{"id":9916,"date":"2018-11-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9916"},"modified":"2018-11-05T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T16:55:44","slug":"feminism-now-here-we-are-by-44-voices-edited-by-kelly-jensen-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9916","title":{"rendered":"Feminism now! Here We Are, by 44 voices, edited by Kelly Jensen (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookA feminist is…
\nangry? empowered<\/a>?
\nquiet? loud?<\/a><\/p>\n

All of the above, and then some! <\/p>\n

Essays, lists, comics, and graphs from 44 authors and illustrators bring out many facets of today’s feminist movement while reflecting on its past and ways the future might go.<\/p>\n

Where do your life and feminism intersect?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0Here We Are: 44 Voices Write, Draw, and Speak About Feminism for the Real World, edited by Kelly Jensen. Algonquin Books for Young Readers, 2017. [editor site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: What is feminism? Can a guy be a feminist? Can you be feminist and feminine? Many questions and many views on this crucial movement begun by our great-grandmothers are gathered in this multi-dimensional book of words and images.<\/p>\n

From Starting the Journey with essays “Forever Feminist” by Malinda Lo and “Privilege” by Matt Nathanson to Go Your Own Way with illustrated how-to “Guide to Being a Teenage Superheroine” by Allison Peyton Steger and Rebecca Sexton, seven chapters of writing and art by women and men of varying gender, racial, sexuality, and ethnic identifications discuss the movement’s history, definitions, challenges, and victories.<\/p>\n

“Feminism isn’t a uniform’ we’re reminded as we read and explore the intersection of “Faith and Feminism” from Muslim author Kaye Mirza, of “The Big Blue Ocean and My Big Fat Body” by Angie Manfredi, or of girls’ only future role as being “The Princess or the Witch” in Wendy Lu’s comic about growing up.<\/p>\n

Individual entries range from light-hearted – Liz Prince’s personal journey from misogynist to feminist recounted as a comic –
\nto angry – cultural appropriation and cornrows by Amandla Sternberg –
\nto serious – Kelly Jensen’s interview with Laurie Halse Anderson and Courtney Summers about rape culture, girls’ stories, and girls’ voices
\nand are solidly supported with a Further Reading list of fiction, non-fiction, and online resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A feminist is… angry? empowered? quiet? loud? All of the above, and then some! Essays, lists, comics, and graphs from 44 authors and illustrators bring out many facets of today’s feminist movement while reflecting on its past and ways the future might go. Where do your life and feminism intersect? **kmm Book info:\u00a0Here We Are: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,237,23],"tags":[22,7,4,11,20,5,16,18,324,44,46,43,187,39,49,15,21,35,33,3,53,8],"class_list":["post-9916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biography","category-diverse-books","category-nonfiction","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-communication","tag-conflict","tag-coping","tag-determination","tag-family","tag-feminism","tag-friendship","tag-funny","tag-growing-up","tag-lgbtq","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-relationships","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-teens","tag-us-artist","tag-us-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Here-We-Are-cover.jpg?fit=2100%2C2700&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9920,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9916\/revisions\/9920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}