Gal's Guide to the Galaxy

06/12/2026

We have updated our Book Recommendations! From black history to LGBTQ+ history. From movies to music. We've got a lot of books for a lot of people. Each list is either from our library collection or from our staffs reading list.

Lists that we have:
Second Screen, LGBTQ+, Medieval Literature, Tribute to Madge Oberholtzer, Black History, Remember the Ladies, Music, Journalism, Movies, Advertising, Art, STEM, Women's History, and our picks from our Book Club and Film Clubs.

Find these lists at galsguide.org/book-lists

06/12/2026

Jane Yolen wrote many wonderful children’s books. Several about dragons and dinosaurs. When Gals Guide learned of her passing all we thought How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodbye? Thank you Jane for the stories that filled up the pages of our lives. Jane Yolen 1939-2026.

06/11/2026

Tonight is B.S. Club! Bring your works in progress and while we stitch we will bitch! We will be live on Zoom at 8pm EST.

Next Self Care Thursdays:
6/18 - Popcorn Gals - Movie is What's Love Got to Do with It
6/25 - Book Club - Book is Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
7/4 - Secret Secret
7/11 - B.S. Club
More information at galsguide.org.

06/10/2026

Were back at it again, bitchin' and stitchin'! Join us this Thursday for B.S. Club. Bring your crafts and your angers and we'll talk it out.
More info at galsguide.org.

06/09/2026

The Jury has picked their top 3 stories/poems from the Gals Guide Anthology: Rebellion!!!! Who will it be? Which authors will get the medals? Oh yes! There are medals! Live announcement June 23 at 8pm on Zoom. Everyone is welcome. Leah tries to make this fun.

For more info about the 5th Anthology from Gals Guide and how to order your copy, visit galsguide.org or

https://galsguide.org/2026/05/06/gals-guide-anthology-rebellion/

06/08/2026

The Gals Guide Podcast is also having a logo change!
Incase you haven't heard, we have a podcast! Each Monday we have a new episode talking about a gal of history that reflects our monthly topic. Right now we have 316 episodes! That may seem scary but we have a very nice list of all of our episodes on galsguide.org. If you have a favorite woman of history you can hit the good old ctrl F and see if we've talked about her.
You can find the podcast everywhere you like to listen to podcasts as well as on galsguide.org.

06/08/2026

Katie is taking a pottery class and found inspiration and kinship with Beatrice Wood. Beatrice was a potter and involved with the Dada movement, giving her the nickname "Mama of Dada." Learn about Beatrice's fascinating life in pottery, art, literature, and French names we struggle with.

Katie is taking a pottery class and found inspiration and kinship with Beatrice Wood. Beatrice was a potter and involved with the Dada movement, giving her the nickname “Mama of Dada.” …

06/07/2026

You can't talk Butterfly language with Caterpillar people.

06/06/2026

"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."
- Virginia Woolf

06/05/2026

Our dragon’s name is Debs.

Debs is a delightful dragon named after our friend and author Debra Kemp.

We called her Debs. She said that only her friends could call her Debs. She also said that if you wronged her, she would murder you in her next book. She was a perfect mix of friendly and fierce.

Gals Guide founder, Leah Leach, met Debs at the Indy Writers’ Group. Debs was quiet, reserved, and always thinking. She was eager for feedback and quick-witted for those who didn’t like her feedback.

Debs was the author of the House of Pendragon Series. Debs wrote stories about Camelot, asking a simple question: What if King Arthur had a daughter? The company that published the House of Pendragon Series went out of business and Debs’ books went out of print. In 2023, Leah was gifted the publishing rights from the family.

Debs died suddenly in 2015. By naming the dragon in our logo, Debs we hope to keep her legacy alive and inspire more people to “carry on the tale.”

If you would like to know more about Debs the 97th episode of the Gals Guide Podcast is all about her. You can also learn more about her on our Debs page on galsguide.org