The Vagina MonologuesВ by Eve Ensler Find it here.ДЎ8. WhippingВ Girl:В AВ TranssexualВ WomanВ onВ SexismВ andВ theВ ScapegoatingВ ofВ FemininityВ by Julia Serano Find it here.ДЎ7. HavanaВ Real by Yoani SГЎnchez Find it here.ДЎ6. OurВ Bodies,В OurselvesВ by the Boston WomenвЂ™s Health Collective Find it here.ДЎ5. FullВ FrontalВ Feminism:В AВ YoungВ WomanвЂ™sВ GuideВ toВ WhyВ FeminismВ MattersВ by Jessica Valenti Find it here.ДЎ4. The Second SexВ by Simone de Beauvoir Find it here.ДЎ3. Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without RapeВ by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti Find it here.ДЎ2. Here are the rest of our readersвЂ™ picks! Click on the links to each ten for more detailed descriptions.ДЎ1. She urges all to live a feminism that finds commonality across differences and makes room for impassioned debate. readersвЂ™ favorite feminist book of all time, bell hooks argues that feminism is for everybody, regardless of race, gender or creed. Feminism is For Everybody: Passionate PoliticsДЇittingly, in Ms. She argues for the reclaiming of the tarnished word cunt, and discusses her personal experiences with self-protection, sex work, abortion and solidarity. Inga MuscioвЂ™s 2002 feminist manifesto radicalized a new generation. Many of these pieces made feminist history, including her candid dialogue with Adrienne Rich about race and feminism, her oft-quoted critique of academia вЂњThe MasterвЂ™s Tools Will Never Dismantle the MasterвЂ™s HouseвЂќ and her Open Letter to Mary Daly. This master work by Audre Lorde, a Caribbean American lesbian feminist writer,В collects her prose from the late 70s and early 80s. This classic from the 1920s makes a devastatingly eloquent argument with a simple takeaway: For a women artist to thrive, she must have space in which to work and some money for her efforts. She reveals that simply making ends meet is a silent struggle for many Americans, especially for women with families to support. columnist Barbara Ehrenreich posed undercover as a low-income worker to gain material for this empathetic portrait of how the bottom half lives. WhatвЂ™s really wrong, she says, is that equality hasnвЂ™t been achieved in fact, the struggle has only just begun. She painstakingly refutes each insidious anti-feminist argumentвЂ“for instance, that feminism is responsible for a supposed epidemic of unhappiness in women. This landmark book sounded the alarm about a pervasive backlash against feminism. Backlash:В TheВ UndeclaredВ WarВ AgainstВ AmericanВ Women

She chews out false вЂњempowermentвЂќ based on self-objectification and offers feminist alternatives. What do phenomena such as Girls Gone Wild say about feminism? This book looks at the ways women today make sex objects of themselves, and sheвЂ™s not impressed. FemaleВ ChauvinistВ Pigs:В WomenВ andВ theВ RiseВ ofВ RaunchВ Culture racism and sexism since the time of slavery and doesnвЂ™t shirk from how white middle- and upper-class feminists have at times failed poor and non-white women. Named after the famous speech by Sojourner Truth, this must-read by bell hooks discusses black womenвЂ™s struggle with U.S. AinвЂ™tВ IВ aВ Woman:В BlackВ WomenВ andВ Feminism

FeministВ Theory:В FromВ MarginВ toВ CenterД¬ementing her place as one of the most influential feminist theorists, hooksвЂ™ Feminist Theory explores Kimberle CrenshawвЂ™s conversation-changing idea of intersectionality: the way racism, classism and sexism work together to foster oppression. She points the way forward toward a world where women are perceived as more than vessels of chastity. Jessica Valenti combats a nationвЂ™s virginity complex, arguing that myths about вЂњpurityвЂќ are damaging to both girls and women. TheВ PurityВ Myth:В HowВ AmericaвЂ™sВ ObsessionВ withВ VirginityВ isВ HurtingВ YoungВ Women

Eager to hear your thoughts, disputes and favorites!ДЎ0. Blog and Facebook (see bottom for more methodological details). These rankings came from two-and-a-half weeks of reader voting on Goodreads, the Ms. To judge by the final picks, issues of work, sex and intersectionality ranked highest among our readerвЂ™s feminist concerns.Д«elow the top ten, weвЂ™ve included a handy list of all 100. readersвЂ™ selections of the best feminist non-fiction of all time, sheвЂ™s your favorite writer, with three books in our top tenвЂ“including number oneвЂ“and a total of seven books throughout the list. Scholar, activist, provocateur, teacher, community-builder, inspiration: No one word can span the career of bell hooks or capture how much we love her work.

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