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Alyson sits down with Annie Sklaver Orenstein author of the forthcoming non-fiction book, Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief (coming out May 28th) and talks about their shared experiences of sibling loss, the lack of sibling loss resources and the how her book will fill a much needed void. Annie also talks about her publishing journey, how the shape of her book changed over time and how writing this book helped her forge a continuing bond with her brother, Ben. What a powerful conversation about living with grief, the joys and the challenges.

Pre-Order Annie’s book, Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief
Annie’s Website: https://www.annieorenstein.com/
Annie’s Newsletter: https://annieorenstein.substack.com/
Annie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anniesklaverorenstein/

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Tonya speaks with And I Thought Ladies Jade & Wilnona about why they write literary life guides with pop poetry, the idea behind the Inspirational Woman in Literature Awards, and how kindness is a form of advocacy.
Links for the And I Thought Ladies:
Website: https://andithoughtladies.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andithoughtladies/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/And-I-Thought-Ladies-100056588953910/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-and-i-thought-ladies-8967a5215
Organizations the And I Thought Ladies support:https://echofoundationinc.org/who-we-are/https://www.powerfulbeginnings.org/https://freedom-abuse.org/https://enoughabuse.org/

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In this episode of Femme on TV, Ria and Alyson chat about Girls5Eva, a show Ria forced Alyson to watch so that she would have someone to talk about it with. Just like the Barbie episode they overuse the words 'fun' and 'joy' but in the best way. They chat about all three seasons of the show, the performances, and the catchy tunes!
Come join in the chat!
And if you haven't watched Girls5Eva, then what are you waiting 5?
Alyson’s Instagram: @byalysonshelton 
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Ria's Instagram: @riacarrogan

Alyson and Natalie Serber (author of the novel, Shout Her Lovely Name and her memoir, Community Chest) discuss their love of TV moms and how women like Carol Brady and Alice on the Brady Bunch gave them comfort and hope when they were little and how now, Sam Fox on Better Things offers them support as mothers themselves. We don’t just discuss one scene but a cultural touchstone. It’s a fascinating conversation. Come join us!

Natalie’s website https://www.natalieserber.com/
Subscribe to Natalie’s Newsletter HERE https://readwriteeat.substack.com/

Alyson’s Instagram: @byalysonshelton 
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This episode Tonya speaks with Femme On creator Ria Carrogan about the importance of all acts of activism, food insecurity and poverty, parenting and podcasting! It is basically one long Ria rant!
Organisations that Ria mentions:
The Black Nursery Manager: https://www.theblacknurserymanager.com/Bloody Good Period - https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com/Trussell Trust - https://www.trusselltrust.org/Beauty Banks - https://www.beautybanks.org.uk/
Ria also mentions some amazing children's book authors and books:
Bethan Woollvin - https://www.bethanwoollvin.com/Harry Woodgate - https://www.harrywoodgate.com/My Skin, Your Skin by Laura Henry-Allain MBE and illustrated by Onyinye Iwu - https://www.laurahenryallain.com/lauras-shop/my-skin-your-skin/

Join us for a fiercely feminism discussion about film, media, TV, memoirs, and everything feminist with author, humour writer, teacher and generally cool person Elissa Bassist. Inspired by Elissa's substack post 'Films Shouldn't Win Awards Unless They Pass the Bechdel Test', Ria, Alyson and Elissa discuss feminism in movies (and media in general), the content we want to consume as women, and so much more!
Find out more about Elissa: https://www.elissabassist.com/Read Elissa's substack: https://substack.com/@elissabassistFollow Elissa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elissabassist