Because I am a Woman

I am a graduate student studying in Worcester, MA. I am also a peer sex educator, reproductive justice activist, and feminist.

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Feminst Book Club: Final Book Options (Leave your choice in the replies!)

So, I went through the book club suggestions, and have complied the most accessible and/or most popular suggestions. Many of the books on this list are widely available at local libraries and/or in free ebooks/pdfs that I have bookmarked on my computer.

Please reply or reblog with what you would like to read and then we will get the book club started from there!

(1) Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano

(2) The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

(3) Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa Harris Perry 

(4) Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti

So, what would you like to read?

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  1. hologram-grrl reblogged this from becauseiamawoman and added:
    number 4!!
  2. girlinthemoon answered: sister citizen
  3. jaraconnell answered: Sister Citizen! MHP is where it’s at! Yes means Yes is great too, though.
  4. meowmeowaznkitty answered: Yes means yes!
  5. postmodernismruinedme answered: handmaiden’s tale!
  6. saintsatyr answered: 2! The Handmaid’s tale is pretty awesome.
  7. thecroatiansensationbitch answered: Yes Means Yes!
  8. ultra-chica answered: sister citizen
  9. becauseiamawoman reblogged this from becauseiamawoman
  10. learninghowtosmile answered: margaret atwood!
  11. trisarahdactyl answered: #4!
  12. onlyboringpeoplearebored17 answered: yes means yes!
  13. lemonpoppyseedladyhusband answered: Sister Citizen!
  14. genderbutt answered: Already reading Whipping Girl, so that. 2nd choice would be sister citizen.
  15. spoony-loony reblogged this from becauseiamawoman
  16. eyelaa answered: Sister Citizen for me
  17. positiveconnotation answered: Well, I’ve got a copy of Yes Means Yes! so I’m going to have to vote for that one.
  18. shamwowxl answered: The Handmaid’s Tale
  19. temerei answered: first choice: whipping girl. second choice: yes means yes!
  20. ribbitz said: #4
  21. boldthings reblogged this from becauseiamawoman and added:
    Sister Citizen!
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