Your Holiday Reading List: Top 10 Feminist Books of 2015

(please feel free to add YOUR favourite feminist books to this list)


Your Holiday Reading List: Top 10 Feminist Books of 2015

Holiday Reading ‘Tis the season for holiday reading! Whether it’s the weather outside (or the family inside) that’s frightful, holing up between the pages of your favorite feminist tomes can be sweeter than a slice of Grandma’s homemade apple crumble. So as a gift from Ms. to you, here’s a handful of must-read books to curl up with this holiday season—by some of our favorite feminist thought leaders! Put on your fancy PJs, grab a cup of cocoa and slip into some flannel sheets, friends. This is your feminist holiday reading roundup!


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Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy



Based on her article “Why Do They Hate Us?” and inspired by conversations with Arab women and her experiences as a women’s rights activist in the Middle East, Egyptian American journalist Mona Eltahawy identifies the two revolutions women in the region must undertake in the wake of 2010’s Arab Spring: one fought alongside of Muslim men opposed to oppressive regimes, and another against the Arab world’s repressive political and economic system. Both hopeful and infuriating, Headscarves and Hymens is a rousing call to action you do not want to ignore.

Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories From Social Justice Movements Edited by Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown (Science Fiction Anthology)

Shhh… I’m imagining a better world. So are the writers of Octavia’s Brood! Written by activists and organizers from around the globe, this otherworldly collection of visionary short stories employs some pretty radical speculative fiction to imagine worlds free from war, prisons, capitalism and oppression. For science fiction fans looking to explore the final frontiers of equality and social justice, this anthology will take you where no beings have gone before—out of this (unequal) world.

_Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer (Non-Fiction)


Graphic and unsettling, author Krakauer’s in-depth examination of a string of sexual assaults at the University of Montana is a searing indictment of the U.S. justice system’s indifference towards the ever-growing campus rape epidemic. Told through the eyes of five women attacked by men they trusted, Missoula provides a sobering reminder of the prevalence of sexual assault on campuses nationwide and blows the whistle on institutions hellbent on protecting rapists while ignoring survivors’ cries for help.

Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism by David S. Cohen and Krysten Connon (Non-Fiction)

With the spike in abortion clinic violence that followed this summer’s smear campaign against Planned Parenthood, the need understand the severity of threats against abortion providers could not be more critical. Featuring interview-based accounts of harassment, stalking and violence, Living in the Crosshairs shines a light on the courageous individuals who risk their lives to protect women’s right to a safe and legal medical procedure.


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