Books

A photo of Angela Chen, who has white-blond hair, glasses, and red lipstick and wears a dark green dress.

Dethroning Romance: Angela Chen Archives the Evolution of Asexuality

September 8, 2020 at 8:58am

“I write about how asexuality has become a sexual identity, but it can also be thought of as just a way of living that doesn’t center sex.” Read more »

A Black woman sits on a bench and reads a book. Her hair is in long braids, she’s wearing a dress, and she’s smiling.

BitchReads: 13 YA Books Feminists Should Read in September

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

September 2, 2020 at 10:25am

Welcome to our inaugural YA monthly BitchReads list! Read more »

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All Together Now: Novels Fight the Myth of the Mean Girl

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

September 2, 2020 at 9:00am

These new YA protagonists aren’t afraid of their power or the power that their confidence might instill in readers. Read more »

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Unraveling the Tragedy of Heterosexuality

by Fiona Bell

September 1, 2020 at 9:03am

Mutual dislike and violence are not an unfortunate bug in the heteropatriarchal system; they’re fundamental to it. Read more »

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To Be Young, Messy, and Black: “Luster” Depicts Millennial Black Girl Angst

by Vanessa Willoughby

August 27, 2020 at 10:00am

Edie refuses to practice tokenism to secure financial, personal, creative, and romantic stability. Read more »

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BitchReads: 15 Books Feminists Should Read in August

by Evette Dionne

August 25, 2020 at 12:00pm

We’re late, we know. Read more »

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“Impersonation” Explores a Power Struggle Between Two Feminist Moms

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

August 25, 2020 at 10:28am

What can a woman and a mother with no money afford to say no to? Read more »

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“Aria” Looks at Revolution through the Eyes of Children

by Hillary Gerber

August 25, 2020 at 9:00am

Children can act as a conduit for the reader who doesn’t understand something political. Read more »

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“The Hierarchies” Imagines a World Where Sex Robots Have Human Impulses

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

August 24, 2020 at 10:01am

It’s a shocking and eye-opening debut, one that has me looking at my coffee maker a little differently. Read more »

A collage of two books, one middle grade, and one adult, about sexual violence.

“True Story” and “Fighting Words” Extend the Legacy of “Speak”

by Emily Cataneo

August 19, 2020 at 11:36am

Twenty-one years later, we’re still telling similar stories to Speak—and yes, 21 years later, we still need them. Read more »

Best of Bitch

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 »