin Keane 9-28-22
S. 7 Ep. 148 - Music To Your Ears with Guest Susan Rogers 9-21-22
S. 7 Ep. 147- Poetry On The Fly with Guest Sean Petrie of Typewriter Rodeo 9-14-22
S. 7 Ep. 146 A May-December Friendship with Guest Ben Aitken - 9/7/22
S. 7 Ep. 145 - Romantic Reader Gateways with Guest Natalie Martin 8-31-22
S. 7 E. 144 - Getting Into The Spirits with Guest Shelley Sackier 8-24-22
S. 7 Ep. 143 - Mind Games with Guest Erin Flanagan 8-17-22
S. 7 Ep. 142 - One-On-One Reading Rendevous with Guest Cassie Moses 8-10-22
S. 7 Ep. 141 Appalachia is Overflowing with guests Bobi Conn and Kendra Winchester
REPLAY S. 5 Ep. 102- The Building Books of Empathy with Guest Melissa Hart 7-27-22
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