December 2024: What all the Badass Women are Reading, Watching, Listening to AND Gifting this Month
How’s that holiday shopping going? You do know books are always a great gift, right? Here are some special picks I highly recommend for any badass woman on your holiday shopping list!
Starting with -> books + badass women authors + cocktails? A perfect combo!
The fifty recipes in this volume are as unconventional, imaginative, and refreshing as the authors that inspired them. Each double-page spread includes an illustration of one important woman writer along with fascinating background about her œuvre, personality, and points of literary distinction. And, of course, each profile is paired with a delicious recipe for a fitting cocktail. Pulling from every category—literary and genre fiction, poetry, graphic novels, essays and nonfiction— this book offers some surprising twists as well as old favorites. You can read more and get your copy here.
Cold days are the best craft days, right?
Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful, ever-evolving social justice movement that continues to grow and diversify as more voices and mediums take part in it. In Let's Move the Needle, Shannon Downey, an outspoken voice in the craftivist movement for over a decade, provides a roadmap and accessible toolkit for burgeoning art activists. Filled with self-reflective activities, exercises, prompts, and stories, Let's Move the Needle educates and empowers creatives to center their art around collective action in service of political, social or community issues they are most passionate about; affirming that everyone can be a changemaker and that change-making can be generative, enjoyable, and a bit sassy! You can read more and get your copy here.
Want to be ready for that New Year, New Me vibe? Then grab a copy of this now so you’ll be ready come January 1!
Bringing former First Lady Michelle Obama’s timeless advice to readers in a fresh, interactive, and instructional new format, Overcoming: A Workbook presents creative activities, reflective writing prompts, habit tracking tools, and more to provide the ultimate guide to unlocking your small power, sharing your whole self, showing up in relationships, and of course, “going high.” With her signature candor and warmth, Obama draws on her experiences to offer readers the tools and principles she has leaned on to overcome difficulties in all areas of life. You can read more about it and get your copy here.
The holidays are a great time to indulge in gorgeous coffee table books! And this one is just divine!
The first illustrated monograph on writer, journalist, and director Nora Ephron, the visionary behind When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You've Got Mail, Nora Ephron at the Movies offers an unfiltered look at Ephron as a champion of the rom-com and as a feminist Hollywood trailblazer. You can read more and get your copy here.
Dolly Parton’s new children’s book, reveals what really matters to her most at Christmas!
Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt: She’s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. He’s Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts. He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she’s told him otherwise.) But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself.That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone. She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust? As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth—and each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor. Assuming they don’t kill each other first.
What are all the Badass Women watching this month?
Sabrina Carpenter delivers a holiday treat with her Netflix Christmas special that’s as quirky as its title. A Nonsense Christmas blends music, comedy, and festive storytelling in a dazzling variety-show format. Carpenter performs tracks from her holiday EP, Fruitcake, and reinvents beloved holiday classics. Special guest appearances by Shania Twain and Kali Uchis bring star power, while comedic cameos from Quinta Brunson, Cara Delevingne, and Nico Hiraga provide laughs.
Set during NASA’s pivotal Apollo 11 moon landing, this romantic comedy on AppleTV mixes space-age drama with irresistible chemistry. Scarlett Johansson plays Kelly Jones, a savvy marketing strategist brought in to polish NASA’s public image. Her unorthodox methods clash with Cole Davis (Channing Tatum), the mission’s straight-laced launch director. As the stakes of the moon landing rise, so does their undeniable attraction.
If you like your comedy a little less romance, a little more dark, then you’ll want to check out this next show!
This eight-episode dark comedy takes a satirical look at the real estate market, relationships, and the secrets we hide. Lydia (Lisa Kudrow) and Paul (Ray Romano) are a couple attempting to sell their historic Los Angeles home to start fresh. But as three desperate families compete to buy the house, their tangled histories collide in unexpected ways. The series explores themes of greed, ambition, and redemption, blending sharp humor with moments of emotional resonance. Packed with twists, No Good Deed will keep viewers guessing—and laughing—until the final episode.
Until next time (next year!), keep living your best badass life!