{"id":24012,"date":"2021-05-27T11:29:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T15:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/?p=24012"},"modified":"2022-07-19T09:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T13:47:42","slug":"summer-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Book Club: Pride 2021 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celebrate Pride by reading stories that center the LGBTQIA community. For June\u2019s Summer Book Club, we\u2019ve rounded up a few of our favorite authors and groundbreaking characters you should bookmark, stat. Happy Pride!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><!-- Inline Shopping Variants:  product-card--description-tag, product-card--tag-only, product-card--image-aligned-right-->\n<div id=\"block_62b9d29a2b31b\" class=\"product-card k-pt-0 k-pb-0\">\n\n  <div class=\"container k-px-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex-row\">\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__showcase\">\n          <div class=\"image-ratio image-ratio--square\">\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__content\">\n\n          \n\n<h2 class=\"k-hr-3 k-my-0 wp-block-heading\"><br>1.&nbsp;<em>Faith Taking Flight,<\/em>&nbsp;by Julie Murphy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"k-text--md k-mb-0 k-text--xxs--mobile\">Attention YA fans! Julie Murphy\u2019s recent book centers around Faith, a bi teenager who discovers she can fly. The character, Faith Herbert, is one of Valiant Universe\u2019s most prominent superheroes, and Murphy\u2019s book explores her origin story, so this one will appeal to comic book fans as well. Here\u2019s to the superhero powers of being an awesome teen (and the main character we\u2019ve been waiting for).<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><!-- Inline Shopping Variants:  product-card--description-tag, product-card--tag-only, product-card--image-aligned-right-->\n<div id=\"block_62b9d2f82b31c\" class=\"product-card k-pt-0 k-pb-0\">\n\n  <div class=\"container k-px-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex-row\">\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__showcase\">\n          <div class=\"image-ratio image-ratio--square\">\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__content\">\n\n          \n\n<h2 class=\"k-hr-3 k-my-0 wp-block-heading\">2.&nbsp;<em>All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue<\/em>, by George M. Johnson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"k-text--md k-mb-0 k-text--xxs--mobile\">Activist and journalist George M. Johnson takes an enlightening look at gender, sexuality and societal pressures to fit into the binary constructs. Pulling from his own upbringing as a gay Black boy in America, he explores topics like toxic masculinity, family and Black joy. Voted an Amazon Best Book of the Year in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><!-- Inline Shopping Variants:  product-card--description-tag, product-card--tag-only, product-card--image-aligned-right-->\n<div id=\"block_62b9d3522b31d\" class=\"product-card k-pt-0 k-pb-0\">\n\n  <div class=\"container k-px-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex-row\">\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__showcase\">\n          <div class=\"image-ratio image-ratio--square\">\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__content\">\n\n          \n\n<h2 class=\"k-hr-3 k-my-0 wp-block-heading\">3.&nbsp;<em>Wow, No Thank You,<\/em>&nbsp;by Samantha Irby&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"k-text--md k-mb-0 k-text--xxs--mobile\">Samantha Irby\u2019s essays are equal parts hilarious and honest, as she explores everything from pop culture to a middle-aged girls\u2019 night out. This one is a New York Times Best Seller for a reason. If you get hooked on her candor, see her other two essay collections,&nbsp;<em>Meaty<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>We Are Never Meeting In Real Life<\/em>&nbsp;for further reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><!-- Inline Shopping Variants:  product-card--description-tag, product-card--tag-only, product-card--image-aligned-right-->\n<div id=\"block_62b9d3a02b31e\" class=\"product-card k-pt-0 k-pb-0\">\n\n  <div class=\"container k-px-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex-row\">\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__showcase\">\n          <div class=\"image-ratio image-ratio--square\">\n\n            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"flex-col-6\">\n        <div class=\"product-card__content\">\n\n          \n\n<h2 class=\"k-hr-3 k-my-0 wp-block-heading\">3.&nbsp;<em>Bad Feminist,<\/em>&nbsp;by Roxane Gay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"k-text--md k-mb-0 k-text--xxs--mobile\">This collection of personal essays and critique explores race, gender and the political and social landscape of issues affecting women. A perfect primer for someone new to Gay\u2019s work, she is also the bestselling author of beloved books Hunger:&nbsp;<em>A Memoir of My Body<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Difficult Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of our favorite influential stories that center LGBTQIA community members. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"class_list":["post-24012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-know"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Summer Book Club: Pride 2021 Edition - Dia &amp; Co<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dia &amp; Co celebrates Pride 2021 by reading stories that center the LGBTQIA community for our June Summer Book Club round up.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer Book Club: Pride 2021 Edition - Dia &amp; Co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dia &amp; Co celebrates Pride 2021 by reading stories that center the LGBTQIA community for our June Summer Book Club round up.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dia &amp; Co\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/diaandco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-27T15:29:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-19T13:47:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d3mnyo7e05c2kb.cloudfront.net\/blog-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/shutterstock_167894072_2400x1524-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sarah Graham\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@diaandco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@diaandco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarah Graham\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/\",\"name\":\"Summer Book Club: Pride 2021 Edition - Dia &amp; Co\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-27T15:29:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-19T13:47:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/15eacf80ba06941fd52cc9a286c41a97\"},\"description\":\"Dia & Co celebrates Pride 2021 by reading stories that center the LGBTQIA community for our June Summer Book Club round up.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/know\/summer-book-club\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Summer Book Club: Pride 2021 Edition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dia.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Dia &amp; Co\",\"description\":\"Dia &amp; Co is the premier personal styling service for plus-size women. 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