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Feminist Nonfiction
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items different kinds of nonfiction are featured: memoir, personal essays, research-based arguments, and interview-sourced perspectives
Written by activist Valenti in the wake of the overturn of Roe v. Wade
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win
Why do mothers do more household work than fathers, even if they work longer hours? Hear it from journalist/psychologist Darcy Lockman.
All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
Can we give pregnant people the rights, dignity, and compassion that all people deserve?
Belabored: A Vindication of the Rights of Pregnant Women|Hardcover
Talks about how American women are increasingly choosing not to have kids in a country that does not respect their time nor bodies.
Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women's Work
So many assigned-female bodies experience endometriosis, and yet understanding and treating it is still underfunded and misunderstood.
BLEED: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care
Talks about the intersection of toxic church culture with misogyny/rape culture.
#ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find ...
A collection of essays from the esteemed author of several other books discussing gender and equality.
Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life
Written by an assistant professor of philosophy at Cornell University. Examines the ways in which structural misogyny encourages women to “know their [subservient] place.”
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny
Personal essays that draw upon the author’s own reflections, interviews with other women, and a range of cultural examinations—from Easy A to the myth of Demeter and Persephone. The central thesis? Women and even girls are taught to acquiesce to male...
Girlhood
A new release from Wharton economist Corinne Low. Uses evidence and encouragement to create a world where women aren’t expected to do it all.
Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most ...
Infuriating yet enlightening read about how the world is quite literally built around cis men. Author has background in behavioral and feminist economics from the London School of Economics.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Memoir from the woman formerly known as Emily Doe, writer of the viral BuzzFeed statement about being sexually assaulted at a Stanford party. Talks about the dehumanizing legal process and trauma she faced, while also portraying her story and future ...
Know My Name: A Memoir
Although written about an infuriating subject, Krakauer’s straightforward writing and the worth of this research and reporting make this a valuable read. Published in 2015 but is of course still hugely relevant.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer ...
One woman’s account of reckoning with the sexual abuse she experienced at Catholic school from two student athletes.
Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford, Paperback
Details examples in which women’s health, finances, and very lives have been thoroughly damaged by the overturn of Roe v. Wade. It also talks about how fewer people are choosing to enter the OBGYN profession because of all of these restrictions, maki...
Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
Memoir of a sex writer chronicling her experiences with a powerful double-edged sword: the judgments surrounding women’s sexuality.
Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire by Tracy Clark-Flory ...
64-page essay adapted from the popular TEDx talk
We Should All Be Feminists
Montell, linguistics scholar, talks about how language has been shaped by sexist ideas, from the prevalence of female-focused slurs and swears to disdain surrounding women using vocal fry.
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
Collected stories that illuminate how every experience with abortion is unique as well as worthy of empathy and compassion. Written by a family medicine physician currently serving as the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in ...
You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion