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10 Essential Books About Writing

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by Nylah Burton
April 6, 2022 at 12:07pm
Must-read titles for writers include works by Elena Ferrante, Akwaeke Emezi, Meg Wolitzer, Yoko Ogawa, and more.
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BitchReads: 13 Books Feminists Should Read in October

by Rosa Cartagena
October 1, 2021 at 12:29pm
Cozy up with a new title this month. Read more »
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Soul Survivor: Tarana Burke's "Unbound" Brings #MeToo Back to Its Roots

by Nicole Froio
September 22, 2021 at 11:55am
Burke continues a tradition of Black feminist thought that centers Black girls and women. Read more »
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Love Is the Drug: “Crazy For You” Puts a Societal Lens on Love and Sex Addiction

by Oliver Haug
September 21, 2021 at 12:59pm
Reframing the way we think about love and sex can change our lives.  Read more »
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Socialist Anxiety: Sally Rooney’s New Novel Reveals an Author Trapped By Herself

by Nylah Burton
September 10, 2021 at 3:59pm
The insistent classification of Rooney’s work as Marxist has long felt like a stretch. Read more »
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BitchReads: 11 Books Feminists Should Read in September

by Evette Dionne
September 1, 2021 at 12:03pm
Greet fall with these upcoming titles. Read more »
a collage of two book covers: How We Fall Apart, a photo of an Asian teenage girl with black hair split up into various pieces and A Lesson in Vengeance, a black book cover with an illustration of purple flowers and cobwebs

Academia Is Even Darker than We Thought

by Alaina Leary
August 31, 2021 at 11:24am
Katie Zhao and Victoria Lee are shaping the canon of dark academia. Read more »
Made in China, a yellow book cover that features a photo of rusty scissors, is cropped against a photo of Anna Qu, a thin, Chinese woman with a black bob

Loose Threads: Anna Qu Wants Us to Know the Truth About Garment Factories

by Hannah Bae
August 26, 2021 at 1:20pm
Anna Qu relied on her powers of observation to survive a punishing home environment. Read more »
Nichole Perkins, a brown-skinned Black woman with long brown braids, poses in a blue shirt against an outdoors background

Soft Power: Nichole Perkins Redesigns the Politics of Desire

by Vanessa Willoughby
August 23, 2021 at 9:00am
People still have a hard time recognizing that Black women need to be protected. Read more »
Deborah Copaken, author of Ladyparts, is a white woman with long, brown hair

Written On the Body: For Deborah Copaken, Biology Is a Battlefield

by Andi Zeisler
August 6, 2021 at 10:43am
She is using her body as a megaphone. Read more »
Emilly Prado, a light-skinned Latinx woman with long, brown hair, poses in a black dress and doorknocker earrings against an orange background

Emilly Prado Closes the Coffin on Her Old Life

by Michelle Ruiz Keil
August 5, 2021 at 12:17pm
Everybody’s sense of memory changes over time. Read more »

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Rewriting the Future: Using Science Fiction to Re-Envision Justice

by Walidah Imarisha
Spring 2015 • Law & Order
Our justice movements desperately need science fiction. Read more »

Eat, Pray, Spend: Priv-Lit and the New, Enlightened American Dream

Elizabeth Gilbert, a white woman wearing a navy blue jumpsuit, leans forward and holds hand with and Oprah Winfrey, a Black woman wearing a gray cardigan and jeans
by Joshunda Sanders
Summer 2010 • Action
Even as reports on joblessness, economic recovery, and home foreclosures suggest that no one is immune to risk during this recession, the popularity of women’s wellness media has persisted and, indeed, grown stronger.  Read more »

A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color

by Victoria Law
November 17, 2014 at 5:07pm
Nearly every Saturday morning, feminists of color hold Twitter discussions taking a deeper look at issues, such as gender violence. It’s the... Read more »

Demanding the Impossible: Walidah Imarisha Talks About Science Fiction and Social Change

by Kristian Williams
April 13, 2015 at 2:23pm
Before she was a poet, journalist, documentary filmmaker, anti-prison activist, and college instructor, Walidah Imarisha was fascinated... Read more »