Books

Ruby Hamad, who has wavy brown hair and large brown eyes, looks into the camera. Ruby wears a red t-shirt and stands against a neutral background.

Distressed Damsels: There’s Nothing Accidental about White Feminist Racism

by Madhuri Sastry
November 5, 2020 at 10:38am
The white self—not the white person as a human being, but as a white person in the society—is built on this myth of morality and goodness surrounded by heathens and disease-ridden savages. Read more »
A person on a train with black hair and short bangs and a face tattoo reads a book.

BitchReads: 9 YA Books Feminists Should Read in November

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
November 2, 2020 at 3:14pm
Through it all though, I’ve found a lot of solace in books. Read more »
Lily James plays Mrs. de Winter, a woman with shoulder-length blond hair looking over her shoulder, in Rebecca

Female Trouble: Why Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca” Still Possesses our Imaginations

by Kerensa Cadenas
October 21, 2020 at 9:37am
What makes Daphne du Maurier’s prose feel fresh and unique to this day is just how real it is in capturing the way women observe. Read more »
A black and white portrait of Nikki Giovanni, a Black woman with short, blond hair, holds her hand up to her chin

BitchReads: 11 Books Feminists Should Read in October

by Evette Dionne
October 16, 2020 at 9:14am
For those updating their fall reading lists, we have books for everyone. Read more »
a Black man with short, black hair, and a blue shirt sits on a concrete bence reading a book

Personal Connection: #OwnVoices, Outing, and the Ongoing Quest for Authenticity

by s.e. smith
October 14, 2020 at 9:00am
Not all authors feel safe, comfortable, or interested in being out to readers about their identities. Read more »
Lara Parker, a white woman with shoulder length honey blond and brown hair, stands against a gray wall in a green shirt

Patient Perspective: Lara Parker, a Wise Friend for Those with Vagina Problems

by Caroline Reilly
October 6, 2020 at 9:46am
In order to get help from doctors and be taken seriously, people with endometriosis have to be really vulnerable. Read more »
A person with blond hair who wears cold-weather clothes reads a book outdoors.

BitchReads: 13 YA Books Feminists Should Read in October

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 2, 2020 at 10:20am
Let’s escape our current world in favor of one that comforts you. Read more »
Chanel Miller, a mixed-race woman with brown hair pulled into a low bun, poses in a yellow dress in front of a green and yellow background

Know Our Names: Chanel Miller Shatters Stigma for Asian American Survivors

by Kylie Cheung
September 30, 2020 at 9:39am
By recounting her experience, Chanel Miller has helped shatter a norm of silence and stigma in Asian communities. Read more »
Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, who wears gold jewelry and takes a selfie.

Staggering Genius: “The Undocumented Americans” Defies Flattened Migrant Narratives

by Tina Vasquez
September 29, 2020 at 11:19am
“As an artist, you have to have a radical vision.” Read more »
illustration of a South Asian woman outside of a bookstore observing a crowd of white people gathered inside for a South Asian romance novel event.

Palatable Love: Seeking a Happily Ever After in a White Publishing World

by Madhuri Sastry
September 28, 2020 at 3:14pm
For many diaspora writers, success is predicated on a hefty down payment of writing through the white gaze. Read more »

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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 »

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 »

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 »

Know & Tell: The Literary Renaissance of Trans Women Writers

by Katherine Cross
Winter 2015 • (Re)Vision
For so long, the people who wrote about us were not us. Finally, that is beginning to change. Read more »