🎸 Riot Grrrl Movement

The fierce intersection of punk music, feminism, and DIY culture in the 1990s — zines, bands, and a generation of young women refusing to be quiet.

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

by Carrie Brownstein • 2015

Two guitars, no bass, and a feminist punk revolution: the story of Sleater-Kinney from the inside.

3.83

37k+

🤘 Feminist Punk 🎤 Indie Rock Memoir 🤝 Band Dynamics 🚐 Touring Life 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl 93%

Two guitars, no bass, and a feminist punk revolution: the story of Sleater-Kinney from the inside.

by Carrie Brownstein 2015

3.83

37k+ ratings

🤘 Feminist Punk 🎤 Indie Rock Memoir 🤝 Band Dynamics 🚐 Touring Life 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

by Viv Albertine • 2014

The Slits' guitarist became a suburban mother. Cancer forced her to ask what she'd abandoned.

4.27

14k+

🎸 Punk Memoirs 🎤 Women In Music 🌱 Midlife Reinvention 🎨 Art And Domesticity 💪 Cancer Memoirs

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. Summary

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. 89%

The Slits' guitarist became a suburban mother. Cancer forced her to ask what she'd abandoned.

by Viv Albertine 2014

4.27

14k+ ratings

🎸 Punk Memoirs 🎤 Women In Music 🌱 Midlife Reinvention 🎨 Art And Domesticity 💪 Cancer Memoirs

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 89%

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

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 88%

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

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

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

4.05

4k+

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

Against Our Will 88%

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

Re-Sisters

by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

3.69

143

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Re-Sisters 88%

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022

3.69

143 ratings

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Right-Wing Women

by Andrea Dworkin • 1983

The right offers women safety from male violence in exchange for obedience. The men never deliver.

4.31

3k+

🗡️ Radical Feminism 📜 Second Wave Feminism ⚡ Sexual Politics ⛓️ Patriarchy And Violence 🚫 Antifeminism

Right-Wing Women 88%

The right offers women safety from male violence in exchange for obedience. The men never deliver.

by Andrea Dworkin 1983

4.31

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Radical Feminism 📜 Second Wave Feminism ⚡ Sexual Politics ⛓️ Patriarchy And Violence 🚫 Antifeminism

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 88%

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 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 88%

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 Road Beneath My Feet

by Frank Turner • 2015

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

4.21

2k+

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

The Road Beneath My Feet 87%

Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.

by Frank Turner 2015

4.21

2k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoir 🚐 Diy Touring 🎤 Touring Life 🤘 Punk Rock 🎨 Artistic Integrity

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.

4.49

6k+

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

Fix the System, Not the Women 87%

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

The Feminist Porn Book

by Tristan Taormino • 2012

Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.

3.98

636

🎬 Feminist Film 📖 Porn Studies ✊ Sex Worker Rights 🗣️ Sex-Positive Feminism 🖼️ Sexual Representation

The Feminist Porn Book 87%

Feminism's porn war: dispatches from the women who chose cameras over censorship.

by Tristan Taormino 2012

3.98

636 ratings

🎬 Feminist Film 📖 Porn Studies ✊ Sex Worker Rights 🗣️ Sex-Positive Feminism 🖼️ Sexual Representation

Seven Social Movements That Changed America

by Linda Gordon • 2025

Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.

3.91

108

🏘️ Grassroots Organizing 🔬 Social Movement Theory ⚠️ Authoritarian Movements ✊ Women Organizers 🔗 Intersectional Feminism

Seven Social Movements That Changed America Summary

Seven Social Movements That Changed America 87%

Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.

by Linda Gordon 2025

3.91

108 ratings

🏘️ Grassroots Organizing 🔬 Social Movement Theory ⚠️ Authoritarian Movements ✊ Women Organizers 🔗 Intersectional Feminism

Men Explain Things to Me

by Rebecca Solnit • 2014

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

3.83

88k+

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Modern Feminism 🗣️ Women's Voices

Men Explain Things to Me 87%

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

by Rebecca Solnit 2014

3.83

88k+ ratings

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Modern Feminism 🗣️ Women's Voices

Yes Means Yes!

by Jaclyn Friedman • 2008

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

4.20

5k+

✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture 🧘 Body Politics 📚 Feminist Anthologies

Yes Means Yes! 87%

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

by Jaclyn Friedman 2008

4.20

5k+ ratings

✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture 🧘 Body Politics 📚 Feminist Anthologies

The Purity Myth

by Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

4.08

9k+

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

The Purity Myth 87%

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

by Jessica Valenti 2009

4.08

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht

by Susan Dalgety • 2024

Scotland tried to erase the word woman from law. Ordinary women fought back, and a government fell.

4.44

347

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Politics 🧬 Gender Critical Feminism 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Politics 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🏛️ Institutional Capture

The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht 87%

Scotland tried to erase the word woman from law. Ordinary women fought back, and a government fell.

by Susan Dalgety 2024

4.44

347 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Politics 🧬 Gender Critical Feminism 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Politics 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Pornland

by Gail Dines • 2010

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

3.96

2k+

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation 💋 Raunch Culture ✊ Anti-Porn Feminism

Pornland 87%

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

by Gail Dines 2010

3.96

2k+ ratings

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation 💋 Raunch Culture ✊ Anti-Porn 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 87%

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

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 87%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

Sister Outsider

by Audre Lorde • 1984

Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.

4.53

42k+

🖤 Black Feminism 🔗 Intersectional Feminism 📢 Breaking Silence 🔥 Anger As Catalyst 🌹 Erotic Empowerment

Sister Outsider 87%

Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.

by Audre Lorde 1984

4.53

42k+ ratings

🖤 Black Feminism 🔗 Intersectional Feminism 📢 Breaking Silence 🔥 Anger As Catalyst 🌹 Erotic Empowerment

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 87%

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

Feminism or Death

by Françoise d'Eaubonne • 1974

The planet is dying from male rule. A feminism content with equality won't save it.

3.55

187

🌿 Ecofeminism ✊ Radical Feminism 🩺 Reproductive Justice 🏭 Patriarchy And Capitalism 💰 Anti-Capitalist Feminism

Feminism or Death 87%

The planet is dying from male rule. A feminism content with equality won't save it.

by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974

3.55

187 ratings

🌿 Ecofeminism ✊ Radical Feminism 🩺 Reproductive Justice 🏭 Patriarchy And Capitalism 💰 Anti-Capitalist Feminism

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism

by Angela Y. Davis • 1998

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

4.28

2k+

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

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism 87%

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

Bad Feminist

by Roxane Gay • 2014

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

3.92

120k+

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

Bad Feminist 87%

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

by Roxane Gay 2014

3.92

120k+ ratings

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

Colonize This!

by Bushra Rehman • 2002

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

4.20

3k+

🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

Colonize This! 87%

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

by Bushra Rehman 2002

4.20

3k+ ratings

🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

Pleasure Activism

by Adrienne Maree Brown • 2019

Reclaim joy as a radical political act, and use pleasure to fuel your activism and your life.

4.22

9k+

📚 Feminist Theory 🏗️ Movement Building 🧘 Body Liberation 🔥 Sexual Empowerment 💊 Harm Reduction

Pleasure Activism 87%

Reclaim joy as a radical political act, and use pleasure to fuel your activism and your life.

by Adrienne Maree Brown 2019

4.22

9k+ ratings

📚 Feminist Theory 🏗️ Movement Building 🧘 Body Liberation 🔥 Sexual Empowerment 💊 Harm Reduction

A Freewheelin' Time

by Suze Rotolo • 2008

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

3.85

4k+

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time 87%

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

by Suze Rotolo 2008

3.85

4k+ ratings

🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

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 87%

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

Girl on Girl

by Sophie Gilbert • 2025

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

3.84

20k+

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

Girl on Girl 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

by bell hooks 1984

4.44

9k+ ratings

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

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 87%

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

Unbreakable

by Jenni Rivera • 2013

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

4.47

2k+

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

Unbreakable 87%

Teen mom, banda queen, and a nine-year pursuit that ended with her abuser sentenced to life.

by Jenni Rivera 2013

4.47

2k+ ratings

🎤 Regional Mexican Music 🎵 Female Musicians 💔 Surviving Abuse ✊ Chicana Feminism 👩‍👧‍👦 Single Mothers

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.

3.81

4k+

🕰️ 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 87%

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

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

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

3.85

3k+

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

Off With Her Head 87%

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

#Girlboss

by Sophia Amoruso • 2014

From shoplifter to CEO: the scrappy business playbook for women who refuse to fit in.

3.64

77k+

🧱 Bootstrapping 💼 Career Advice 💰 Financial Literacy 🔥 Hustle Culture 👽 Outsider Success

#Girlboss 86%

From shoplifter to CEO: the scrappy business playbook for women who refuse to fit in.

by Sophia Amoruso 2014

3.64

77k+ ratings

🧱 Bootstrapping 💼 Career Advice 💰 Financial Literacy 🔥 Hustle Culture 👽 Outsider Success

Toward a Feminist Theory of the State

by Catharine A. MacKinnon • 1991

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

3.98

556

✊ Radical Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory 💋 Sexual Politics 🚺 Sex Equality Law 🚫 Anti-Porn Feminism

Toward a Feminist Theory of the State Summary

Toward a Feminist Theory of the State 86%

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

by Catharine A. MacKinnon 1991

3.98

556 ratings

✊ Radical Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory 💋 Sexual Politics 🚺 Sex Equality Law 🚫 Anti-Porn Feminism

A Return to Modesty

by Wendy Shalit • 1998

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

3.79

1k+

🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

A Return to Modesty 86%

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

by Wendy Shalit 1998

3.79

1k+ ratings

🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

This Is an Uprising

by Mark Engler • 2016

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

4.20

1k+

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

This Is an Uprising 86%

Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.

by Mark Engler 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Civil Resistance 📢 Social Movements 🧱 Movement Building ⚡ Disruption Tactics 🪧 Mass Protest

Girls Who Rocked the World

by Michelle R. McCann • 2012

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

4.04

541

📜 Women's History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography 💪 Girl Power 🔬 STEM Pioneers

Girls Who Rocked the World 86%

Young women who led nations, made discoveries, and broke records before they turned twenty.

by Michelle R. McCann 2012

4.04

541 ratings

📜 Women's History 🌟 Young Changemakers 📚 Collective Biography 💪 Girl Power 🔬 STEM Pioneers

Can We All Be Feminists?

by June Eric-Udorie • 2018

Mainstream feminism's blind spots: seventeen women the movement left behind.

4.25

1k+

🌐 Intersectional Feminism 📝 Feminist Anthologies 🍩 Fat Acceptance ♿ Disability Justice ✊🏿 Womanist Thought

Can We All Be Feminists? 86%

Mainstream feminism's blind spots: seventeen women the movement left behind.

by June Eric-Udorie 2018

4.25

1k+ ratings

🌐 Intersectional Feminism 📝 Feminist Anthologies 🍩 Fat Acceptance ♿ Disability Justice ✊🏿 Womanist Thought

You're Never Weird on the Internet

by Felicia Day • 2015

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

4.07

51k+

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

You're Never Weird on the Internet Summary

You're Never Weird on the Internet 86%

A home-schooled gamer's path from World of Warcraft addiction to running her own media company.

by Felicia Day 2015

4.07

51k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet Culture 🎮 Gaming Culture 🎯 Perfectionism ✊ Feminist Memoir 👩‍💻 Female Creators

Feminismo para principiantes

by Nuria Varela • 2005

Universal rights stopped at the front door. What three centuries of feminism built in response.

4.28

4k+

🕰️ Women's History 📚 Feminist Theory 🏗️ Gender As Construct 🌊 Second Wave Feminism 🔍 Patriarchy Analysis

Feminismo para principiantes 86%

Universal rights stopped at the front door. What three centuries of feminism built in response.

by Nuria Varela 2005

4.28

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women's History 📚 Feminist Theory 🏗️ Gender As Construct 🌊 Second Wave Feminism 🔍 Patriarchy Analysis

Punk Rock Etiquette

by Travis Nichols • 2008

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

3.75

123

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture 🎙️ Home Recording 🚐 Touring

Punk Rock Etiquette 86%

Start a band with nothing, record for pennies, survive the road without a label.

by Travis Nichols 2008

3.75

123 ratings

🎸 Indie Music 🔧 Diy Ethos 🤘 Punk Subculture 🎙️ Home Recording 🚐 Touring

厌女：日本的女性嫌恶

by Chizuko Ueno • 2010

The emperor's throne and the family kitchen run on the same misogynist script. Here is why.

4.40

919

🇯🇵 Japanese Feminism 🏗 Structural Misogyny ⚖ Sexual Double Standards 👥 Homosociality 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

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The emperor's throne and the family kitchen run on the same misogynist script. Here is why.

by Chizuko Ueno 2010

4.40

919 ratings

🇯🇵 Japanese Feminism 🏗 Structural Misogyny ⚖ Sexual Double Standards 👥 Homosociality 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

Men Who Hate Women

by Laura Bates • 2020

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

4.32

31k+

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

Men Who Hate Women 86%

The online pipeline that turns misogyny into mass murder, and why the platforms fuel it.

by Laura Bates 2020

4.32

31k+ ratings

💻 Online Misogyny 📡 Online Radicalization 🔁 Algorithmic Echo Chambers ⚠️ Sexual Violence 🕸️ Extremist Subcultures

SCUM Manifesto

by Valerie Solanas • 1967

Male genes are a botched copy of female ones. The solution is total societal demolition.

3.79

12k+

✊ Radical Feminism ♀️ Second-Wave Feminism 🚺 Separatist Feminism 🚫💰 Anti-Capitalism 🤖 Technological Utopianism

SCUM Manifesto 86%

Male genes are a botched copy of female ones. The solution is total societal demolition.

by Valerie Solanas 1967

3.79

12k+ ratings

✊ Radical Feminism ♀️ Second-Wave Feminism 🚺 Separatist Feminism 🚫💰 Anti-Capitalism 🤖 Technological Utopianism

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

89k+

👶 Feminist Parenting 👧 Raising Daughters 🌍 African Feminism ⚧️ Gender Roles ✋ Bodily Autonomy

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Summary

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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

The Black Woman

by Toni Cade Bambara • 1970

The 1970 anthology that told white feminists they were bourgeois and Black Power it was sexist.

4.48

415

✊🏾 Black Feminism 🎯 Intersectional Feminism 🧨 Black Power 🩺 Reproductive Justice ⛓️ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

The Black Woman 86%

The 1970 anthology that told white feminists they were bourgeois and Black Power it was sexist.

by Toni Cade Bambara 1970

4.48

415 ratings

✊🏾 Black Feminism 🎯 Intersectional Feminism 🧨 Black Power 🩺 Reproductive Justice ⛓️ Anti-Capitalist Feminism

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