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I'll add:M Train by Patti Smith
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman
Salim wrote: "-The Color Purple by Alice WalkerOne of my all-time favorites <3
Another one: 'A Room of One's Own', by Virginia Woolf.(Currently reading 'Little Women' <3)
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood.
Barbara wrote: "The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood."Yes! A million times yes!!
"Half the Sky" by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini!!!
June Jordan's Some of Us Did Not Die
"The Book of Fate - 50 years of life in Iran" by Parinoush Saniee
An incredible novel.
An incredible novel.
How to Be a Women and How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran.
How to Be a Women and How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran.
"Sex Wars" by Marge Piercy "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Bastard out of Carolina" by Dorothy Allison
Does anyone have any good YA feminist books? I was thinking about this recently because I feel like this is such an important genre for feminist books, right?
Chloé wrote: "How to Be a Women and How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran."I don't think we should read Moran unless is in order to criticise her. Her conception of feminism is a narrow one.
Amanda wrote: "Does anyone have any good YA feminist books? I was thinking about this recently because I feel like this is such an important genre for feminist books, right?"Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
everything written by Melina Marchetta basically
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
everything written by Tamora Pierce
I think you're right about this being an important genre, and I think in some ways there are a lot of YA books that epically fail at this *cough* Twilight *cough* But you also see more subtle feminist subtexts in a lot of popular YA novels like Harry Potter, the Hunger Games, Divergent, etc
Maca wrote: "Chloé wrote: "How to Be a Women and How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran."I don't think we should read Moran unless is in order to criticise her. Her conception of feminism is a narrow one."
Seriously. Caitlin Moran is NOT an intersectional feminist and she's said some horribly racist things and been unapologetic about it. Really disappointing.
The sleeping voice by Dulce Chacon
Lightbluelou wrote: "The sleeping voice by Dulce Chacon"Added to the list :) https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Books mentioned in this topic
M Train (other topics)Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots (other topics)
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (other topics)
-Fat Is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach
-Just Kids by Patti Smith
-The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
-Feminism is for everybody by Bell Hooks
-A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political by Mary Wollstonecraft
-Little Women by Louisa M Alcott
-Fear of Flying by Erica Jong
-The Color Purple by Alice Walker
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