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   We Should All Be Feminists

   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

   A warm, lucid, and deeply personal invitation to rethink the way we raise our children and view ourselves.

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   • empowering
   • hopeful
   • clear-eyed
   • warm
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   The Girl with the Louding Voice

   Abi Daré

   An unforgettable, heart-wrenching, and ultimately triumphant journey anchored by a fiercely resilient narrator who refuses to be silenced.

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   • hopeful
   • earnest
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   Hood Feminism

   Mikki Kendall

   A fierce, necessary dismantling of mainstream feminism that demands we look at survival, not just privilege.

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   • conversational
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   Dear Girls

   Ali Wong

   A raunchy, laugh-out-loud love letter to the next generation that hides surprising tenderness beneath layers of unapologetic filth.

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   • intimate
   • warm
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   Notes on Grief

   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

   A raw, crystalline meditation on the shattering physical reality of losing a beloved parent.

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   • intimate
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   The Thing Around Your Neck

   Chimamanda Ngozi Adidchie

   A deeply empathetic and sharply observed exploration of displacement, longing, and the quiet collisions between two worlds.

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   • intimate
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   Rage becomes her

   Soraya L. Chemaly

   A galvanizing and intellectually rigorous exploration of how women can reclaim their anger as a profound force for positive change.

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   • empowering
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   Pleasure Activism

   adrienne maree brown

   A radical, joyful invitation to center healing, desire, and happiness in the fight for a better world.

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   • empowering
   • warm
   • conversational
   • earnest
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   Eloquent Rage

   Brittney C. Cooper

   An unapologetic and energizing memoir that reclaims anger as a transformative tool for justice and resilience.

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   • empowering
   • direct
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    Cribsheet

    Emily Oster

    A cool-headed, data-driven antidote to the overwhelming anxiety and conflicting advice of early parenthood.

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    • empowering
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    So you want to talk about race

    Ijeoma Oluo

    A sharp, compassionate, and deeply practical guide that cuts through the noise to make complex conversations about systemic inequality feel possible.

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    • empowering
    • direct
    • conversational
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    Letter to my daughter

    Maya Angelou

    A warm, poetic embrace of a book that feels like sitting at the kitchen table with a wise, deeply loving mentor.

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    • intimate
    • warm
    • earnest

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