SWR Christmas Gift Guide
Welcome to the one-stop shop for all your holiday shopping! Curated by Alana and Samra, the two have sustained long-term relationships with all the small biz owners listed. We hope you enjoy their fabulous products… and maybe even gift a few to your friends and family. 😉 Admiral Row We were introduced to this brandContinue reading “SWR Christmas Gift Guide”
How Solange is Creating a ‘For Us By Us’ Community Around Black Art
“For us, this sh*t is for us.” – Solange, “F.U.B.U.” , A Seat at the Table Solange Knowles has always been for the culture. It’s evident through her artistry. You can see it, you can feel it and you can hear it in every thing she does; undoubtedly with intent. So there’s no surprise toContinue reading “How Solange is Creating a ‘For Us By Us’ Community Around Black Art”
You Are Not Alone
While September is National Suicide Awareness Month, it’s important to be able to open up the conversation on mental health year-round. Nonetheless, this month we are taking the time to share resources and information on the stigmatized topic. We have been in a declared pandemic for 549 days (— where does the time go?!) andContinue reading “You Are Not Alone”
6 August Releases to Add to Your TBR List
We’re already more than half way through the year— what even is the concept of time these days? How many books have you gotten through on your ‘To Be Read (TBR)’ list? Better yet how many unreasonable but totally necessary reads have you added to the list? We’ve got you covered with a guide toContinue reading “6 August Releases to Add to Your TBR List”
KA X SWR Book Drive
Kinda Adulting and She Well Read are two podcasts teaming up to host a book drive focused on donating more interesting and representative bodies of Young Adult literature to middle school girls at the Ross Bell juvenile detention center in Birmingham, Alabama. The goal of this book drive is to empower more young women toContinue reading “KA X SWR Book Drive”
Black Lives Matter Reading List
#BlackLivesMatter While watching the news can be eye opening, it can also overwhelm us! Wondering how we can help in a sea of trauma and corruption can not only be debilitating, but can leave even the most positive of people feeling heavy and depressed. Right now, we have an opportunity to be agents of changeContinue reading “Black Lives Matter Reading List”
Our Story
SHE WELL READ was born in the summer of 2019, in Alana’s kitchen, the morning after a much needed girl’s night sleepover she and Samra had. The two had been talking for a while about how they wanted to start reading more now that they were wrapping up their last semester of undergrad. That morning,Continue reading “Our Story”
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