50 Books like Normal

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 97%

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

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 96%

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

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.

4.48

13k+

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

Beyond the Gender Binary 96%

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

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 95%

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

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 95%

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

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

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 95%

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

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 95%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

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

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

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 92%

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

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 92%

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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

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

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

Delusions of Gender

by Cordelia Fine • 2010

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

4.08

11k+

🧠 Gender And Brain 🎯 Implicit Bias 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👶 Gender Socialization 🔍 Pseudoscience

Delusions of Gender 92%

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

by Cordelia Fine 2010

4.08

11k+ ratings

🧠 Gender And Brain 🎯 Implicit Bias 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👶 Gender Socialization 🔍 Pseudoscience

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 92%

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

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 92%

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

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

Mismeasure of Woman

by Carol Tavris • 1992

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

4.07

431

🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

Mismeasure of Woman 91%

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

by Carol Tavris 1992

4.07

431 ratings

🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

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 91%

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

Testosterone Rex

by Cordelia Fine • 2017

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

3.79

4k+

🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Testosterone Rex 91%

The familiar story of testosterone-fueled men and cautious women falls apart under real data.

by Cordelia Fine 2017

3.79

4k+ ratings

🧬 Sexual Selection 🧠 Biological Essentialism 🧬 Neurosexism ✳️ Feminist Science 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

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 91%

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

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

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 91%

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 Myth of Mars and Venus

by Deborah Cameron • 2007

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

4.03

482

🗣️ Gender And Language 💬 Language Myths ⚡ Gender Stereotypes ✊ Feminist Linguistics 🏗️ Gender Construction

The Myth of Mars and Venus 91%

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

by Deborah Cameron 2007

4.03

482 ratings

🗣️ Gender And Language 💬 Language Myths ⚡ Gender Stereotypes ✊ Feminist Linguistics 🏗️ Gender Construction

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

Sex Matters

by Mona Charen • 2018

Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.

3.71

331

🔍 Feminism Critique 🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💍 Marriage Defense 🍸 Hookup Culture

Sex Matters 91%

Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.

by Mona Charen 2018

3.71

331 ratings

🔍 Feminism Critique 🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💍 Marriage Defense 🍸 Hookup 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 91%

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

Pussypedia

by Zoe Mendelson • 2021

The word pussy reclaimed as an inclusive shame-destroying map of the full pelvic anatomy.

4.36

474

🏫 Sex Education 🩺 Feminist Health 📖 Body Literacy 🧠 Pleasure Anatomy 💬 Destigmatizing Sex

Pussypedia 91%

The word pussy reclaimed as an inclusive shame-destroying map of the full pelvic anatomy.

by Zoe Mendelson 2021

4.36

474 ratings

🏫 Sex Education 🩺 Feminist Health 📖 Body Literacy 🧠 Pleasure Anatomy 💬 Destigmatizing Sex

Tits Up

by Sarah Thornton • 2024

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

3.66

2k+

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

Tits Up 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

4.28

53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

Complications 91%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine ❓ Medical Uncertainty ⚙️ Systemic Error

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

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 91%

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

Man Enough

by Justin Baldoni • 2021

He had the fame, the abs, and the misery. Change began when he stopped performing.

4.07

5k+

💣 Deconstructing Masculinity ❤️‍🩹 Men And Emotions 🪞 Male Body Image 👨‍👧 Modern Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Healing

Man Enough 91%

He had the fame, the abs, and the misery. Change began when he stopped performing.

by Justin Baldoni 2021

4.07

5k+ ratings

💣 Deconstructing Masculinity ❤️‍🩹 Men And Emotions 🪞 Male Body Image 👨‍👧 Modern Fatherhood 🧬 Generational Healing

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

by George M. Johnson 2020

4.18

48k+ ratings

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4.35

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Aftermath 91%

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4.35

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3.54

380

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The Guy's Guide to Feminism 91%

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380 ratings

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20k+ ratings

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