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Book give- away: Cashing Out by Julien and Kiersten Saunders!

Hello and welcome to another Bitch Nation BOOK GIVE- AWAY! We had so much fun with the last one that we've decided to make this a regular thing.

This time we've got a real page-turner: Cashing Out by the incredible and inspirational Julien and Kiersten Saunders of rich + REGULAR. We're huge fans of these two. Their whole thing is acknowledging systems of privilege and oppression that affect the finances of marginalized people, particularly Black folks. They approach personal finance with the acknowledgment that this shit's hard and while we may fuck up from time to time, we can still recover!

You can check out our lil' review of Cashing Out in our summer reading list. Spoiler alert: we loved it! Also (not to brag)... we're giving away a hardcover copy of the book. She fancy!

Now on to the give- away. If you're new here—welcome! We love you. Here's how the give- away works:

1. Head over to our Patreon and comment on the announcement post. Say anything. Points if you make me laugh.

2. In 48 hours, we'll choose a winner from among the people who commented. Completely random. We have the technology!

3. We'll announce the winner on 12/2 and then send them the book!

You do NOT have to be a Patron to participate, so comment away, bitchlings! We get lots of opportunities to read and review books for the blog, and we want to share the wealth with you, our dedicated readers and listeners. So don't worry if you miss out this time! We'll definitely be doing this again.

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Cashing Out by Julien & Kiersten Saunders

First on our summer reading list is the literary brainchild of our beloved Julien and Kiersten Saunders, the bad-ass couple behind the blog rich & REGULAR and TV show, Money on the Table. And I fucking loved it.

Cashing Out: Win the Wealth Game by Walking Away is, on its surface, an early retirement primer for all us regular folks, but especially for regular Black folks. Dig deeper and you get to the meat of Julien and Kiersten’s message: we should all be reclaiming our power. Power over our money, our lives, our families, our futures.

I found myself overwatering the plants in my garden while reading Cashing Out because it kept giving me serious “Ah-hah!” moments. And I live and breathe personal finance writing! This is why I keep coming back to the Saunders…es (again: professional editor here): I know I still have so much to learn from them.

If you need to refresh your mindset and assumptions around money, this is the book for you. If you’re tired of white twenty-something tech bros telling you to just “work harder,” this book is for you. If you want to see an example of a healthy (not perfect!) marriage, partnered together in all aspects of work and personal life… this is the book for you.

I think it easily replaces a lot of the tired, old, unrealistic (or just plain dishonest) books on making it good. Burn that copy of Rich Dad, Poor Dad your clueless manager foisted on you and read this instead.