85: Amanda Montell, author of Wordslut

"Anything worth studying and aligning yourself with is going to be complicated and, hopefully, evolving all the time as culture and language evolve." - Amanda Montell

Amanda Montell is a writer, linguist, and author of the critically acclaimed book Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, published by HarperCollins in 2019 and available now in paperback. Wordslut has been praised by Time Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher's Weekly, and the New York Times. Amanda lives in Los Angeles where she is currently developing Wordslut for television with FX, while working on her second book, which is about the language of cults. In her spare time, Amanda enjoys learning impractical languages, doting upon her spoiled pets, and volunteering as a crisis counselor for LGBTQ youth.

Connect with Amanda on her website or Instagram.

Amanda's book recommendations:

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T. Kira Madden

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

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"Anything worth studying and aligning yourself with is going to be complicated and, hopefully, evolving all the time as culture and language evolve." - Amanda Montell

Amanda Montell is a writer, linguist, and author of the critically acclaimed book Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, published by HarperCollins in 2019 and available now in paperback. Wordslut has been praised by Time Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Kirkus Reviews, Publisher's Weekly, and the New York Times. Amanda lives in Los Angeles where she is currently developing Wordslut for television with FX, while working on her second book, which is about the language of cults. In her spare time, Amanda enjoys learning impractical languages, doting upon her spoiled pets, and volunteering as a crisis counselor for LGBTQ youth.

Connect with Amanda on her website or Instagram.

Amanda's book recommendations:

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T. Kira Madden

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West

Shop all our authors' books and book recommendations on our Bookshop.org page!

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We donate 5% of all our sales to a different feminist organization each month. Our July charity is Soul Fire Farm.

Get $5 off your Feminist Book Club Box with the code PODCAST at feministbookclub.com/shop.

Our July book of the month is WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH by Elizabeth Acevedo.

Instagram: @feministbookclubbox

Twitter: @fmnstbookclub

Facebook: /feministbookclubbox

Pinterest: feministbookclub

Goodreads: Renee // Feminist Book Club Box and Podcast

Email newsletter: http://bit.ly/FBCemailupdates

Bookshop.org shop: Feminist Book Club Bookshop

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This podcast is produced on the native land of the Dakota and Ojibwe peoples.

Logo and web design by Shatterboxx 

Editing support from Phalin Oliver

Original music by @iam.onyxrose