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Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real about Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America
Amy Reed, Julie Murphy
4.13 AVERAGE
125 reviews for:
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real about Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America
Amy Reed, Julie Murphy
4.13 AVERAGE
A stellar collection of essays focusing on female empowerment, particularly with close emphasis on race, sexuality, and sexual violence. Most of the essays were raw and powerful, but my favorite was "Unexpected Pursuits" by Christine Day. Of course, while the messages are genuine, some essays shine brighter than the others and have a greater impact on the reader. Still, this book is a must-read for any young woman feeling alone, vulnerable, or unsure of what to do in such times ripe with dangerous political and socioeconomic climates.
Beautiful compilation conversations about racism, sexual assault, LGBTQ+ and so much more!
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Highly recommend for absolutely everyone.
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Highly recommend for absolutely everyone.
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I don't usually read books like this- memoirs and autobiographies. But I was pleasantly surprised at the personal essays and inspiring stories of women who face injustice and inequality and are finding their own ways of fighting it. You can't really rate people's experiences because every single woman in this book faced hardships, but my favorite essays were definitely Finding My Feminism by Amy Reed and What I've Learned About Silence by Amber Smith. They were raw, heartfelt, and beautifully written.
Overall, I definitely recommend this for anyone looking for inspiring stories or a YA lover.
Overall, I definitely recommend this for anyone looking for inspiring stories or a YA lover.
emotional
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inspiring
reflective
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Short stories about rape/sexual abuse, discrimination, and other injustices - especially/notably authors wanting to speak out since 45 took office. Very powerful stories, some more graphic than others. From a wide variety of voices with an apology from the editor that there was not a trans contributor. An important collection, but it is *so* hard to sell story collections to students. (does that diminish it's importance? Some stories more meaningful. At least one story was also included in the "hope" collection.
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I enjoyed this anthology exploring what it means to grow up female in America. I appreciated the variety of voices represented (though the editor acknowledges the lack of a transwoman's voice). Definitely recommend this for teen readers.
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Overall this was a strong essay collections. It's difficult because each writing style was so different. At times I felt the essays were geared towards younger readers and other times, they were for more mature teens. I do recommend this collection.