Holiday Reading List
We asked our staff what they suggested reading while home for the holidays – here’s what they said!
1. Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated: Why Women’s Lives Aren’t Getting Any Easier – and How We Can Make Real Progress for Ourselves and Our Daughters: This book by Rep. Carolyn Maloney covers how far we still have to go on issues like health care, reproductive freedom, and women’s economic security.
2. Americanah: This novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie covers a young Nigerian woman who moves to America and learns about race relations in the United States.
3. Bad Feminist: A collection of essays on politics and feminism by Roxane Gay.
4. Not that Kind of Girl: Actress (and friend of EMILY’s List!) Lena Dunham describes her past experiences and how she’s become the woman she is today.
5. Redefining Realness: Janet Mock describes what it means to be multiracial, trans, and low-income in America in this poignant memoir.
6. Crow After Roe: How “Separate But Equal” Has Become the New Standard In Women’s Health And How We Can Change That: This book by writers at RH Reality Check covers how states pass anti-choice laws in a post-Roe v. Wade era, and how those laws disproportionately affect women of color.
7. Asking for It: This Kate Harding book is about the rise of rape culture and how we can combat it.
8. Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights: Katha Pollitt argues that abortion is a social and moral right – and how we should talk about it as such.
9. Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the House, provides advice and stories to motivate and help women find their power.
10. Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble: Some Things About Women and Notes on Media: Nora Ephron provides her take on women and the media.
