50 Books like Tías and Primas

For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez • 2021

Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.

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🤎 Woc Feminism 🧹 Decolonial Feminism 🧬 Generational Trauma 👔 Respectability Politics 🪶 Cultural Identity

For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts Summary

For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts 97%

Tired of translating yourself for others? Here is the toolkit to reclaim your mind, language, anger.

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2021

4.46

4k+ ratings

🤎 Woc Feminism 🧹 Decolonial Feminism 🧬 Generational Trauma 👔 Respectability Politics 🪶 Cultural Identity

A Cup of Water Under My Bed

by Daisy Hernández • 2014

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

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✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

A Cup of Water Under My Bed 95%

A childhood translating for her parents gave her everything except a language for her bisexuality.

by Daisy Hernández 2014

4.12

2k+ ratings

✈️ Immigrant Memoir 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🗣️ Language And Identity 🇺🇸 Assimilation 💰 Class Consciousness

Brown Enough

by Christopher Rivas • 2022

The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.

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310

🤎 Mixed Race Identity 🌎 Latinx Diaspora 🎨 Colorism 🎬 Hollywood Diversity 🧘 Cultural Appropriation

Brown Enough 94%

The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.

by Christopher Rivas 2022

4.28

310 ratings

🤎 Mixed Race Identity 🌎 Latinx Diaspora 🎨 Colorism 🎬 Hollywood Diversity 🧘 Cultural Appropriation

Body Work

by Melissa Febos • 2022

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

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

Body Work 93%

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

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

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14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Sex Object 93%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🤱 Maternal Ambivalence 📱 Online Misogyny

Manifesta

by Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000

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

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🌊 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

Perfectly You

by Mariana Atencio • 2019

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

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244

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story 🤝 Authenticity At Work 💪 Resilience Building

Perfectly You 93%

Why fitting in fails: a journalist's case for being real on camera and the career it built.

by Mariana Atencio 2019

3.97

244 ratings

🗺️ Immigrant Memoir 💼 Career Journeys 📖 Owning Your Story 🤝 Authenticity At Work 💪 Resilience Building

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

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

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🕰️ 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

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2k+ ratings

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

Essential Labor

by Angela Garbes • 2022

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

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🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

Essential Labor 93%

The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.

by Angela Garbes 2022

3.79

3k+ ratings

🧹 Care Work 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism ⚖️ Reproductive Justice ♿ Disability Justice

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

by Rosie Pérez • 2014

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

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1k+

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life Summary

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life 93%

She survived the Catholic Home for Children. Then she had to survive Hollywood.

by Rosie Pérez 2014

4.12

1k+ ratings

📖 Latina Memoir 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏠 Foster Care 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 💃 Dancer Memoir

White Tears/Brown Scars

by Ruby Hamad • 2020

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

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

White Tears/Brown Scars 93%

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

Women Escaping Violence

by Elaine J. Lawless • 2001

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

3.94

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Feminist Theory 🧠 Trauma Studies

Women Escaping Violence 93%

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

by Elaine J. Lawless 2001

3.94

17 ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Feminist Theory 🧠 Trauma Studies

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

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

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✊ 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

Revolution from Within

by Gloria Steinem • 1991

Self-esteem is the engine of revolution. The manual for building it from the inside out.

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🧠 Feminist Psychology 🌱 Inner Work For Activists 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds 🔄 Unlearning Conditioning 🧘 Body-Mind Connection

Revolution from Within 93%

Self-esteem is the engine of revolution. The manual for building it from the inside out.

by Gloria Steinem 1991

4.12

3k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Psychology 🌱 Inner Work For Activists 🩹 Healing Childhood Wounds 🔄 Unlearning Conditioning 🧘 Body-Mind Connection

Unbreakable

by Jenni Rivera • 2013

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

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🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

Unbreakable 93%

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

by Jenni Rivera 2013

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

The Cancer Journals

by Audre Lorde • 1980

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

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

The Cancer Journals 93%

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

Let Me Speak

by Domitila Barrios de Chungara • 1978

Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.

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424

🗣️ Testimonio ⛏️ Mining Communities ✊ Socialist Feminism 🪧 Worker Organizing ⚒️ Class Struggle

Let Me Speak 92%

Dead by 35, paid pennies: a Bolivian miner's wife on why women's liberation requires revolution.

by Domitila Barrios de Chungara 1978

4.25

424 ratings

🗣️ Testimonio ⛏️ Mining Communities ✊ Socialist Feminism 🪧 Worker Organizing ⚒️ Class Struggle

Against White Feminism

by Rafia Zakaria • 2021

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

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🔀 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

Feminism Is for Everybody

by bell hooks • 2000

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

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

Feminism Is for Everybody 92%

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

Red Paint

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

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3k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Red Paint 92%

Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.

by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022

4.12

3k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reclamation ✍🏽 Native Women Writers 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

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107

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Womanhood 92%

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

by Laura Dodsworth 2019

4.45

107 ratings

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Beyond the Gender Binary

by Alok Vaid-Menon • 2020

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

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13k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

Beyond the Gender Binary 92%

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

by Alok Vaid-Menon 2020

4.48

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

LatinoLand

by Marie Arana • 2024

Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'

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610

🪪 Latino Identity 🧳 Immigration History 📚 Ethnic Studies 🧬 Racial Formation 🗣️ Immigrant Narratives

LatinoLand 92%

Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'

by Marie Arana 2024

4.31

610 ratings

🪪 Latino Identity 🧳 Immigration History 📚 Ethnic Studies 🧬 Racial Formation 🗣️ Immigrant Narratives

Hunger

by Roxane Gay • 2017

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

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122k+

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

Hunger 92%

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

by Roxane Gay 2017

4.17

122k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance ⚡ Weight Stigma 📖 Trauma Memoirs

Where We Stand

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

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3k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

Where We Stand 92%

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

by bell hooks 2000

4.24

3k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

Loud

by Drew Afualo • 2024

A blueprint for living loud, reclaiming 'mean,' and making misogyny face consequences.

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26k+

🧠 Internalized Misogyny 💪 Body Neutrality 🎤 Reclaiming Your Voice 🏡 Self-Sufficiency 🚧 Setting Boundaries

Loud 92%

A blueprint for living loud, reclaiming 'mean,' and making misogyny face consequences.

by Drew Afualo 2024

4.29

26k+ ratings

🧠 Internalized Misogyny 💪 Body Neutrality 🎤 Reclaiming Your Voice 🏡 Self-Sufficiency 🚧 Setting Boundaries

My Beloved World

by Sonia Sotomayor • 2013

Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.

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34k+

🏛️ Legal Memoirs 📈 Poverty To Power 💉 Chronic Illness 🌎 Cultural Identity 🎓 First-Generation

My Beloved World 92%

Age seven: insulin injections in the Bronx. Age fifty-five: first Latina Supreme Court justice.

by Sonia Sotomayor 2013

4.09

34k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Memoirs 📈 Poverty To Power 💉 Chronic Illness 🌎 Cultural Identity 🎓 First-Generation

Black American Refugee

by Tiffanie Drayton • 2022

America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.

4.03

331

🧳 Black Immigrant Experience 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🪞 Internalized Racism 🎭 Code-Switching

Black American Refugee 92%

America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.

by Tiffanie Drayton 2022

4.03

331 ratings

🧳 Black Immigrant Experience 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🪞 Internalized Racism 🎭 Code-Switching

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

by T Kira Madden • 2019

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

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10k+

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 92%

A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.

by T Kira Madden 2019

4.25

10k+ ratings

🧒 Fatherlessness 🌐 Mixed-Race Identity 🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Confessional Memoir

The Undocumented Americans

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio • 2020

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

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28k+

🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality 🏭 Environmental Racism ⛓️ Labor Exploitation

The Undocumented Americans 92%

After 9/11, undocumented workers cleaned the rubble. Then they were forgotten and the poison stayed.

by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 2020

4.37

28k+ ratings

🗽 Undocumented Immigration ✍️ Immigrant Memoir 🏥 Healthcare Inequality 🏭 Environmental Racism ⛓️ Labor Exploitation

We Real Cool

by bell hooks • 2003

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

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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

Unshrinking

by Kate Manne • 2024

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

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2k+

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Unshrinking 92%

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

by Kate Manne 2024

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Touched Out

by Amanda Montei • 2023

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

4.18

425

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

Touched Out 92%

From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.

by Amanda Montei 2023

4.18

425 ratings

👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood ✊ Feminist Critique 🫂 Care Work ✋ Bodily Autonomy 🛑 Consent And Boundaries

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2017

Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.

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👶 Feminist Parenting 👧 Raising Daughters 🌍 African Feminism ⚧️ Gender Roles ✋ Bodily Autonomy

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Summary

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 92%

Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2017

4.50

89k+ ratings

👶 Feminist Parenting 👧 Raising Daughters 🌍 African Feminism ⚧️ Gender Roles ✋ Bodily Autonomy

Tits Up

by Sarah Thornton • 2024

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

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2k+

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

Tits Up 92%

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

by Sarah Thornton 2024

3.66

2k+ ratings

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

The Most Important Job In The World

by Gina Rushton • 2022

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

4.08

988

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety 💭 Emotional Labor 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Most Important Job In The World Summary

The Most Important Job In The World 92%

The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.

by Gina Rushton 2022

4.08

988 ratings

❓ Choosing Parenthood ⚖️ Reproductive Justice 🌍 Climate Anxiety 💭 Emotional Labor 🧬 Generational Trauma

The Body Is Not an Apology

by Sonya Renee Taylor • 2018

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

4.21

31k+

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

The Body Is Not an Apology 92%

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

by Sonya Renee Taylor 2018

4.21

31k+ ratings

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter

by Sue Monk Kidd • 1996

She was the model Christian daughter. Then she dreamed of birthing herself.

3.99

11k+

📚 Feminist Theology 🌕 Sacred Feminine 📜 Patriarchal Critique 🌀 Women's Spirituality ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter Summary

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter 92%

She was the model Christian daughter. Then she dreamed of birthing herself.

by Sue Monk Kidd 1996

3.99

11k+ ratings

📚 Feminist Theology 🌕 Sacred Feminine 📜 Patriarchal Critique 🌀 Women's Spirituality ✍️ Spiritual Memoir

Real Estate

by Deborah Levy • 2021

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

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11k+

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

Real Estate 92%

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

by Deborah Levy 2021

4.28

11k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

She/He/They/Me

by Robyn Ryle • 2019

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

3.40

545

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions 🗿 Patriarchy ⚧️ Intersex Rights

She/He/They/Me 92%

Pick a gender path and see where it leads: an interactive tour of the binary and beyond.

by Robyn Ryle 2019

3.40

545 ratings

🏗️ Gender Construction 👥 Gender Socialization 🌍 Third Gender Traditions 🗿 Patriarchy ⚧️ Intersex Rights

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl

by Tess Holliday • 2017

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

3.54

880

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl Summary

The Not So Subtle Art of Being a Fat Girl 92%

Too fat to model, she posted a photo anyway. That post launched a global movement.

by Tess Holliday 2017

3.54

880 ratings

🪞 Body Image ✊ Fat Positivity 👗 Plus-Size Experience 📢 Body Positivity Movement 🛡️ Abuse Survivors

Living a Feminist Life

by Sara Ahmed • 2017

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

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3k+

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

Living a Feminist Life 92%

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

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

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle • 2020

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

3.97

519k+

🫀 Emotional Courage 🔨 Deconstructing Norms 🧒 Inner Child Work 🌈 Queer Awakening ✊ Antiracism

Untamed 92%

She had the husband, the kids, the faith. Then she fell in love with a woman.

by Glennon Doyle 2020

3.97

519k+ ratings

🫀 Emotional Courage 🔨 Deconstructing Norms 🧒 Inner Child Work 🌈 Queer Awakening ✊ Antiracism

On Our Best Behavior

by Elise Loehnen • 2023

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

3.77

11k+

🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

On Our Best Behavior 91%

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

by Elise Loehnen 2023

3.77

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

How To Be A Woman

by Caitlin Moran • 2011

Feminism without lectures: a memoir of body hair, bad outfits, and refusing to apologize.

3.71

110k+

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How To Be A Woman 91%

Feminism without lectures: a memoir of body hair, bad outfits, and refusing to apologize.

by Caitlin Moran 2011

3.71

110k+ ratings

📖 Feminist Memoir 🔥 Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 🩺 Women's Health 🎤 Comedy Memoir

Aftermath

by Susan J. Brison • 2001

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

4.35

486

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy 📖 Narrative Identity 🧩 Traumatic Memory

Aftermath 91%

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

by Susan J. Brison 2001

4.35

486 ratings

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How to Think Like a Woman

by Regan Penaluna • 2023

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

3.96

2k+

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How to Think Like a Woman 91%

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

by Regan Penaluna 2023

3.96

2k+ ratings

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On My Own

by Florence Falk • 2007

Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.

3.69

466

🗣️ Feminist Self-Help 🏠 Women Living Alone 🎨 Creative Solitude 🌊 Life Transitions 🧠 Feminist Psychology

On My Own 91%

Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.

by Florence Falk 2007

3.69

466 ratings

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In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

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In the Dream House 91%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse 👩‍❤️‍👩 Lesbian Relationships ✊ Feminist Memoir

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