The book exchange stickers say "This book has been identified as a Feminist Find by a member of the NBRebELLEs - Fredericton". You may soon find this sticker on the inside cover of a book near you.
This
means, the book has been identified as an interesting read from a
feminist perspective and is recommended reading for other feminists.
When you identify a book as aFeminist Find,
you do not need to justify or qualify your choice. It does not mean
that the book is necessarily a "Feminist book" and/or that any ideas
within the book are representative of an ideology that the NBRebELLEs -
Fredericton may or may not ascribe to. It simply means that a member of
our group thinks other feminists should read this book.
These books are meant to be kept in general circulation, so please have a read and pass it on:)
Recommended Feminist Finds
A History of Women in the World by Marilyn French (Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4)
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks
Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti (Seal Press 2007)
He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti (Seal Press 2008)
Memoirs of a Geisha by Author Golden
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body (Free Press 2007)
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver
R. v. Morgentaler [1988] 1 SCR 30; 44 DLR (4th) 385 -case decision (can be found on website of The Supreme Court of Canada)
Rose Madder by Stephen King
The awakening and selected stories of Katee Chopin
The Birth House by Ami Mckay
The Good Women of China by Xinran Xue
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World
by Michelle Goldberg
The meaning of wife by Anne Kingston
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Purity Myth:How America's Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti (Seal Press, 2009)
The Story of Jane Doe by Jane Doe
The yellow wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gillman
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti (Seal Press 2008)
