Books

Gabrielle Korn Questions the “Feminist Utopia” of Women’s Media

A white woman with blond chin length hair wears red lipstick and a silky pink blouse.
by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 12, 2021 at 10:06am
“There needs to be a radical rewriting of what we expect the internet to give us.”
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BitchReads Giveaway: "Make Trouble"

by Evette Dionne
April 2, 2018 at 11:01am
Want your very own copy of Make Trouble by Cecile Richards? Read more »
Jesmyn Ward’s writing compels you to bear witness to the truth of Mississippi. In seeing the blood and beauty of Mississippi for what it is, you will see yourself. Ward’s newest book, Sing, Unburied, Sing, is the third in a trio of novels based in fiction

4 Books to Read for Women’s History Month

by Mia Burcham
March 29, 2018 at 2:14pm
From the modern American South, to 19th-century Ghana, to a spaceship en route to Mars, these stories capture compelling visions of the lives of women of color. Read more »

Wild Enchantment: The Creatureliness of Barbara Comyns

by Taisia Kitaiskaia
March 16, 2018 at 11:32am
Sometimes I come across novelists whose work is alive with wildness. Barbara Comyns is one of these. Read more »

5 Women Writers Who Challenge and Expand the Canon

by Mia Burcham
March 15, 2018 at 1:52pm
Modern literary tradition is indebted to women who dared to write, whose work challenges and expands the canon. Read more »
Tess Sharpe

Rural Savior: “Barbed Wire Heart” Offers a Violent Heroine We Can All Root For

by s.e. smith
March 12, 2018 at 11:20am
“Barbed Wire Heart” is a love letter to Tess Sharpe’s rural hometown. Read more »
Sarah McBride at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Greatness Becomes Her: Sarah McBride On Loss, Gain, and the Brightness of Tomorrow

by Samantha Riedel
March 6, 2018 at 12:02pm
Even in the darkest moments, all of us can bear witness to acts of amazing grace. Read more »
Shonda Rhimes at the 2015 TCA Summer Press tour

Ratings Gold: Women Showrunners Are Ushering In TV’s Golden Age

by Evette Dionne
March 5, 2018 at 10:42am
Joy Press presents the “golden age” through the lens of the women who are creating it. Read more »
Bitch Media's March 2018 BitchReads

BitchReads: 15 Books Feminists Should Read In March

by Evette Dionne
March 2, 2018 at 12:37pm
This BitchReads list is designed to get your “must-read” list ready for spring. Read more »
Tep Sareoung, a Cambodian laborer, poses on the floor while holding a white, fluffy dog

I Consider the Union My Second Mother

by Annelise Orleck
February 26, 2018 at 12:14pm
A compelling excerpt from We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now: The Global Uprising Against Poverty Wages.  Read more »
Mothers of Massive Resistance

Gather Your People: White Women Must Hold Each Other Accountable For Racism

by Kim Kelly
February 26, 2018 at 12:07pm
We cannot dismantle what we refuse to confront. Read more »

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Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction

a blue and white illustration of a woman in Amish attire standing next to a fan and a chicken
by Audrey deCoursey
Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends
Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. 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 »

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 »

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 »