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We are excited to announce our 2026 Feminist book club list! If you are a woman living in Berlin, join us to discuss these awesome books with other awesome women. DM us with your email address and we will add you to our monthly mailing list, where you will get meeting reminders and details. Our meetings are hosted in the homes of our members. You do not have to join for every single meeting. We look forward to seeing you! Let’s get reading!! 📚📚📚 Madhvi and Rina

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Mark 26.5 for our next global book club together with the lovely ladies of the amazing @the_ms_informed feminist book club at the cosiest (and maybe most sex-positive) English book store in Kreuzberg: @ivallansbooks This time we will read and discuss “The Sex Lives of African Women” by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah. The book uniquely amplifies individual women from across the African continent and its global diaspora, as they speak of their diverse experiences of sex, sexualities, and relationships. Many of the women who tell their stories in this collection recall the journeys they have travelled in order to own their own sexualities. They do this by grappling with experiences of sexual abuse, resisting the religious edicts of their childhood, and by asserting their sexual power. From finding queer community in Egypt to living a polyamorous life in Senegal to understanding the intersectionality of religion and pleasure in Cameroon to choosing to leave relationships that no longer serve them, these narratives are as individual and illuminating as the women who share them. As in all our book clubs books it provides a deep insight into women’s quest for freedom and to live a truly liberated life. Where and when: 26.5 19.30 Ivallan’s Second Hand & Exceptional Books Schönleinstrasse 32 109 67 Berlin #feministbookclub

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We are beyond excited to drop some of the wonderful programming we have coming up in the next couple of weeks!
 - Manicures, book club and author talk with Susan Lieu (@susanlieu ) joining in from the USA, as well as Amelie Hoang, the founder of the German-Vietnamese lil beauty empire Glowy (@glowy.beauty.bar )!
 - Our next community fundraiser; this time to women’s organizations in Iran and Sudan in one of our Neukölln’s prettiest hangouts!

- Feminist book clubs with MS Informed (@the_ms_informed ) with some exciting books in some wonderful spaces TBA! 
And finally - a new podcast where we will travel to one of the world’s most buzzing metropolises: Istanbul!
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We are BEYOND excited to announce our first feminist global novels book club of 2026! For this occasion, we chose an incredibly rich memoir called “The Manicurist’s Daughter” by Susan Lieu @susanlieu a Vietnamese American author, activist and performer, whose work explores intergenerational trauma, impossible beauty standards, dysfunctional families and unresolved griefs. This book follows Susan’s story as she searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Refugees from the Vietnam War, her family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan’s mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting up two successful nail salons and orchestrating every success ― until Susan was eleven. That year, her mother died from a botched tummy tuck. After the funeral, no one was ever allowed to talk about her or what had happened. Jup it’s a lot of rich and timely topics to discuss in our lil’ female-feminist book circle! What is extra special: Our book club will take place at a Vietnamese-owned nail salon (including some treats). Exact date will be announced soon (but it will be end of April). Until then; get your copy of the book, block social media and immerse yourself in the story! You can find “The Manicurist’s Daughter” at local bookstores such as @shesaidbooks (13 €) as well as for free at the library Libby App! If anyone can’t find the book we will have some copies at our office in Neukölln to pick up too!

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We have been aware for some time that we are shadow banned on Instagram. And has big tech gets stronger and says ship continues. We are making an effort to leave platforms we feel no longer serve our purpose. we aren’t leaving Instagram. Don’t worry as of now. It’s still the hub of our community online, but we will be joining UpScrolled! Find us on the app! A Palestinian owned social media app!

As December begins we are also gearing up to pick our books for 2026! That’s right the ms Informed book club is going into its third year. It’s been such a pleasure to meet monthly with such an amazing group of women and we can’t wait to see what books they pick for 2026. If you want to join slide into our DMs. Happy reading.

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We are back 🙈 but only for a special one off episode! This week we talked to Luisa about child abuse! Find the link in our stories or via our substack linkedin our bio!