50 Books like Beyond the Gender Binary

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 96%

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

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary

by Juno Dawson • 2021

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

4.32

2k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary Summary

What's the T? The Guide to All Things Trans and/or Nonbinary 96%

The trans and nonbinary guidebook: pronouns, hormones, dating, and the joy of living authentically.

by Juno Dawson 2021

4.32

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Guidebooks ⏳ Trans History 👗 Gender Norms 🚪 Coming Out ✊ Trans Rights

Transgender History

by Susan Stryker • 2008

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

4.22

6k+

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

Transgender History 96%

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

by Susan Stryker 2008

4.22

6k+ ratings

📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

Becoming Nicole

by Amy Ellis Nutt • 2015

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

4.22

13k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

Becoming Nicole 96%

Identical twins, one boy and one girl. A bathroom battle that reached the Maine Supreme Court.

by Amy Ellis Nutt 2015

4.22

13k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Rights 🏠 Lgbtq Families 🏷️ Gender Identity 🧒 Trans Youth 💊 Medical Transition

Gaga Feminism

by J. Jack Halberstam • 2012

Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.

3.56

853

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 📚 Feminist Theory 🎭 Gender Performance 🌊 Sexual Fluidity 🤰 Reproductive Politics

Gaga Feminism 95%

Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.

by J. Jack Halberstam 2012

3.56

853 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 📚 Feminist Theory 🎭 Gender Performance 🌊 Sexual Fluidity 🤰 Reproductive Politics

The T in LGBT

by Jamie Raines • 2023

A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

4.53

1k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity 🔄 Gender Transition 📖 Trans Memoir 💔 Gender Dysphoria 🚪 Coming Out

The T in LGBT 95%

A trans man's guide to transition: identity, coming out, hormones, and finding joy.

by Jamie Raines 2023

4.53

1k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Identity 🔄 Gender Transition 📖 Trans Memoir 💔 Gender Dysphoria 🚪 Coming Out

Amateur

by Thomas Page McBee • 2018

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

4.20

4k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 👥 Socialization Of Men ❓ Gender Questioning

Amateur 95%

A trans man's boxing match becomes a reckoning with what men are actually fighting.

by Thomas Page McBee 2018

4.20

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 📚 Masculinity Studies ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 👥 Socialization Of Men ❓ Gender Questioning

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 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

Bad Gays

by Huw Lemmey • 2022

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

3.55

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

Bad Gays 94%

Gay history's villains reveal more about power, race, and assimilation than its heroes.

by Huw Lemmey 2022

3.55

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer History 📚 Lgbtq Studies 🚫 Anti-Respectability Politics 🏴 Queer Radicalism 🔌 Power And Sexuality

The End of Gender

by Debra Soh • 2020

A sex researcher on why sex is binary and most gender-questioning kids outgrow it.

3.90

3k+

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧️ Transgender Debate ♂️♀️ Sex Differences 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Dysphoria ✍️ Gender-Critical Feminism

The End of Gender 94%

A sex researcher on why sex is binary and most gender-questioning kids outgrow it.

by Debra Soh 2020

3.90

3k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚧️ Transgender Debate ♂️♀️ Sex Differences 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Dysphoria ✍️ Gender-Critical Feminism

Glitch Feminism

by Legacy Russell • 2020

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

3.76

3k+

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment ✊ Online Resistance ⚧️ Non-Binary Theory

Glitch Feminism 93%

The glitch is not a mistake to fix; it’s a weapon against the binary body.

by Legacy Russell 2020

3.76

3k+ ratings

🤖 Cyberfeminism 🌈 Queer Theory 💻 Digital Embodiment ✊ Online Resistance ⚧️ Non-Binary Theory

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 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

Sexing the Body

by Anne Fausto-Sterling • 2000

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

4.16

3k+

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Biological Essentialism 💉 Medical Ethics

Sexing the Body 93%

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

by Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000

4.16

3k+ ratings

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism 🧠 Biological Essentialism 💉 Medical Ethics

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

He Said, She Said

by Gigi Gorgeous • 2019

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

3.65

400

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

He Said, She Said 93%

YouTube star's journey from makeup thief to trans icon, sparked by four words from a stranger.

by Gigi Gorgeous 2019

3.65

400 ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Femininity 🎥 Youtube Creators 💉 Medical Transition 🚪 Coming Out 🦋 Grief And Loss

Ace

by Angela Chen • 2020

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

4.34

20k+

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

Ace 93%

The world assumes everyone wants sex. Asexuality reveals what that assumption costs all of us.

by Angela Chen 2020

4.34

20k+ ratings

📘 Asexuality Studies 🌈 Queer Theory 📏 Sexual Normativity 🤝 Non-Sexual Intimacy 🛡️ Consent Culture

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 93%

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

by Roxy Bourdillon 2025

4.18

142 ratings

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

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

Hijab Butch Blues

by Lamya H. • 2023

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

4.46

20k+

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

Hijab Butch Blues 93%

A queer Muslim rereads the Quran and finds Maryam and Hajar waiting for her.

by Lamya H. 2023

4.46

20k+ ratings

🌙 Lgbtq Muslims 🕌 Faith And Sexuality 📖 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🔗 Intersectional Identity

All Boys Aren't Blue

by George M. Johnson • 2020

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

4.18

48k+

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity 🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 🏠 Family Foundations

All Boys Aren't Blue 93%

Inside his grandmother's home, safety. Outside: a world unprepared for a Black queer boy.

by George M. Johnson 2020

4.18

48k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Black Queer Experience 🌱 Coming-Of-Age Memoir 💪 Redefining Masculinity 🔍 Sexual Self-Discovery 🏠 Family Foundations

In the Form of a Question

by Amy Schneider • 2023

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

3.51

3k+

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

In the Form of a Question 93%

A lifetime of hiding, then a 40-game Jeopardy! streak where she had nothing left to hide.

by Amy Schneider 2023

3.51

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Journeys 📺 Game Show Memoirs 🧠 Curiosity And Learning 🚪 Coming Out Stories 🔗 Polyamory Exploration

Nonbinary

by Genesis P-Orridge • 2021

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

4.00

577

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

Nonbinary 93%

Genesis P-Orridge died twice: once by accident, once to become an experiment in erasing gender.

by Genesis P-Orridge 2021

4.00

577 ratings

🎸 Industrial Music 📖 Countercultural Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Gender Fluidity 🕯️ Occult Philosophy ✂️ Avant-Garde Techniques

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 92%

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

Tías and Primas

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez • 2024

The women who shaped you are archetypes. A Latina feminist reveals what they teach about survival.

4.05

1k+

🌺 Latina Feminism 🎭 Female Archetypes 🪢 Intergenerational Trauma 🪞 Body Policing 🤝 Female Solidarity

Tías and Primas 92%

The women who shaped you are archetypes. A Latina feminist reveals what they teach about survival.

by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez 2024

4.05

1k+ ratings

🌺 Latina Feminism 🎭 Female Archetypes 🪢 Intergenerational Trauma 🪞 Body Policing 🤝 Female Solidarity

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 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

Perfectly Queer

by Jillian Abby • 2023

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

4.46

236

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

Perfectly Queer 92%

A girl held her hand, and her perfect suburban life stopped making sense.

by Jillian Abby 2023

4.46

236 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🚪 Coming Out Later In Life 🪞 Internalized Homophobia 🎭 Perfectionism 📋 Compulsory Heterosexuality

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 92%

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

by Gary W. Wood 2018

3.71

76 ratings

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

Time to Think

by Hannah Barnes • 2023

A children's gender clinic gave puberty blockers, tracked nothing, and silenced its own staff.

4.33

1k+

🏥 Gender Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Healthcare Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Time to Think 92%

A children's gender clinic gave puberty blockers, tracked nothing, and silenced its own staff.

by Hannah Barnes 2023

4.33

1k+ ratings

🏥 Gender Medicine ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🏚️ Institutional Failure 📋 Healthcare Policy 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Pride Guide

by Jo Langford • 2018

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

4.06

121

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

The Pride Guide 92%

From coming out to safer sex to online safety: the honest guide every LGBTQ teen deserves.

by Jo Langford 2018

4.06

121 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Youth 📚 Sex Education ⚧️ Gender Identity 🚪 Coming Out 😰 Minority Stress

Queer

by Kathy Belge • 2011

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

3.77

855

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Queer 92%

A queer teen's guide to coming out, dating, staying safe, and finding your people.

by Kathy Belge 2011

3.77

855 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Teens 🚪 Coming Out Guide 🪞 Queer Identity 💕 Queer Relationships 🩺 Queer Sex Ed

Pageboy

by Elliot Page • 2023

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

3.72

77k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

Pageboy 92%

A girlfriend saved as 'Ryan' in his phone. 84 pounds on the scale. Hollywood demanded both.

by Elliot Page 2023

3.72

77k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Memoir 🪞 Gender Dysphoria 💔 Emotional Abuse 🥀 Eating Disorders

Testosterone

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young • 2019

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

4.06

320

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science 🧬 Biology And Society ⚖️ Scientific Bias

Testosterone 92%

Testosterone isn't a male hormone or aggression fuel. The real molecule is far stranger.

by Rebecca M. Jordan-Young 2019

4.06

320 ratings

🔬 Science Studies ♀️ Feminist Science 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Science 🧬 Biology And Society ⚖️ Scientific Bias

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+

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

In the Dream House 92%

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

Boy Erased

by Garrard Conley • 2016

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

3.62

22k+

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Boy Erased 92%

A Baptist pastor's son enters conversion therapy. The cure he found wasn't what they promised.

by Garrard Conley 2016

3.62

22k+ ratings

⛪ Conversion Therapy 💔 Religious Trauma 🌈 Gay Memoir ✝️ Evangelical Upbringing 🚪 Ex-Evangelical

Sex from Scratch

by Sarah Mirk • 2014

The relationship rulebook is optional. How to write your own, from singleness to parting.

3.76

655

🪢 Ethical Non-Monogamy ✏️ Relationship Design ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🌈 Gender Spectrum 💔 Conscious Uncoupling

Sex from Scratch 92%

The relationship rulebook is optional. How to write your own, from singleness to parting.

by Sarah Mirk 2014

3.76

655 ratings

🪢 Ethical Non-Monogamy ✏️ Relationship Design ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🌈 Gender Spectrum 💔 Conscious Uncoupling

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

The Psychology of Sex

by Meg John Barker • 2018

Sexuality runs on spectrums, not switches. Culture writes the script your body follows.

3.88

185

🧠 Sexual Psychology 🔍 Critical Psychology 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🌈 Sexual Diversity 🤝 Consent Culture

The Psychology of Sex 92%

Sexuality runs on spectrums, not switches. Culture writes the script your body follows.

by Meg John Barker 2018

3.88

185 ratings

🧠 Sexual Psychology 🔍 Critical Psychology 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🌈 Sexual Diversity 🤝 Consent Culture

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.

4.25

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

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 91%

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

Conversations with People Who Hate Me

by Dylan Marron • 2022

He saved the hate mail, then called the haters. Twelve things those conversations taught him.

3.89

2k+

🧌 Online Hate 🚫 Cancel Culture 🫂 Empathy Practice 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📱 Social Media Criticism

Conversations with People Who Hate Me Summary

Conversations with People Who Hate Me 91%

He saved the hate mail, then called the haters. Twelve things those conversations taught him.

by Dylan Marron 2022

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧌 Online Hate 🚫 Cancel Culture 🫂 Empathy Practice 🗣️ Difficult Conversations 📱 Social Media Criticism

Bisexual Men Exist

by Vaneet Mehta • 2023

Only 14% of bi men are out. The others have a handbook now that sees them.

3.76

147

🧔‍♂️ Bisexual Men 🧭 Pansexuality 🚫 Biphobia 🌈 Bi Visibility 🧠 Queer Mental Health

Bisexual Men Exist 91%

Only 14% of bi men are out. The others have a handbook now that sees them.

by Vaneet Mehta 2023

3.76

147 ratings

🧔‍♂️ Bisexual Men 🧭 Pansexuality 🚫 Biphobia 🌈 Bi Visibility 🧠 Queer Mental Health

Activist Theology

by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza • 2019

You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.

3.96

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🕊️ Faith In Action 🌍 Spiritual Activism ⛪ Progressive Christianity

Activist Theology 91%

You can’t think your way to justice. A queer theologian’s charge to turn belief into action.

by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza 2019

3.96

81 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theology ✊ Liberation Theology 🕊️ Faith In Action 🌍 Spiritual Activism ⛪ Progressive Christianity

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 91%

#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

Loud

by Drew Afualo • 2024

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

4.29

26k+

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

Loud 91%

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

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by Michael Kaufman • 2011

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

3.54

380

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

The Guy's Guide to Feminism 91%

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

Getting Off

by Robert Jensen • 2007

Porn promises men freedom but delivers a hollow power that erodes their capacity for authentic joy.

3.68

706

✊ Radical Feminism 🔞 Pornography Criticism 👤 Masculinity Studies 🤝 Men And Feminism ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

Getting Off 91%

Porn promises men freedom but delivers a hollow power that erodes their capacity for authentic joy.

by Robert Jensen 2007

3.68

706 ratings

✊ Radical Feminism 🔞 Pornography Criticism 👤 Masculinity Studies 🤝 Men And Feminism ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

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

4.25

1k+

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A Renaissance of Our Own 91%

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

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 91%

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

Danger Music

by Eddie Ayres • 2017

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

4.05

678

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War 👩‍🎓 Women's Education 🎻 Musician Memoir

Danger Music 91%

Afghan girls risk death to play cello. Their teacher risks everything to become himself.

by Eddie Ayres 2017

4.05

678 ratings

🎵 Music Education 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Memoir 🎒 Teaching Amid War 👩‍🎓 Women's Education 🎻 Musician Memoir

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