Five Modern Feminist Books and Their Authors
- slingshotmagazine
- Feb 7, 2019
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 10, 2019
by Klara Blazejovska
Janet Mock – Redefining Realness
“I’ve heard parents say all they want is ‘the best’ for their children, but the best is subjective and anchored by how they know and learned the world.” She also fought Piers Morgan - on Twitter and TV.
Roxane Gay – The Bad Feminist
A critically acclaimed bisexual author who writes about feminism for everyone. Gay wrote that feminism is flawed because people are, not because the ideology of feminism is.
Malala Yousafzai – I Am Malala
Memoir of a Pakistani girl who fought for education, got shot in the head by the Taliban and ended up in UN halls in the USA. “If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?”
Laurie Penny – Bitch Doctrine
Do all men deserve these comments? “Of course, of course, not all men. But enough of them.” The not-so-nice-but-honest British writer and activist’s essay collections covering it all.
Zing Tsjeng – Forgotten Women
Editor of Broadly and the book series: The Leaders, The Scientists, The Writers and The Artists, Tsjeng fills in the holes in our education system with the women left out of the history books.
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