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Review: Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman by Yvonne Martinez

I had the honor of receiving an advanced copy of Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman by Yvonne Martinez. Intrigued by the title alone, I gladly ate it up. It tells the story of author Martinez’s tumultuous childhood and young adulthood, as well as what happens after she distances herself from her family.

reviewMolli SébrierSeptember 6, 2022Yvonne Martinez, Someday Mija, You’ll Learn the Difference Between a Whore and a Working Woman, Mexican American, book review, review, advanced copy, She Writes Press, small press, Molli Sébrier, female writer, female narrator, female author, feminism, feminist, female activist, memoir

Review: Black Box by Shiori Ito

Hailed as Japan’s answer to the #MeToo movement, Black Box by Shiori Ito is an at times chilling, at times uplifting story of Ito’s experience of when she was raped by a prominent Japanese reporter in 2015. She came forward with her story in 2017 after she was told by the police that they could not (and would not) help her in pressing charges.

reviewMolli SébrierFebruary 7, 2022Molli Sébrier, Black Box, Shiori Ito, Japanese author, Japanese writer, Japanese activist, female writer, female narrator, female author, feminism, feminist, female activist, book review

Review: How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America edited by Sara Sinclair

Reading this book will leave you heavy and with a spark to do more for the indigenous community. This could be through volunteering, advocating for indigenous rights to your government leaders, and donating money. This book is outstanding and should be read by those who want to educate themselves about the indigenous communities in North America.

reviewYasmine HaroMay 14, 2021Yasmine Haro, book review, review, How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America, Sara Sinclair, indigenous cultures, female editor, female activist, indigenous womxn

Review: Headscarves and Hymens by Mona Eltahawy

Headscarves and Hymens, 2015, is an elaboration of the article named “Why Do They Hate Us?” written in April 2012 by an Egyptian American activist, writer, author, journalist and feminist icon Mona ElTahawy.

reviewSara MoustafaFebruary 5, 2021Headscarves and Hymens, Mona ElTahawy, female activist, feminism, feminist, female author, Sara Moustafa

Review: No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

There have been young people advocating for the environment for decades, but I think we can all agree that by far, the one that has gotten the most media attention is Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg. So much so that she has managed to mobilize millions of people to strike for the climate, which has completely shifted the Overton window when it comes to environmental policy discussion.

reviewAna PenellaNovember 7, 2020review, No One is Too Small to Make a Difference, Greta Thunberg, activist, activism, female activist, feminism, feminist

Review: The World That Was Ours by Hilda Bernstein

In 1963, Rusty Berstein, Nelson Mandela, and fifteen other heads of the African National Congress (ANC) were arrested and charged with over 220 acts of sabotage with the goal of a “violent revolution.” The World That Was Ours details Hilda’s experiences, as well as her husbands and the other leaders of the ANC, leading up to the “Rivonia Trial,” which would determine the fate of the activists.

reviewMolli SébrierJune 5, 2020Molli McConnell, Persephone Books, book review, review, female activist, feminist, feminism, female writer, female author

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