What we’re about
Our mission is to foster feminist community in Sacramento primarily via a shared love of books, but also through building a community that could include other events such as social meetups, movies, food, etc. We're a social group open to people of all identities who consider themselves feminist and want to expand their feminist network and knowledge. Most meetings involve a book club discussion and then optionally moving to a nearby venue for a drink or food if you have time to hang out.
A $2 donation is requested at all of our events, but definitely not required.
We don’t believe there is one true way to be a feminist. This group is about exploring ideas and learning together. We will read promiscuously from a variety of feminist camps and try to understand the history of feminism and its current struggles. We're going to look at feminism from a big picture perspective and then take a fine-tooth comb and look for the feminism that is hidden under a rock in the corner. We might even read books that are not feminist at all, but then we’ll try to use a feminist lens to understand them.
Books are selected two months out so you have time to read the book (and also get it from the library if you prefer). We vote democratically on which books to read, so think of a book or two you'd like the group to read and bring it up at the meeting.
Yes, it’s OK if you didn’t finish the book.
Come for the awesome books, stay for the awesome feminist friends you’ll make.
We are a sister book club to the San Diego Feminist Book Club.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- May Book Club: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo3325 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, CA
We will gather and introduce ourselves and then spend about 70 minutes talking about the book. We try to bring a feminist perspective to every book discussion. And yes, it's OK if you didn't finish the book.
At the end of our time, we'll hold a vote for the book we'll be reading two months from now. Please bring books that you think might be interesting for the group or that you've been hoping to read!
Folks that have the time are welcome to join for a social beverage at a nearby venue.
We are an inclusive group that welcomes everyone who identifies as feminist or is curious about feminism or at least wants to read feminist books.
For this month, we will be reading Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo.
Location: We will be in the back room of Wild Sister's Book Company.
Book description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!Winner of the NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction
Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeFrom National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story of one Dominican American family told through the voices of its women
Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake—a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she’s led—her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her own death, or someone else’s? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila.
But Flor isn’t the only person with secrets: her sisters are hiding things, too. And the next generation, cousins Ona and Yadi, face tumult of their own.
Spanning the three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Acevedo’s inimitable and incandescent voice, this is an indelible portrait of sisters and cousins, aunts and nieces—one family’s journey through their history, helping them better navigate all that is to come.
A Best Book of 2023 from: Washington Post * Good Housekeeping * Real Simple * Harper's Bazaar * Elle * Time * NPR
- June Book Club: All Fours by Miranda July3325 Folsom Blvd, Sacramento, CA
We will gather and introduce ourselves and then spend about 70 minutes talking about the book. We try to bring a feminist perspective to every book discussion. And yes, it's OK if you didn't finish the book.
At the end of our time, we'll hold a vote for the book we'll be reading two months from now. Please bring books that you think might be interesting for the group or that you've been hoping to read!
Folks that have the time are welcome to join for a social beverage at a nearby venue.
We are an inclusive group that welcomes everyone who identifies as feminist or is curious about feminism or at least wants to read feminist books.
For this month, we will be reading All Fours by Miranda July.
Location: We will be in the back room of Wild Sister's Book Company.
Book description:
A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEARA WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 10 FICTION BOOKS OF 2024
ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:
THE NEW YORKER ● VOGUE ● FINANCIAL TIMES ● OPRAH DAILY ● VULTURE ● VOX
The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life
“A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect . . . nothing short of riveting.” —Vogue
“All Fours has spurred a whisper network of women fantasizing about desire and freedom. . . . It’s the talk of every group text."—The New York Times
“All Fours possessed me. I picked it up and neglected my life until the last page, and then I started begging every woman I know to read it as soon as possible.”—The Cut
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey.
Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.
