Books

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Bye Sharam: Indian Women Are Tapping into the Enduring Power of Memoir

by Madhuri Sastry
July 17, 2019 at 10:19am
Sharam, or shame, is one of patriarchy’s most powerful weapons, and it begins early. Read more »
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“Hot Comb” Uplifts Black Women by Their Roots

by DW McKinney
July 12, 2019 at 10:35am
All Black women haven’t experienced the trauma captured in Hot Comb, but there are still broad strokes that all Black women have either shared in intimate dialogues with our friends and family. Read more »
a white woman with glasses with shoulder-length curls sits on a stage

Fear of a Feminist Lens: How Emily Nussbaum Pioneered TV Criticism

by Jourdain Searles
July 9, 2019 at 7:32pm
Nussbaum provides a roadmap for how to talk about television with an openness that sheds the hand-wringing that has plagued television criticism since its conception. Read more »
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BitchReads: 5 Nonfiction Books Feminists Should Read This July

by Evette Dionne
July 8, 2019 at 12:38pm
We’re bringing BitchReads back! Read more »
The cover of The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg, which features the two main characters, Max, a gay biracial Mexican baseball player, and Jordan, a gay poet.

A Queerer World: 2019 Is the Year of the LGBTQ YA Novel

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 26, 2019 at 2:12pm
This year, LGBTQ young adult novels have finally diversified the queer experience. Read more »
A photo of author Mason Deaver, who is white and non-binary, in promotion of their book "I Wish You All the Best." Mason wears a pink sweatshirt and is smiling.

Moving the Needle: Mason Deaver on Creating One of YA’s First Nonbinary Protagonists

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 21, 2019 at 3:21pm
In YA, nonbinary protagonists are rare. Mason Deaver seeks to change that with their debut, I Wish You All the Best. Read more »
a Black mother in a headwrap holds her newborn baby to her chest

Cultivating Joy: Dani McClain Faces Down the Fear of Maternal Mortality

by Evette Dionne
June 17, 2019 at 1:02pm
When you become responsible for guiding a young person through this world, there are a lot of reasons to have some anxiety.  Read more »
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Not Safe For Work: “Reckoning” Reminds Us That the Fight against Sexual Harassment Didn’t Start with #MeToo

by Bitch HQ
June 14, 2019 at 12:29pm
The book is a fascinating, often dizzying ride through legal history, cultural evolution, feminist-movement dynamics, and media mythmaking. Read more »
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Invisible Signs: What We’re Still Missing When We Talk about Domestic Violence

by Caroline Reilly
May 28, 2019 at 11:16am
No Visible Bruises will raise awareness and save lives. Read more »
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Cherríe Moraga Honors Her Foremothers in “Native Country of the Heart”

by Roberta Nin Feliz
May 23, 2019 at 4:28pm
Capturing our foremothers’ stories is one of the ways in which women of color remember themselves. Read more »

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Black Girls Hunger for Heroes, Too: A Black Feminist Conversation on Fantasy Fiction for Teens

by Zetta Elliott
December 17, 2013 at 3:19pm
What happens when two great black women fiction writers get together to talk about race in young adult literature? That's exactly what happens... Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »