Best Feminism Books | Summaries & Audio

Feminism Book Summaries

Remember Who You Are

by Paula Brown Stafford • 2018

Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.

4.58

🏢 Career Advancement 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Personal Branding 🤝 Authentic Leadership 📋 Priority Management

Remember Who You Are

Which priorities shatter and which can wait: a leadership guide for women who want both.

by Paula Brown Stafford 2018 163 pages

4.58

48 ratings

🏢 Career Advancement 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🎯 Personal Branding 🤝 Authentic Leadership 📋 Priority Management

Sex in the Heartland

by Bailey • 1999

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

3.74

157

❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture 📜 Social History ✊ Feminist History

Sex in the Heartland

The sexual revolution was made in Kansas, by ordinary people who never planned on a revolution.

by Bailey 1999 265 pages

3.74

157 ratings

❤️‍🔥 Sexual Revolution 🌾 American Heartland 🎓 Campus Culture 📜 Social History ✊ Feminist History

What a Girl Wants

by Roxy Bourdillon • 2025

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

4.18

142

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

What a Girl Wants

Her mother's response to coming out: marry a man first. A memoir of taking up space.

by Roxy Bourdillon 2025 288 pages

4.18

142 ratings

📖 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Stories 💋 Femme Identity 🎭 People Pleasing 🪞 Body Image

Tech Agnostic

by Greg Epstein • 2024

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

3.49

156

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Tech Agnostic

Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.

by Greg Epstein 2024 368 pages

3.49

156 ratings

🕉️ Digital Religion ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🤔 Techno-Skepticism 🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📱 Phone Addiction

Solo

by Hazel Phillips • 2022

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

3.58

198

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

Solo

Excluded from alpine circles, she tramped NZ's backcountry solo. The risk was never the mountain.

by Hazel Phillips 2022 256 pages

3.58

198 ratings

🥾 Solo Backpacking 🇳🇿 New Zealand 📖 Adventure Memoirs 🏕️ Women Outdoors ⚖️ Gender Bias

Bloomsbury Girls

by Natalie Jenner • 2022

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

3.85

18k+

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

Bloomsbury Girls

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

by Natalie Jenner 2022 353 pages

3.85

18k+ ratings

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

Feuchtgebiete

by Charlotte Roche • 2008

A hospitalized teenager tells the unvarnished story of her body's taboos and her family's wounds.

2.88

12k+

💥 Transgressive Fiction 💔 Dysfunctional Family 😈 Dark Humor ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Medical Setting

Feuchtgebiete

A hospitalized teenager tells the unvarnished story of her body's taboos and her family's wounds.

by Charlotte Roche 2008 224 pages

2.88

12k+ ratings

💥 Transgressive Fiction 💔 Dysfunctional Family 😈 Dark Humor ✊ Bodily Autonomy 🏥 Medical Setting

Invisible Chains

by Lisa Aronson Fontes • 2015

It feels like devotion but isolates, monitors, and threatens: the exit strategy you need.

4.18

128

⛓️ Coercive Control 💔 Emotional Abuse 🌫️ Gaslighting 🗺️ Safety Planning 🌱 Abuse Recovery

Invisible Chains

It feels like devotion but isolates, monitors, and threatens: the exit strategy you need.

by Lisa Aronson Fontes 2015 220 pages

4.18

128 ratings

⛓️ Coercive Control 💔 Emotional Abuse 🌫️ Gaslighting 🗺️ Safety Planning 🌱 Abuse Recovery

The Pursuit of Power

by Richard J. Evans • 2016

Between Waterloo and the trenches: how industrialization, democracy, and empire transformed Europe.

4.15

2k+

📜 Social History 🗺️ 19th Century Europe 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🏛️ Nation Building 🌍 Imperial Expansion

The Pursuit of Power

Between Waterloo and the trenches: how industrialization, democracy, and empire transformed Europe.

by Richard J. Evans 2016 848 pages

4.15

2k+ ratings

📜 Social History 🗺️ 19th Century Europe 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🏛️ Nation Building 🌍 Imperial Expansion

Canção para ninar menino grande

by Conceição Evaristo • 2022

A railway man's lovers gather to recount desire, motherhood, and the selves they built without him.

4.09

2k+

🎭 Polyphonic Novel 💔 Unrequited Love 👩‍👩‍👧 Women's Solidarity 🔥 Female Desire 🖤 Afro-Brazilian Voices

Canção para ninar menino grande

A railway man's lovers gather to recount desire, motherhood, and the selves they built without him.

by Conceição Evaristo 2022 126 pages

4.09

2k+ ratings

🎭 Polyphonic Novel 💔 Unrequited Love 👩‍👩‍👧 Women's Solidarity 🔥 Female Desire 🖤 Afro-Brazilian Voices

The Piano Teacher

by Elfriede Jelinek • 1983

Trapped by her mother, a Vienna piano teacher hands her student a script for her degradation.

3.62

17k+

🚫 Transgressive Fiction 📚 Austrian Literature 💔 Toxic Mother Daughter ⛓️ Masochism And Submission 🎹 Teacher Student Affair

The Piano Teacher

Trapped by her mother, a Vienna piano teacher hands her student a script for her degradation.

by Elfriede Jelinek 1983 288 pages

3.62

17k+ ratings

🚫 Transgressive Fiction 📚 Austrian Literature 💔 Toxic Mother Daughter ⛓️ Masochism And Submission 🎹 Teacher Student Affair

Doña Huevotes

by Anamar Orihuela • 2023

Learned in childhood to carry everyone, need nothing. Your way back begins inside your body.

3.87

432

🧹 Emotional Labor 🎭 People-Pleasing Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting 👧 Inner Child Healing 🧬 Generational Trauma

Doña Huevotes

Learned in childhood to carry everyone, need nothing. Your way back begins inside your body.

by Anamar Orihuela 2023 184 pages

3.87

432 ratings

🧹 Emotional Labor 🎭 People-Pleasing Recovery 🚧 Boundary Setting 👧 Inner Child Healing 🧬 Generational Trauma

Evil Genius

by Claire Oshetsky • 2026

Trapped in a controlling marriage, a phone operator cuts off a customer whose grief will find her.

3.62

3k+

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Dark Humor 🌁 1970s San Francisco 🌈 Queer Awakening

Evil Genius

Trapped in a controlling marriage, a phone operator cuts off a customer whose grief will find her.

by Claire Oshetsky 2026 240 pages

3.62

3k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Horror 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💀 Dark Humor 🌁 1970s San Francisco 🌈 Queer Awakening

Feminist Theory

by bell hooks • 1984

Feminism failed by designing itself for the suburban wife, not the working-class woman of color.

4.44

9k+

✊🏾 Black Feminism 🕸️ Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy And Capitalism 💸 Class Analysis ⚡ Redefining Power

Feminist Theory

Feminism failed by designing itself for the suburban wife, not the working-class woman of color.

by bell hooks 1984 174 pages

4.44

9k+ ratings

✊🏾 Black Feminism 🕸️ Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy And Capitalism 💸 Class Analysis ⚡ Redefining Power

Darling, You Can't Do Both

by Janet Kestin • 2014

You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.

3.79

338

🏢 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Mentorship

Darling, You Can't Do Both

You cannot outwork bias or out-nice sexism. Two creative chiefs on what moves women forward.

by Janet Kestin 2014 304 pages

3.79

338 ratings

🏢 Women In Leadership ⚖️ Workplace Gender Bias 💰 Salary Negotiation 🎯 Authentic Leadership 🤝 Mentorship

Free Gifts

by Alyssa Battistoni • 2025

Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.

4.24

🏞️ Political Ecology 📊 Ecological Economics 🌍 Marxist Ecology 💰 Value Theory 👶 Social Reproduction Theory

Free Gifts

Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.

by Alyssa Battistoni 2025 328 pages

4.24

55 ratings

🏞️ Political Ecology 📊 Ecological Economics 🌍 Marxist Ecology 💰 Value Theory 👶 Social Reproduction Theory

Kingmaker

by Sonia Purnell • 2024

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

4.16

6k+

🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

Kingmaker

Dismissed as a courtesan, she rebuilt the Democrats and became ambassador to France at 73.

by Sonia Purnell 2024 528 pages

4.16

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Biography 🗳️ Women In Politics 🕊️ Soft Power ⚔️ Wartime Diplomacy 🌊 Transatlantic Relations

The Farm

by Joanne Ramos • 2019

At a luxury surrogacy retreat, a Filipina mother trades her body for her daughter's future.

3.49

41k+

🍼 Reproductive Dystopia 🌏 Immigrant Fiction 👥 Found Family 🤱 Maternal Sacrifice 💎 Wealth And Servitude

The Farm

At a luxury surrogacy retreat, a Filipina mother trades her body for her daughter's future.

by Joanne Ramos 2019 327 pages

3.49

41k+ ratings

🍼 Reproductive Dystopia 🌏 Immigrant Fiction 👥 Found Family 🤱 Maternal Sacrifice 💎 Wealth And Servitude

All in Her Head

by Elizabeth Comen • 2024

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

4.29

15k+

🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

All in Her Head

Hysteria was dropped from the DSM decades ago. Its logic still shapes how doctors hear women's pain.

by Elizabeth Comen 2024 368 pages

4.29

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Medical History 📜 Feminist History 🩺 Women's Health ⚕️ Medical Misogyny 🩻 Diagnostic Bias

Strong Female Character

by Fern Brady • 2023

She grew up blunt, broke, and baffled by people. An autism diagnosis in her thirties explained why.

4.40

42k+

🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking 😂 Darkly Funny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧠 Neurodivergent Woman

Strong Female Character

She grew up blunt, broke, and baffled by people. An autism diagnosis in her thirties explained why.

by Fern Brady 2023 288 pages

4.40

42k+ ratings

🔍 Late Autism Diagnosis 🎭 Masking And Unmasking 😂 Darkly Funny 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class 🧠 Neurodivergent Woman

Mediocre

by Ijeoma Oluo • 2020

American institutions reward unremarkable white men. Everyone pays the price, even them.

4.39

17k+

🏛️ Institutional Racism 🇺🇸 American Patriarchy 🎭 American Mythmaking ✊🏿 Black Feminism 🔀 Intersectionality

Mediocre

American institutions reward unremarkable white men. Everyone pays the price, even them.

by Ijeoma Oluo 2020 278 pages

4.39

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Institutional Racism 🇺🇸 American Patriarchy 🎭 American Mythmaking ✊🏿 Black Feminism 🔀 Intersectionality

The Stepford Wives

by Ira Levin • 1972

Every wife in Stepford is a flawless blank. A photographer's only friend just joined them.

3.89

57k+

🏠 Domestic Horror ✊ Feminist Dystopia 🤖 Robotic Replacements 😤 Gaslighting Husband 🌑 Suburban Gothic

The Stepford Wives

Every wife in Stepford is a flawless blank. A photographer's only friend just joined them.

by Ira Levin 1972 123 pages

3.89

57k+ ratings

🏠 Domestic Horror ✊ Feminist Dystopia 🤖 Robotic Replacements 😤 Gaslighting Husband 🌑 Suburban Gothic

The Sisterhood

by Liza Mundy • 2023

The CIA's essential women were kept off the books. They sued, won, and hunted bin Laden.

4.19

5k+

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 👤 Women In Espionage ⚖️ Systemic Sexism 🏛️ Class Action Lawsuits 📋 Unpaid Labor

The Sisterhood

The CIA's essential women were kept off the books. They sued, won, and hunted bin Laden.

by Liza Mundy 2023 400 pages

4.19

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Agencies 👤 Women In Espionage ⚖️ Systemic Sexism 🏛️ Class Action Lawsuits 📋 Unpaid Labor

Digital Dead End

by Virginia Eubanks • 2011

Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.

3.86

💻 Digital Inequality 🔬 Critical Technology Studies ✏️ Participatory Design 🏫 Popular Education 👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology

Digital Dead End

Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.

by Virginia Eubanks 2011 266 pages

3.86

72 ratings

💻 Digital Inequality 🔬 Critical Technology Studies ✏️ Participatory Design 🏫 Popular Education 👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology

Evil Eye

by Etaf Rum • 2023

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

3.93

25k+

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌏 Immigrant Daughter 🥀 Quietly Devastating

Evil Eye

A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.

by Etaf Rum 2023 352 pages

3.93

25k+ ratings

🕳️ Generational Trauma 💭 Mother Daughter Rift 💔 Unhappy Marriage 🌏 Immigrant Daughter 🥀 Quietly Devastating

Queenie

by Candice Carty-Williams • 2019

A Black journalist unravels after a breakup, numbing the pain with casual sex and toxic encounters.

3.85

100k+

🏙️ Contemporary London 🧠 Mental Health Journey 👩🏾 Black Womanhood 💔 Self-Destructive Spiral 👩‍💼 Workplace Racism

Queenie

A Black journalist unravels after a breakup, numbing the pain with casual sex and toxic encounters.

by Candice Carty-Williams 2019 330 pages

3.85

100k+ ratings

🏙️ Contemporary London 🧠 Mental Health Journey 👩🏾 Black Womanhood 💔 Self-Destructive Spiral 👩‍💼 Workplace Racism

Bad Feminist

by Roxane Gay • 2014

No pure feminist survives real life. An argument for staying in the fight, flaws included.

3.92

100k+

🎭 Cultural Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🚨 Rape Culture 📺 Media Representation 🎩 Respectability Politics

Bad Feminist

No pure feminist survives real life. An argument for staying in the fight, flaws included.

by Roxane Gay 2014 320 pages

3.92

100k+ ratings

🎭 Cultural Criticism ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🚨 Rape Culture 📺 Media Representation 🎩 Respectability Politics

Love by the Book

by Jessica George • 2026

A lonely novelist befriends a teacher with a secret, then mines her life for fiction.

3.92

5k+

💛 Platonic Love 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 💔 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Secret Double Life

Love by the Book

A lonely novelist befriends a teacher with a secret, then mines her life for fiction.

by Jessica George 2026 336 pages

3.92

5k+ ratings

💛 Platonic Love 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family 💔 Estranged Sisters 🎭 Secret Double Life

Persephone Rising

by Carol S. Pearson • 2015

Four Greek gods from a secret rite map the modern path to power, heart, transformation, and joy.

4.01

196

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🏛️ Greek Mythology 🎭 Archetypal Psychology 📜 Mythic Narratives 👩‍🎤 Feminine Archetypes

Persephone Rising

Four Greek gods from a secret rite map the modern path to power, heart, transformation, and joy.

by Carol S. Pearson 2015 400 pages

4.01

196 ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🏛️ Greek Mythology 🎭 Archetypal Psychology 📜 Mythic Narratives 👩‍🎤 Feminine Archetypes

The Moonflowers

by Abigail Rose-Marie • 2024

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

4.32

23k+

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

The Moonflowers

A painter memorializes her grandfather in an Appalachian town where his killer waits in the asylum.

by Abigail Rose-Marie 2024 329 pages

4.32

23k+ ratings

🌑 Southern Gothic 🌿 Underground Midwifery 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Mountains

Democracy

by Margaret Atwood • 2024

Democracy fails when no one joins anything. Eleven writers and leaders on the repair work.

3.95

287

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📢 Illiberal Populism ⚠️ Authoritarian Threats 🤝 Collective Action 🏦 Institutional Trust

Democracy

Democracy fails when no one joins anything. Eleven writers and leaders on the repair work.

by Margaret Atwood 2024 144 pages

3.95

287 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📢 Illiberal Populism ⚠️ Authoritarian Threats 🤝 Collective Action 🏦 Institutional Trust

Lorraine Hansberry

by Charles J. Shields • 2022

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

3.78

400

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

Lorraine Hansberry

Closeted, radical, and a slumlord's daughter: the life that produced A Raisin in the Sun.

by Charles J. Shields 2022 384 pages

3.78

400 ratings

🎭 Literary Biography 🖤 Black Women Writers ✊🏿 Civil Rights Era 🌈 Queer Literary Lives 🎟️ Theater History

Southern Horrors and Other Writings

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett • 1996

Lynching wasn't about rape but economic terror, and one exiled journalist made the world see.

4.36

500+

🏛️ Jim Crow Era 💀 Racial Terror 🏚️ Economic Intimidation 🔍 Investigative Reporting ✊🏾 Early Civil Rights

Southern Horrors and Other Writings

Lynching wasn't about rape but economic terror, and one exiled journalist made the world see.

by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 1996 240 pages

4.36

500+ ratings

🏛️ Jim Crow Era 💀 Racial Terror 🏚️ Economic Intimidation 🔍 Investigative Reporting ✊🏾 Early Civil Rights

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

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

by Elaine J. Lawless 2001 280 pages

3.94

17 ratings

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

How to Kill a Witch

by Zoe Venditozzi • 2025

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

3.81

18k+

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence ⛓️ Patriarchal Control 💬 Modern Misogyny

How to Kill a Witch

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

by Zoe Venditozzi 2025 320 pages

3.81

18k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence ⛓️ Patriarchal Control 💬 Modern Misogyny

A House in Norway

by Vigdis Hjorth • 2017

A textile artist wants quiet tenants. The Polish family in her annex wants to be seen.

3.74

500+

🏔️ Nordic Realism 🪞 Liberal Guilt 🎨 Artist At Midlife 🏠 Claustrophobic Domestic 😶 Unspoken Resentment

A House in Norway

A textile artist wants quiet tenants. The Polish family in her annex wants to be seen.

by Vigdis Hjorth 2017 178 pages

3.74

500+ ratings

🏔️ Nordic Realism 🪞 Liberal Guilt 🎨 Artist At Midlife 🏠 Claustrophobic Domestic 😶 Unspoken Resentment

Womb Awakening

by Azra Bertrand • 2017

A global faith once worshipped the womb and its blood as sacred. Long suppressed, it's reawakening.

4.25

200

🌸 Divine Feminine 🩸 Menstrual Wisdom 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌀 Shamanic Healing 👵 Ancestral Healing

Womb Awakening

A global faith once worshipped the womb and its blood as sacred. Long suppressed, it's reawakening.

by Azra Bertrand 2017 560 pages

4.25

200 ratings

🌸 Divine Feminine 🩸 Menstrual Wisdom 🔥 Sacred Sexuality 🌀 Shamanic Healing 👵 Ancestral Healing

Mother Brain

by Chelsea Conaboy • 2022

Maternal instinct is a fairytale. Parenthood reshapes the brain for everyone who cares for a baby.

3.59

1k+

🧪 Parenting Science 🤱 Maternal Mental Health 🧠 Brain Plasticity ✊ Feminist Science 🤝 Social Neuroscience

Mother Brain

Maternal instinct is a fairytale. Parenthood reshapes the brain for everyone who cares for a baby.

by Chelsea Conaboy 2022 368 pages

3.59

1k+ ratings

🧪 Parenting Science 🤱 Maternal Mental Health 🧠 Brain Plasticity ✊ Feminist Science 🤝 Social Neuroscience

The Great Cosmic Mother

by Monica Sjöö • 1981

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

4.08

2k+

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

The Great Cosmic Mother

Before patriarchy, the world worshipped a goddess. Her erasure was violent and the costs endure.

by Monica Sjöö 1981 501 pages

4.08

2k+ ratings

🌙 Goddess Spirituality 🏺 Matriarchal Prehistory 🔥 Witch Hunt History ⚡ Patriarchal Critique 🌍 Sacred Ecology

The Macho Paradox

by Jackson Katz • 2006

Men commit the violence, yet it's called a women's issue. A guide for men ready to flip the script.

4.17

1k+

⚖️ Gender Violence 🍇 Rape Culture 🫂 Male Peer Culture ✋ Bystander Intervention 📺 Media Sexism

The Macho Paradox

Men commit the violence, yet it's called a women's issue. A guide for men ready to flip the script.

by Jackson Katz 2006 304 pages

4.17

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Gender Violence 🍇 Rape Culture 🫂 Male Peer Culture ✋ Bystander Intervention 📺 Media Sexism

Aesthetics of Excess

by Jillian Hernandez • 2020

Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.

4.26

🎨 Art Criticism ✊🏿 Black Feminism 👔 Respectability Politics 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Cultural Studies

Aesthetics of Excess

Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.

by Jillian Hernandez 2020 320 pages

4.26

42 ratings

🎨 Art Criticism ✊🏿 Black Feminism 👔 Respectability Politics 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Cultural Studies

Good Girls Don’t Die

by Christina Henry • 2023

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

3.46

10k+

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

Good Girls Don’t Die

Her family is fake, her town is a set, and unseen cameras watch her every move.

by Christina Henry 2023 320 pages

3.46

10k+ ratings

🩸 Feminist Horror 🎬 Meta Horror 🎮 Deadly Game 🔪 Final Girl 🔥 Female Rage

A Mind of Her Own

by Anne Campbell • 2002

Why women play it safe, choose mates carefully, and bond like sisters: an evolutionary account.

4.22

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧ Sex Differences 👶 Parental Investment 💕 Human Mating 👑 Female Competition

A Mind of Her Own

Why women play it safe, choose mates carefully, and bond like sisters: an evolutionary account.

by Anne Campbell 2002 404 pages

4.22

90 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧ Sex Differences 👶 Parental Investment 💕 Human Mating 👑 Female Competition

Desfile

by Rachel Cusk • 2024

Artists invert reality. Their wives learn to live upside down or split themselves in two.

3.50

7k+

🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🔗 Interlinked Stories 🎨 Artist Marriage 💔 Muse And Maker 👥 Doubled Self

Desfile

Artists invert reality. Their wives learn to live upside down or split themselves in two.

by Rachel Cusk 2024 152 pages

3.50

7k+ ratings

🧩 Fragmented Narrative 🔗 Interlinked Stories 🎨 Artist Marriage 💔 Muse And Maker 👥 Doubled Self

The Psychology of Gender

by Gary W. Wood • 2018

The data: men and women are mostly the same, and pretending otherwise hurts everyone, including men.

3.71

🧠 Gender Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 🏷️ Gender Stereotypes 🔍 Cognitive Biases ✊ Feminist Psychology

The Psychology of Gender

The data: men and women are mostly the same, and pretending otherwise hurts everyone, including men.

by Gary W. Wood 2018 118 pages

3.71

76 ratings

🧠 Gender Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 🏷️ Gender Stereotypes 🔍 Cognitive Biases ✊ Feminist Psychology

L'empathie est politique

by Samah Karaki • 2024

Feeling another's pain isn't neutral: it's a biased, exhausting act shaped by politics.

4.35

146

🏛️ Political Psychology 🤔 Empathy Skepticism 😈 Dehumanization 💔 Compassion Fatigue 📺 Media Framing

L'empathie est politique

Feeling another's pain isn't neutral: it's a biased, exhausting act shaped by politics.

by Samah Karaki 2024 223 pages

4.35

146 ratings

🏛️ Political Psychology 🤔 Empathy Skepticism 😈 Dehumanization 💔 Compassion Fatigue 📺 Media Framing

How Do You Like Me Now?

by Holly Bourne • 2018

Tori Bailey is the voice of radical honesty for millions, and invisible in her own bedroom.

3.70

14k+

🎤 Self-Help Industry Satire 📱 Social Media Envy 🛏️ Dead Bedroom 🌿 Childfree Protagonist 💔 Emotionally Distant Man

How Do You Like Me Now?

Tori Bailey is the voice of radical honesty for millions, and invisible in her own bedroom.

by Holly Bourne 2018 368 pages

3.70

14k+ ratings

🎤 Self-Help Industry Satire 📱 Social Media Envy 🛏️ Dead Bedroom 🌿 Childfree Protagonist 💔 Emotionally Distant Man

Against the Loveless World

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Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.

4.50

32k+

🕊️ Palestinian Resistance 🧳 Exile And Displacement 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Against the Loveless World

Locked in the Cube, a Palestinian woman writes her life: dancer, outcast, rebel, lover.

by Susan Abulhawa 2019 384 pages

4.50

32k+ ratings

🕊️ Palestinian Resistance 🧳 Exile And Displacement 💋 Sex Worker Protagonist 💔 Love In Wartime 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Body Neutral

by Jessi Kneeland • 2023

Four hidden reasons your body image won't budge, and a plan to solve each one.

4.05

380

🪞 Body Image Healing 🍽️ Diet Culture 🎭 Emotional Avoidance 🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

Body Neutral

Four hidden reasons your body image won't budge, and a plan to solve each one.

by Jessi Kneeland 2023 432 pages

4.05

380 ratings

🪞 Body Image Healing 🍽️ Diet Culture 🎭 Emotional Avoidance 🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

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by Judith Lewis Herman • 2023

Punishment fails survivors. They want acknowledgment, repair, and a community that finally listens.

4.21

500+

🧠 Trauma Psychology 🔄 Restorative Justice 🚨 Sexual Violence ⚖️ Survivor Justice 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

Truth and Repair

Punishment fails survivors. They want acknowledgment, repair, and a community that finally listens.

by Judith Lewis Herman 2023 272 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Psychology 🔄 Restorative Justice 🚨 Sexual Violence ⚖️ Survivor Justice 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal

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