A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie’s letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions–compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive–for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman.… Read More →
Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here by Karima Bennoune
Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism. In Lahore, Pakistan, Faizan Peerzada resisted being relegated to a “dark corner” by staging a performing arts festival despite bomb attacks. In Senegal, wheelchair-bound Aissatou Ciss#65533; produced a comic book to illustrate the injustices faced by disabled women and girls. In Algeria, publisher Omar Belhouchet and his… Read More →
We Too Sing America by Deepa Iyer
We too sing America : South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh immigrants shape our multiracial future. Many of us can recall the targeting of South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh people in the wake of 9/11. We may be less aware, however, of the ongoing racism directed against these groups in the past decade and… Read More →
Warrior Poet – A Biography of Audre Lorde by Alexis de Veaux
During her lifetime, Audre Lorde (1934-1992), author of the landmark Cancer Journals, created a mythic identity for herself that retains its vitality to this day. Drawing from the private archives of the poet’s estate and numerous interviews, Alexis De Veaux demystifies Lorde’s iconic status, charting her conservative childhood in Harlem; her early marriage to a… Read More →
No Equal Justice by David Cole
No Equal Justice is the seminal work on race- and class-based double standards in criminal justice. Hailed as a “shocking and necessary book” by The Economist , it has become the standard reference point for anyone trying to understand the fundamental inequalities in the American legal system. The book, written by constitutional law scholar and… Read More →
Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation edited by Barbara Findlen
The face of feminism is not only that of Gloria Steinem or Naomi Wolf. It’s no longer a luxury limited to the white, affluent and professional. This zesty collection of essays by young feminists, edited by Ms. executive editor Findlen, demonstrates that those feminist lessons of pride and self-determination have been thoroughly absorbed. Spunky and… Read More →
Colonize This! edited by D. Hernandez & B. Rehman
Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism. It has been decades since women of color first turned feminism upside down, exposing the ’70s feminist movement as exclusive, white, and unaware of the concerns and issues of women of color from around the globe. Now a new generation of brilliant, outspoken women of color is speaking… Read More →
Women of Color and Feminism by Maythee Rojas
In this Seal Studies title, author and professor Maythee Rojas offers a look at the intricate crossroads of being a woman of color. Women of Color and Feminism tackles the question of how women of color experience feminism, and how race and socioeconomics can alter this experience. Rojas explores the feminist woman of color’s identity… Read More →
They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement. A behind-the-scenes account of the #blacklivesmatter movement shares insights into the young men and women behind it, citing the racially charged controversies that have motivated members and the economic, political, and personal histories that inform its purpose. Publisher Little, Brown and Company Published 2016… Read More →
Slave to the Dream by Gaylan D. Wright
When she told me she was pregnant, I was stunned. She was only fifteen and a foster kid. I flashed all kinds of thoughts: How do I tell my mother so she could tell my father? I’m only sixteen, and going to be a father with no job. I went home and lay down. The… Read More →