18 Books like Sister Outsider

White Tears/Brown Scars

by Ruby Hamad • 2020

White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.

4.55

13k+

🧬 White Feminism Critique 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy 📜 Colonial Legacies 🔗 Systemic Oppression

White Tears/Brown Scars 94%

White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.

by Ruby Hamad 2020

4.55

13k+ ratings

🧬 White Feminism Critique 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy 📜 Colonial Legacies 🔗 Systemic Oppression

The Cancer Journals

by Audre Lorde • 1980

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

4.43

6k+

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

The Cancer Journals 94%

A Black lesbian poet, after mastectomy, rejects the prosthesis and discovers what silence costs.

by Audre Lorde 1980

4.43

6k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoir ✊🏾 Intersectional Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 💪 Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Feminist Health

Ain't I a Woman

by bell hooks • 1981

White feminism fought for women; black freedom fought for manhood. Neither saw black women.

4.51

20k+

🖤 Black Feminism 🧊 White Feminism Critique ⛓️ Slavery's Legacy 🔗 Racism And Sexism 🧠 Black Political Thought

Ain't I a Woman 94%

White feminism fought for women; black freedom fought for manhood. Neither saw black women.

by bell hooks 1981

4.51

20k+ ratings

🖤 Black Feminism 🧊 White Feminism Critique ⛓️ Slavery's Legacy 🔗 Racism And Sexism 🧠 Black Political Thought

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism 93%

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

by Jessica Valenti 2007

3.86

8k+ ratings

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Feminism Is for Everybody

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.

4.16

29k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Consciousness Raising 🩺 Reproductive Rights 💄 Beauty Standards 👶 Feminist Parenting

Feminism Is for Everybody 93%

Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.

by bell hooks 2000

4.16

29k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Consciousness Raising 🩺 Reproductive Rights 💄 Beauty Standards 👶 Feminist Parenting

Women, Race, & Class

by Angela Y. Davis • 1981

From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.

4.59

35k+

🖤 Black Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 🏥 Reproductive Justice 🏠 Domestic Labor 🌱 Abolitionist Roots

Women, Race, & Class 93%

From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.

by Angela Y. Davis 1981

4.59

35k+ ratings

🖤 Black Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 🏥 Reproductive Justice 🏠 Domestic Labor 🌱 Abolitionist Roots

Living a Feminist Life

by Sara Ahmed • 2017

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

4.30

3k+

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

Living a Feminist Life 93%

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

by Sara Ahmed 2017

4.30

3k+ ratings

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

A Renaissance of Our Own

by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle • 2023

A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.

4.25

1k+

📜 Memoir Manifesto 🥷 Black Feminism ✳️ Intersectional Feminism ☕ White Feminism Critique 🛌 Rest As Resistance

A Renaissance of Our Own 93%

A Black feminist's roadmap for redesigning your inherited belief systems, relationships, and work.

by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle 2023

4.25

1k+ ratings

📜 Memoir Manifesto 🥷 Black Feminism ✳️ Intersectional Feminism ☕ White Feminism Critique 🛌 Rest As Resistance

Read This to Get Smarter

by Blair Imani • 2021

Race is a 600-year-old invention. Gender is a spectrum. The unlearning you missed, in one primer.

4.26

1k+

✊🏾 Anti-Racism ♿ Disability Justice 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity 🧩 Intersectionality 🧠 Unlearning Bias

Read This to Get Smarter 93%

Race is a 600-year-old invention. Gender is a spectrum. The unlearning you missed, in one primer.

by Blair Imani 2021

4.26

1k+ ratings

✊🏾 Anti-Racism ♿ Disability Justice 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Identity 🧩 Intersectionality 🧠 Unlearning Bias

Manifesta

by Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

3.73

3k+

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

Manifesta 93%

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000

3.73

3k+ ratings

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

4.24

2k+

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

White Feminism 93%

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

by Koa Beck 2021

4.24

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

Body Work

by Melissa Febos • 2022

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

4.22

6k+

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Body Work 92%

Personal writing threatens power. The stigma that silences women and queer writers is by design.

by Melissa Febos 2022

4.22

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Memoir Writing 🩹 Writing Therapy ✍️ Feminist Criticism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🧠 Trauma Studies

Against White Feminism

by Rafia Zakaria • 2021

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

4.30

5k+

🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

Against White Feminism 92%

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

by Rafia Zakaria 2021

4.30

5k+ ratings

🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

I'm Still Here

by Austin Channing Brown • 2018

Growing up Black in white America means learning to manage everyone else's feelings before your own.

4.37

74k+

🌐 Everyday Racism 🧭 Navigating Whiteness 🔥 Righteous Anger 🎭 Performative Allyship 💪🏾 Black Resilience

I'm Still Here 92%

Growing up Black in white America means learning to manage everyone else's feelings before your own.

by Austin Channing Brown 2018

4.37

74k+ ratings

🌐 Everyday Racism 🧭 Navigating Whiteness 🔥 Righteous Anger 🎭 Performative Allyship 💪🏾 Black Resilience

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

4.02

996

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories 92%

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

by Nesrine Malik 2021

4.02

996 ratings

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

by Reni Eddo-Lodge • 2017

Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.

4.37

101k+

🔗 Structural Racism 🇬🇧 British Black Experience 🪞 White Privilege 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🛠️ Anti-Racism Practice

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Summary

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race 92%

Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.

by Reni Eddo-Lodge 2017

4.37

101k+ ratings

🔗 Structural Racism 🇬🇧 British Black Experience 🪞 White Privilege 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🛠️ Anti-Racism Practice

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014

Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.

4.37

21k+

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🪶 Native American History 📚 Revisionist History 🕯️ Genocide Studies 🌱 Decolonial Thought

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States 92%

Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014

4.37

21k+ ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🪶 Native American History 📚 Revisionist History 🕯️ Genocide Studies 🌱 Decolonial Thought

We Real Cool

by bell hooks • 2003

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

4.27

1k+

🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

We Real Cool 92%

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

by bell hooks 2003

4.27

1k+ ratings

🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

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