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A review by pattydsf
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America by Hannah Moskowitz, Amy Reed, Tracy Deonn Walker, Sandhya Menon, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sona Charaipotra, Somaiya Daud, Stephanie Kuehnert, Julie Murphy, I.W. Gregorio, Tracy Deonn, Anna-Marie McLemore, Martha Brockenbrough, Christine Day, Jaye Robin Brown, Aisha Saeed, Alexandra Duncan, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Brandy Colbert, Maurene Goo, Nina LaCour
3.0
"Ours are the marginalized voices they refuse to listen to. This book, this act of resistance, says our stories matter. Our lives matter. Our voices will not be silenced."
It took me awhile to get through this anthology. As soon as I saw the subtitle: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America, I knew I wanted to read this. I also knew it would be hard. There are so many ways that our society treats young women poorly.
Women struggle with racism, sexism, and all the other isms. Young women don’t always realize that what happens to them happens to others. All people often internalize problems rather than understanding that the issue is with society not ourselves. Twenty-one essays about these issues got to me after awhile and I would need to take a break.
However, this is a good collection of writings. Amy Reed picked carefully and any young woman picking this book up will find someone to relate to. I hope that this book is found by lots of people.
It took me awhile to get through this anthology. As soon as I saw the subtitle: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America, I knew I wanted to read this. I also knew it would be hard. There are so many ways that our society treats young women poorly.
Women struggle with racism, sexism, and all the other isms. Young women don’t always realize that what happens to them happens to others. All people often internalize problems rather than understanding that the issue is with society not ourselves. Twenty-one essays about these issues got to me after awhile and I would need to take a break.
However, this is a good collection of writings. Amy Reed picked carefully and any young woman picking this book up will find someone to relate to. I hope that this book is found by lots of people.