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 →
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
In Persepolis , heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the freshest and most original memoirs of our day,” Marjane Satrapi dazzled us with her heartrending graphic memoir about growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Here is the continuation of her fascinating story. In 1984, Marjane flees fundamentalism and the war… Read More →
Persepolis – The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the… 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 →
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 →
New Jewish Feminism edited by Rabbi Elyse Goldstein
Probing the Past, Forging the Future. Jewish Feminism: What Have We Accomplished? What Is Still to Be Done? “When you are in the middle of the revolution you can’t really plan the next steps ahead. But now we can. The book is intended to open up a dialogue between the early Jewish feminist pioneers 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 →
Living Islam Out Loud – American Muslim Women Speak edited by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Living Islam Out Loud presents the first generation of American Muslim women who have always identified as both American and Muslim. These pioneers have forged new identities for themselves and for future generations, and they speak out about the hijab, relationships, sex and sexuality, activism, spirituality, and much more. Contributors: Su’ad Abdul-Khabeer, Sham-e-Ali al-Jamil, Samina… Read More →
Indigenous American Women edited by Devon Abbott Mihesuah
Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism. Oklahoma Choctaw scholar Devon Abbott Mihesuah offers a frank and absorbing look at the complex, evolving identities of American Indigenous women today, their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment, and how they are seen and portrayed by themselves and others. Mihesuah first examines how American Indigenous women have been… Read More →
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Y. Parks w/ M. Vollers
Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before [now] has she revealed the most intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape. Publisher Penguin Press Published 2015 Pages 273 Category Non-Fiction… Read More →
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