Feminist Book Recs for EVERYONE!

Wanting some feminist book recommendations but don't know where to start? LOOK NO FURTHER! In this (long!) video I highlight a whole range of books on feminism and gender studies, no matter your familiarity or previous reading :) Enjoy!

~Books Mentioned~

~ Starter Books - 1:06

Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates - https://www.bookdepository.com/Everyd...

We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie - https://www.bookdepository.com/We-Sho...

Vintage Feminism Shorts - https://www.bookdepository.com/Vindic...

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf - https://www.bookdepository.com/A-Room...

Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg - https://www.bookdepository.com/Lean-I...

Women and Power by Mary Beard - https://www.bookdepository.com/Women-...


~ Elementary Books - 8:20

The Gender Games by Juno Dawson - https://www.bookdepository.com/Gender...

Girls Will be Girls by Emer O'Toole - https://www.bookdepository.com/Girls-...

Trainwreck by Sady Doyle - https://www.bookdepository.com/Trainw...

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle - https://www.bookdepository.com/Dead-B...

The Descent of Man by Grayson Perry - https://www.bookdepository.com/The-De...

Do it Like a Woman by Caroline Criado-Perez - https://www.bookdepository.com/Do-It-...

Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez - https://www.bookdepository.com/Invisi...

Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine - https://www.bookdepository.com/Delusi...


~ 'Advanced'/Political Books - 16:46

Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks - https://www.bookdepository.com/Femini...

Feminism for the 99% - https://www.bookdepository.com/Femini...

Zami by Audre Lorde - https://www.bookdepository.com/Zami/9...

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde - https://www.bookdepository.com/Sister...


~ Specific Interest Books - 20:18

Leftover Women by Leta Hong Fincher - https://www.bookdepository.com/Leftov...

Why Women have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen Ghodsee - https://www.bookdepository.com/Why-Wo...


~ Books to Avoid! - 22:54

Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran


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