Is the OTF Book Club cursed? It might be... Listen to our podcast and decide for yourself:
The Final Verdict:
Sydney’s Thoughts:
It’s rare that I decide to DNF a book, but DNF this book I did. This book is offensive on so many levels. I couldn’t believe a book written by a woman could be so offensive to women. I wish I could burn every copy on the planet so as to ensure no one else is subjected to this poor excuse for a book.
Kayla’s Thoughts:
Dear readers, don't waste your time.
Blaze’s Thoughts:
I mean if you read this book and don’t find any issues with the dynamics then the problem is definitely you and please talk to someone.
Aimée’s Thoughts:
It was so preposterous it was *almost* funny. I was curious about all the Colleen Hoover hype, and now...I am no longer curious. I will politely decline to read any of her other works.
Shit We’re Loving:
Our Pick: Body Better by Maisie Peters
Maisie Peters released the lead single off her second studio album today. The track is called Body Better and is an upbeat, vulnerable track about body comparison. Maisie really said trauma, but make it a bop.
Show Your Support: Polaris Project
In 2023, OTF will now spotlight four charities, showing our support on a quarterly basis instead of monthly. Though this does mean we’re not highlighting as many organizations as before, this will allow for more time on the important aspect of writing, while still doing what OTF was created to do which is support writing and each other. For the new quarterly SYS organizations, OTF will donate $200 to each hand-selected charity. This quarter, for January, February, and March (or our Winter Quarter), we spotlight the Polaris Project.
Founded in 2002, Polaris is named for the North Star, which people held in slavery in the United States used as a guide to navigate their way to freedom. Today, the project serves victims and survivors through the National Human Trafficking Hotline while creating targeted systems-level strategies to disrupt and further prevent human trafficking. One of these strategies is to illuminate how human trafficking really works, in real time. To learn more about this, Polaris offers a free Human Trafficking 101 crash course that showcases how human trafficking really happens (spoiler: not like the movies) and shares survivor stories that provide real-life context and perspective. For the quarter, OTF has already donated $200 to Polaris and encourage you to give and/or promote what you can.
Need help now? Call the US National Human Trafficking Hotline (operated by Polaris) at 888-373-7888, or text “BeFree” to 233733, or access Polaris’ Live Chat.
Daily Intention:
Today I choose…
to put the book down.
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