Books

A New Fairy Tale: “One to Watch” Imagines a Fat Bachelorette

Kate Stayman-London, a white woman with short, brown hair, looks at the camera over her shoulder
by Evette Dionne
August 7, 2020 at 9:00am
Kate Stayman-London beautifully pulls back the curtain on what fat women in particular endure, not only when attempting to find love, but also in simply existing.
Seyward Darby, a white woman with short, brown hair, stands outside wearing a blue, button-down shirt

Valorizing Purity: What White Women Gain from Racial Hatred

by Evette Dionne
August 4, 2020 at 9:00am
Women have often been written out of the history of hate and related phenomena. Read more »
Shirley Jackson, a white woman with her blond hair in a bun and wearing glasses, looks downward in front of a yellow background

Haunted Housewife: The Horror—and the Humor—of Shirley Jackson

by Trimble
July 29, 2020 at 1:30pm
As both writer and housewife, she embodied identities that were incompatible according to the norms of her time. Read more »
A child reads a book.

Trauma or Tragedy: Disability Representation in Children’s Books Has a Long Way to Go

by Alaina Leary
July 21, 2020 at 12:22pm
It isn’t easy to find a children’s book or young adult novel that accurately depicts disability. Read more »
Leslie Kern, a white woman with short, brown hair, poses in front of a book case in a blue cardigan

Woman-Made World: Inside the Inevitable Rise of the Feminist City

by Nicole Froio
July 21, 2020 at 9:00am
There are ways to transform the city that would advance the liberation of women and marginalized people. Read more »
Rebekah Weatherspoon, a Black woman wearing glasses, smiles at the camera

Rebekah Weatherspoon Is the Queen of Erotic Romance

by Nichole Perkins
July 14, 2020 at 9:00am
If you want to read romances with a bit more erotic heat to them, look no further than Rebekah Weatherspoon. Read more »
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BitchReads: 17 Books Feminists Should Read in July

by Evette Dionne
July 13, 2020 at 2:44pm
 This BitchReads list is curated to encourage everyone to find the small joys, including books, that will help us through this trying time. Read more »
Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a Crown. Leah is a Black woman with curly hair and a nosering. She wears a black mockneck tank top and smiles at the camera.

Unabashed Triumph: “You Should See Me in a Crown” Reimagines the Prom Queen

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 30, 2020 at 10:46am
This is a book that, at its core, offers hope. Read more »
The Herd by Andrea Bartz and Self Care by Leigh Stein. The former cover features a white woman with a purple highlight blocking out her features. The second features a lotion bottle.

Slaying the Girlboss: New Books Explore the Underbelly of Corporate Feminism

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 30, 2020 at 9:59am
Against differing backdrops, Andrea Bartz and Leah Stein offer their own look into the darker underbelly of these easily marketable spaces. Read more »
A close up of a Black woman’s hair.

A Multifaceted Beauty: In Emma Dabiri’s “Twisted,” Black Hair Is Both Historic and Personal

by Mary Retta
June 29, 2020 at 10:08am
Emma Dabiri’s analysis also shines in its unexpected critique of today’s natural hair movement in an international context. Read more »
A white woman reads a book. The text next to her reads, “I’m tired of white people ‘trying.’”

Very Online: Anti-Racist Readers Are Plaguing the DMs of Black People

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 26, 2020 at 10:53am
We’re in the time of the online anti-racism book club. Read more »

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by Kristian Williams
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Mock & Awe: Janet Mock on Truth-Telling, Community Building, and Writing the Story She Had Been Waiting for Her Whole Life

Janet Mock, a transgender Hawaiian woman with curly, brown hair, smiles
by Tina Vasquez
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“Redefining Realness” is written with astounding honesty and heart. Read more »

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

by Zetta Elliott
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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 »