Virginia WoofThe first part of a wrap up of everything i've read so far this year! Featuring my cat's snoring and big John Mulaney energy
Representation of Indigenous Peoples in Dread Nation: americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2018/05/twitter-thread-on-justina-irelands.html Stories containing sexual assault in Sour Heart: "My Days and Nights of Terror," "Our Mother's Before Them," and "The Empty the Empty the Empty" *It's been awhile since I've read this book so if someone could confirm those are the stories I would really appreciate it! **Also after thinking more about it and reading some reviews, I have different feelings about the book, and agree that it relies on shock value and wouldn't necessarily recommend it
Everything Ive Read This Year | Part 1Virginia Woof2020-06-25 | The first part of a wrap up of everything i've read so far this year! Featuring my cat's snoring and big John Mulaney energy
Representation of Indigenous Peoples in Dread Nation: americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2018/05/twitter-thread-on-justina-irelands.html Stories containing sexual assault in Sour Heart: "My Days and Nights of Terror," "Our Mother's Before Them," and "The Empty the Empty the Empty" *It's been awhile since I've read this book so if someone could confirm those are the stories I would really appreciate it! **Also after thinking more about it and reading some reviews, I have different feelings about the book, and agree that it relies on shock value and wouldn't necessarily recommend it
instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofranking every romance book Ive ever read!!Virginia Woof2022-02-28 | ranking every romance book i've ever read!! (which unintentionally turns into the lightest of roasts) I somehow forgot to mention Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers, but other videos where I talk about it linked below! Also do you agree with my assessment?? 👀 let me know
More on These Books! -Evvie Drake Starts Over; Get a Life, Chloe Brown; Just like Heaven; the Right Swipe; Dance Upon the Air & Heaven and Earth: youtube.com/watch?v=F0YyVeteIJA -Face the Fire: youtube.com/watch?v=tlXiNDbAMRE -People We Meet on Vacation; Take a Hint, Dani Brown; Blood Brothers & the Hollow; the Cottage on Pumpkin and Vine & the Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice, the Kiss Quotient; and Honey Girl: youtube.com/watch?v=gUzmljlwh9A -Love in Colour: youtube.com/watch?v=sWIOsPQEXBY -the Pagan Stone: youtube.com/watch?v=aWlhEewfX84 -Written in the Stars; Beach Read; Act Your Age, Eve Brown; Window Shopping; Payback's a Witch; the Ex Hex; the Sugar Cookie Sweetheart Swap; Born in Fire & Born in Ice: youtube.com/watch?v=mRVfaojv2yo -The Wedding Date; One to Watch; Spoiler Alert; Born in Shame: Coming soon!
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofbooks for aquarius season!! 📚 ♒️ ✨Virginia Woof2022-02-14 | books for aquarius season!! i forgot to ask in the video, but what type of books do you like to read this time of year? Are there any books you associate with aquariuses? Tell me about your chart!!
Also Aru Shah from the Pandava Quintet is truly an Aquarian icon and I highly recommend it as a middle grade series!
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofreading the heroes of olympus for the first time!! (aka RR stressing me out for 6 weeks) | vlogVirginia Woof2022-02-01 | an unexpectedly epic journey of reading the heroes of olympus for the first time!! and maybe healing my inner child in the process lol. Also featuring justice for Aphrodite and surprise dental surgery
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofa wrap up thats thicc with two cs | everything i read October to December!!Virginia Woof2022-01-19 | a thicc little wrap up featuring outfit changes, lots of witchy books, romances, and the screams of Aubrey Plaza
*SPOILER ALERT* went in a bit on the plots for the Ex Hex (one aspect at the end with some warning), Beach Read, and Eve Brown
instagram: instagram.com/virginia.wooffictional crushes: 2 bi 2 furiousVirginia Woof2021-12-30 | featuring body shots off of stanley tucci and strong feelings about movies from the early 2000s
instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofa cozy little wrap up | everything i read July-September!Virginia Woof2021-11-25 | a slightly belated quarter 3 wrap up of everything i read from July to September!
*Warning* for SPOILERS and a *disclaimer* that I don't know enough about Ancient Egyptian history & mythology to attest to how RR choose to represent it in this series, however I do talk a bit about the colonial nature of Egyptology and the theft of artifacts at the end!
You can find @emmatobias6813 's sweaters (and other amazing art) on her art instagram: instagram.com/art_by_emma_tobiasa wrap up but from various places in my garden | everything I read April-June!Virginia Woof2021-10-01 | an INCREDIBLY belated quarter two wrap up of everything I read from April to June, but from my garden!
instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofEmma made me read romance books again | a reading vlogVirginia Woof2021-09-07 | People from New England kissing each other on the mouth, accidentally awakening a demon, butt stuff, and more in this round of romance book reading!
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofmy collection of poetry books!! (but also do i even like poetry)Virginia Woof2021-03-25 | a slightly ✨ aesthetic✨ tour of all my poetry books! shout out to my grey hair for coming through on this one lol
*just to be INCREDIBLY CLEAR when i say i get defensive of white men criticizing the work of Rupi Kaur more than others its because of issues with gatekeeping and who gets to define what "real" poetry is and who can write it
Fictional crushes: youtube.com/watch?v=-koDGNd4r_M Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofCirce & Song of Achilles | Gender & Sexuality in Greek Myth Retellings | Book ReviewVirginia Woof2021-02-08 | Gender, sexuality, and race in Circe & Song of Achilles and feminist Greek myth retellings more generally! CW for discussion of how sexual violence comes up in the books and SPOILER ALERT for some plot points (mostly what's from the myths already).
I know the explanation of Ancient Greek social organization and citizenship was basic BUT LIKE YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofEverything I Read and Didnt Tell You About | 2020 Wrap Up & Top 5 Books of the YearVirginia Woof2021-01-07 | a somewhat heaty wrap up of everything I read in 2020 and hadn't already talked about, and my top 5!
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofHoliday Book Haul!! (we read ourselves bedtime stories now lol)Virginia Woof2020-12-29 | you know what I'm sAyInG?? Sorry y'all this is why I don't do hauls 😂
Glass Bookshop: glassbookshop.com Jean: youtube.com/c/JeanMBT Wild Geese by Mary Oliver: http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_wildgeese.html
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofMy Fictional Crushes (ft. bisexual chaos)Virginia Woof2020-12-01 | Gilbert Blythe is a lesbian? Women who can kill me?? A chaotic journey through my fictional crushes from childhood to like last week.
It's a v white list unfortunately, which is reflective of what I was mostly watching as a child, but there is definitely more to come!
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofShould We Still Be Reading Margaret Atwood? | CanLit, White Feminism, and Settler ColonialismVirginia Woof2020-11-19 | Is Margaret Atwood "problematic"? Does her writing have implications for settler colonialism in Canada? Is The Handmaid's Tale a white feminist text? Why do white women align with white patriarchy? In this video I expand on my previous discussion of Atwood's role in UBC Accountable and dive more into her writing as a settler, her position in shaping the canon of CanLit (Canadian literature), and her participation in r*pe culture as a white feminist.
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofCozy Tour of my TBR🍂 (50+ books!!)Virginia Woof2020-10-26 | a cozy tour of my TBR! Including my boyfriend and some unexpected movie tie in covers lol also some good autumnal reads!!
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woof Earrings: instagram.com/georgiabradburneConfessions of a Teaching Assistant | What I Wish Students KnewVirginia Woof2020-10-01 | Me and my lavender sour talking about what its like to be a teaching assistant, including things I wish students knew, grading, being in the same classes as your students, course evaluations, TA organizing and solidarity, and more!
Instragram: instagram.com/virginia.woofGraduate School Advice! (finding a program, how to apply, supervisors, scholarships, and more!)Virginia Woof2020-09-28 | Some advice from my experience in grad school! Including finding a program, how to apply, how to navigate a relationship with your supervisor, course work, and scholarships
Instragram: instagram.com/virginia.woofAngela Davis & How to Still Support BLM | Are Prisons Obsolete? & If They Come in the NightVirginia Woof2020-09-21 | Discussing two books by the one and only Angela Davis: Are Prisons Obsolete and If They Come In the Night, as well as things my fellow white people in particular can be doing to keep supporting Black Lives Matter.
Resources & Citations: PLEASE let me know if you have better resources!
*Content Warning for all documentaries discussed in video: -The 13th & The Skin We're In; Anti-Black racism and violence against Black people, Disclosure; violence against trans people and clips of violent scenes from media -The Skin We're In documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=msoBTIv1VqM -Books by Leynes' video: youtube.com/watch?v=EUq0ZbswSnw
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofIs Jurassic Park Feminist? | Book vs. MovieVirginia Woof2020-09-10 | A Feminist Reading of Jurassic Park! Also discussing adaptational choices and whether or not the franchise is a retelling of Frankenstein??
Time stamps: -Breakdown of characters and gendered/racial dynamics: 1:45 -Ellie Sattler & Alan Grant's relationship book vs. movie: 7:20 -Ellie & Alan gender roles (vs. Jurassic World): 9:01 -Dinosaur's as women* & Frankenstein: 11:20 *Wanted to convey "biological" gender, but didn't want to use "female," bc discussing social context
My instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofBooks I read on Vacation! | August Wrap UpVirginia Woof2020-09-03 | All the books I read on a lil vacation! PLEASE let me know if you have any other recommendations for books about friendship as well as critical fat studies and fat activism/acceptance!!
You can find Call Your Girlfriend on all podcast platforms! Aminatou Sow on Instagram: instagram.com/aminatou Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofPreorder Books With Me!! | Most Anticipated Releases from BIPOC & LGBTQ+ Authors | & August TBRVirginia Woof2020-08-06 | Preorder some books with me from my most anticipated releases from BIPOC & LGBTQ+ authors!! I forgot to mention in the TBR I'm also currently reading If They Come in the Night by Angela Davis and will hopefully being doing a video on it soon!
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofThe Rope Tying Story | Confessions of a Former BooksellerVirginia Woof2020-07-31 | finding nudes in books?? and other confessions of a former bookseller
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofEsi Edugyan | Black Canadian Authors You Should KnowVirginia Woof2020-07-23 | v excited to share with you the work of Esi Edugyan! Including The Second Life of Samuel Tyne, Half-Blood Blues, Dreaming of Elsewhere, and Washington Black
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofAnne of Avonlea | Book Review | MY HEARTVirginia Woof2020-07-16 | Hi hello and welcome to an absolute rollercoaster of emotions about Anne of Avonlea. This emotional outburst of a discussion is a bit detailed regarding certain plot points, so beware.
Instagram: instagram.com/virginia.woofEverything Ive Read This Year | Part 2 (a real mixed bag yall)Virginia Woof2020-07-06 | The second part of wrapping up everything I've read so far this year, a lil mid year check in if you will, featuring reader expectations vs. marketing and white women doing the bare minimum
See more up to date posts about what I'm reading: instagram.com/virginia.woofReading Percy Jackson for the First Time! (SPOILERS)| VlogVirginia Woof2020-06-20 | Join me as I read Percy Jackson for the first time! SPOILERS AHEAD, LIKE SERIOUSLY SO MANY, BEWARE.
Follow Me!: instagram.com/virginia.woofMy Favourite Local Bookstore | Glass BookshopVirginia Woof2020-06-11 | Located on Treaty 6 territory, Glass Bookshop is a wonderfully curated bookstore focusing on LGBTQ2SIA and IBPOC authors.