Digging Deeper

Books, e-books, and audiobooks

This is not a comprehensive list by any stretch of the word. This is more meant to be a reminder to myself of on topic media to add going forward. This is a list of what I own currently. Eventually, I'll update my Goodreads account with opinions and reviews.

Audible/Audiobooks

Between work, school, and life, I don't have the time to sit down and just read. So the majority of my intake of late is through podcasts and audiobooks. This is the list of what I own as of 3/21/20

Big Girl by Kelsey Miller
Certain Women of an Age
Feminasty by Erin Gibson
Girls to the Front by Sara Marcus
Hot & Heavy by Virgie Tovar
The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt

Kindle/Google Play/E-books

Cherry Bomb by Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna
Covered in Ink by Beverly Yuen

Physical Tomes

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo

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A brief(ish) history of the riot grrrl movement and an even briefer summary on how I ended up there

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Ow, my aching feminism!

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