Books

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

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.
by Rachel Charlene Lewis
June 30, 2020 at 10:46am
This is a book that, at its core, offers hope.
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Dear Lane: “How To Be Alone” is Vulnerable, Funny, and Profoundly Healing

by Joshunda Sanders
November 5, 2018 at 2:28pm
How To Be Alone gave me closure for trauma. Read more »
Shout Your Abortion

Lift Every Voice: “Shout Your Abortion” Is Changing the Conversation

by Caroline Reilly
November 1, 2018 at 12:35pm
In 2015, Amelia Bonow shared her abortion story on her Facebook page. Read more »
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction

Join the Club: Gabrielle Moss on the Golden Age of YA Literature

by Dahlia Balcazar
October 30, 2018 at 11:29am
Gabrielle Moss takes us on a nostalgic and hilarious tour through teen bookshelves and the Golden Age of YA literature. Read more »
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Eloquent Rage: How Brittney Cooper Created a Black Feminist Manifesto

by Evette Dionne
October 25, 2018 at 9:46am
When Dr. Brittney Cooper speaks, the world stops to listen. Read more »
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Naming the Problem: Rebecca Solnit on Activism, Outrage, and a Way Forward

by Andi Zeisler
October 23, 2018 at 1:02pm
If there’s less violence against women, we have less to be angry about. Read more »
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Inventing Adulthood : Four Novels Reveal the Magic of Queer Self-Actualization

by Sara Gregory
October 10, 2018 at 1:25pm
What does it mean to come of age as a 20-something queer person with no money, no resources, and no illusions about respectability? Read more »
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BitchReads: 15 Nonfiction Books Feminists Should Read This Fall

by Evette Dionne
October 10, 2018 at 8:28am
In tumultuous political and social times, I turn to nonfiction books. Read more »
Donna Zuckerberg

Et Tu, Brutes: Donna Zuckerberg on How Misogyny Red-Pilled the Classics

by Dahlia Balcazar
October 8, 2018 at 3:14pm
When the Red Pillers—online communities of far-right, anti-feminist men—need to back up their misogynist and racist claims, they look to Ovid, Euripides, or the Stoics. Read more »
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A New Day: Can Hollywood and Publishing Maintain the Momentum of #AsianAugust?

by Evette Dionne
September 17, 2018 at 10:41am
Helen Hoang, Lillian Li, and R.O. Kwon offer insight into why Hollywood and the publishing industry are finally beginning to wake up. Read more »
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Ancestral Roots: Bernice L. McFadden Sings An Enslaved Black Woman’s Song

by Evette Dionne
September 13, 2018 at 2:56pm
After the darkness, there’s light. Read more »

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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 »

Know & Tell: The literary renaissance of trans women writers

by Katherine Cross
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For so long, the people who wrote about us were not us. Finally, that is beginning to change. 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 »

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 »