50 Books like White Feminism

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 96%

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

Women, Race, & Class

by Angela Y. Davis • 1981

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

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35k+

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

Women, Race, & Class 96%

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

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 96%

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

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 96%

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.

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

Feminism Is for Everybody 96%

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

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 95%

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

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • 2007

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

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🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History 95%

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007

3.82

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

by Elizabeth Whitaker • 2017

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

3.49

✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique Summary

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique 95%

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

by Elizabeth Whitaker 2017

3.49

43 ratings

✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

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 95%

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

In Search of Sisterhood

by Paula J. Giddings • 1988

Before it was two months old, this Black sorority was marching on Washington for women's votes.

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429

🏛️ Black Sororities 📜 Black Women's History 👥 Black Women's Clubs 🕊️ Racial Uplift ✊ Civil Rights Organizing

In Search of Sisterhood 95%

Before it was two months old, this Black sorority was marching on Washington for women's votes.

by Paula J. Giddings 1988

4.54

429 ratings

🏛️ Black Sororities 📜 Black Women's History 👥 Black Women's Clubs 🕊️ Racial Uplift ✊ Civil Rights Organizing

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

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4k+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Against Our Will 95%

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975

4.05

4k+ ratings

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

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.

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🏚️ 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 95%

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

Ain't I a Woman

by bell hooks • 1981

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

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🖤 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

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

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🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 94%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.14

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

Feminism for the 99%

by Cinzia Arruzza • 2019

Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.

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✊ Anticapitalist Feminism 🧹 Social Reproduction 🩺 Crisis Of Care 💼 Liberal Feminism Critique 🌍 Anti-Imperialist Politics

Feminism for the 99% 94%

Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.

by Cinzia Arruzza 2019

4.01

8k+ ratings

✊ Anticapitalist Feminism 🧹 Social Reproduction 🩺 Crisis Of Care 💼 Liberal Feminism Critique 🌍 Anti-Imperialist Politics

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 94%

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

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

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🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 94%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

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🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 94%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

3.81

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

The Guy's Guide to Feminism

by Michael Kaufman • 2011

Equality isn't just for women: a straight-talking guide for the guys who want in.

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380

♂️ Men And Feminism 🎭 Gender Stereotypes 🤝 Consent Culture 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 💼 Workplace Equality

The Guy's Guide to Feminism 94%

Equality isn't just for women: a straight-talking guide for the guys who want in.

by Michael Kaufman 2011

3.54

380 ratings

♂️ Men And Feminism 🎭 Gender Stereotypes 🤝 Consent Culture 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 💼 Workplace Equality

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

We Real Cool 94%

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

Girl on Girl

by Sophie Gilbert • 2025

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

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📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

Girl on Girl 94%

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

by Sophie Gilbert 2025

3.84

20k+ ratings

📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

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💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 94%

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020

3.90

2k+ ratings

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing

by David Leser • 2021

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

4.02

460

✊ Modern Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems 🗣️ #MeToo Movement 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Sexual Consent

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing Summary

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing 94%

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

by David Leser 2021

4.02

460 ratings

✊ Modern Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems 🗣️ #MeToo Movement 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Sexual Consent

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism

by Kristen R. Ghodsee • 2018

East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.

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🧮 Feminist Economics 🔗 Political Economy 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 💰 Gender Wage Gap 🏛️ Welfare State

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism 94%

East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.

by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018

3.98

8k+ ratings

🧮 Feminist Economics 🔗 Political Economy 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 💰 Gender Wage Gap 🏛️ Welfare State

How to Be Less Stupid About Race

by Crystal Marie Fleming • 2018

Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.

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3k+

🏛️ Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Systemic Racism 📖 Racial Literacy ✊ Anti-Racism 🔀 Intersectionality

How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary

How to Be Less Stupid About Race 94%

Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.

by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018

4.27

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Systemic Racism 📖 Racial Literacy ✊ Anti-Racism 🔀 Intersectionality

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 94%

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

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

Living a Feminist Life 94%

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

Modern Misogyny

by Kristin J. Anderson • 2014

A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.

4.14

🔍 Subtle Sexism 🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique 🛒 Neoliberal Feminism 🎭 Double Bind ⚔️ Backlash Against Women

Modern Misogyny 94%

A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.

by Kristin J. Anderson 2014

4.14

92 ratings

🔍 Subtle Sexism 🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique 🛒 Neoliberal Feminism 🎭 Double Bind ⚔️ Backlash Against Women

Fix the System, Not the Women

by Laura Bates • 2022

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

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🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women 🚫 Rape Culture 👆 Victim Blaming

Fix the System, Not the Women 93%

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

by Laura Bates 2022

4.49

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women 🚫 Rape Culture 👆 Victim Blaming

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement

by Barbara Ransby • 2003

While King gave the speeches, she built the grassroots network that made the movement move.

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🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👥 Collective Leadership 🗳️ Participatory Democracy ✊🏿 Black Women's Activism

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement Summary

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement 93%

While King gave the speeches, she built the grassroots network that made the movement move.

by Barbara Ransby 2003

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Civil Rights Movement 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 👥 Collective Leadership 🗳️ Participatory Democracy ✊🏿 Black Women's Activism

The Story of Art Without Men

by Katy Hessel • 2022

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

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🏛️ Art History 🎨 Women Artists ✊ Feminist Art History 📚 Canon Revision 🪧 Art And Activism

The Story of Art Without Men 93%

Art history left out the women. Five centuries of painters and sculptors the canon overlooked.

by Katy Hessel 2022

4.29

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Art History 🎨 Women Artists ✊ Feminist Art History 📚 Canon Revision 🪧 Art And Activism

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism

by Angela Y. Davis • 1998

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

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2k+

🎸 Blues History 🎤 Women In Music ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🪧 Protest Music 🎵 Black Music

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism 93%

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

by Angela Y. Davis 1998

4.28

2k+ ratings

🎸 Blues History 🎤 Women In Music ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🪧 Protest Music 🎵 Black Music

The Moment of Lift

by Melinda French Gates • 2019

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

4.27

65k+

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

The Moment of Lift 93%

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

by Melinda French Gates 2019

4.27

65k+ ratings

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

A Call to Action

by Jimmy Carter • 2014

A former president's diagnosis: violence against women is rooted in religion and culture.

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2k+

🚺 Gender-Based Violence 👰 Child Marriage 🌍 Human Trafficking ⚖️ Women In Politics 🙏 Faith-Based Activism

A Call to Action 93%

A former president's diagnosis: violence against women is rooted in religion and culture.

by Jimmy Carter 2014

4.05

2k+ ratings

🚺 Gender-Based Violence 👰 Child Marriage 🌍 Human Trafficking ⚖️ Women In Politics 🙏 Faith-Based Activism

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 93%

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

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.

4.50

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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 93%

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

Lady Justice

by Dahlia Lithwick • 2022

The women lawyers who built the legal resistance to Trump and what the establishment missed.

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3k+

📜 Constitutional Law ⚖️ Legal Activism 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🏛️ Trump Presidency ✊ Political Resistance

Lady Justice 93%

The women lawyers who built the legal resistance to Trump and what the establishment missed.

by Dahlia Lithwick 2022

4.36

3k+ ratings

📜 Constitutional Law ⚖️ Legal Activism 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🏛️ Trump Presidency ✊ Political Resistance

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

4.34

173k+

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Invisible Women 93%

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019

4.34

173k+ ratings

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

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

4.45

107

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

Womanhood 93%

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

Labor of Love

by Moira Weigel • 2016

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

3.69

1k+

🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

Labor of Love 93%

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

by Moira Weigel 2016

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

White Women

by Regina Jackson • 2022

Niceness, silence, white feminism: how white women uphold racism without raising their voices.

4.46

5k+

✋ White Accountability 🔍 White Feminism Critique 🎭 Performative Allyship 🤫 Racial Silence 🦸 White Saviorism

White Women 93%

Niceness, silence, white feminism: how white women uphold racism without raising their voices.

by Regina Jackson 2022

4.46

5k+ ratings

✋ White Accountability 🔍 White Feminism Critique 🎭 Performative Allyship 🤫 Racial Silence 🦸 White Saviorism

The Beauty Myth

by Naomi Wolf • 1990

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

3.91

31k+

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

The Beauty Myth 93%

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

by Naomi Wolf 1990

3.91

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

The Memo

by Minda Harts • 2019

Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.

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2k+

💼 Corporate Careers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 🤝 Networking Strategies 💰 Salary Negotiation 🏢 Office Politics

The Memo 93%

Career advice assumes a seat at the table. This one starts outside, with a plan.

by Minda Harts 2019

4.21

2k+ ratings

💼 Corporate Careers ⚖️ Workplace Equity 🤝 Networking Strategies 💰 Salary Negotiation 🏢 Office Politics

A Protest History of the United States

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

4.12

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🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

A Protest History of the United States Summary

A Protest History of the United States 93%

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025

4.12

188 ratings

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

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+

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3.71

331

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331 ratings

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From rape to abortion: how the state enforces male dominance by writing male sexuality into law.

3.98

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Toward a Feminist Theory of the State 93%

From rape to abortion: how the state enforces male dominance by writing male sexuality into law.

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556 ratings

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by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018

Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

3.74

160

📢 Social Movements ✊ Community Organizing 🗳️ Political Strategy 📖 Narrative Change 🏗️ Movement Building

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Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.

by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018

3.74

160 ratings

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

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