For Women & Femmes in the Mavens Collective

The Women's
Reading Circle

Inside the Mavens Collective, there's a dedicated space for women and femmes — intimate gatherings, a private Discord, and a Seasonal Reading Journey for those who want to go deeper.

The Women's Reading Circle
is inside the Collective.

This is where Mavens began. Before the platform, before the directory, there was a small group of women who wanted more than casual friendship — who wanted to think deeply together, be challenged by books, make art, and grow alongside people who took that seriously.

The Women's Reading Circle is still that. It's private, intimate, and application-based. We keep it capped because the size is part of what makes it work. New members are accepted when there's space and fit.

$12/month. Existing members are grandfathered at their current rate.

The Reading Season.

Four times a year, 15 spots open for our Seasonal Reading Journey — a structured exploration of one theme, two to three books, and a series of meetings that go deep. It's included with your membership at no extra cost. Spots are first-come and close at 15.

If you're a member but didn't get a spot in the current Reading Journey, you still have everything else — the gatherings, the Discord, the workshop invites, the community. The Reading Journey is an additional experience inside your membership, not a requirement.

✦ Current Season

The Body Knows — Returning to the Inner Compass

We live in our heads. This season is about returning to embodied knowledge — the intelligence that lives below the neck. Reading matched with art-making and practices that put us back in our bodies.

Joining the Women's Reading Circle puts you in line for the next season sign-up. We'll reach out when spots open.

Seasonal Reading Journeys

Each journey, one question.
We read into it, make into it, live into it.

Four seasons per year. 15 spots each. WRC members get first access to sign up.

The Body Knows: Returning to the Inner Compass
✦ Now Reading

We live in our heads. We override our bodies with logic and productivity. This season is about returning to embodied knowledge — the intelligence that lives below the neck. Our reading is matched with art-making and practices that put us back in our bodies.

📕 Pussy: A Reclamation — Regena Thomashauer · Reading Now 📖 More titles to be announced
Reading circle gathering
Open heart
Woman in motion
Love as a Call to Action
Winter 2025–26

What does love demand of us — not as feeling, but as practice? We sat with love as a verb: the kind that requires courage, presence, and showing up even when it's inconvenient.

📗 All About Love — bell hooks 📘 Normal People — Sally Rooney 📙 Daring Greatly — Brené Brown
All About Love
Love at sunset
Volunteering

Upcoming Events

Join us in person or online.

Reading meetings, seasonal gatherings, and community events — all in one place.

Can't see the calendar? View all events on Luma →

Application

Join the Women's
Reading Circle.

The Women's Reading Circle is the women and femme community inside the Mavens Collective. Membership is $12/month. We read every application personally and reach out within a week.

About You
Your Reading Life
Help us understand what you're drawn to right now.
Memoir & personal essay
Literary fiction
Psychology & self-understanding
Philosophy & spirituality
Feminism & gender
Body, health & embodiment
Social justice & community
Creative nonfiction
Deep discussion — I want to really wrestle with the ideas
More reflective — journaling, quiet sharing, slower pace
I like a mix of both depending on the book
Your Why
This is the part we read most carefully.
Membership
New members are $12/month. If you need flexibility, we still want you here.
No — $12/month works for me
Yes — I'd like to discuss a supported rate

We'll respond within one week. Your information is never shared or sold.

🌙

Application received.

Thank you for sharing yourself with us. We'll read your application carefully and be in touch within a week. We're glad you're here. ✦