Like a Girl by Lori Degman, Illustrated by Mara Penny

4 stars A lovely picture book packed with historical trailblazers that changed the world. I love how this book reclaimed the phrase, “like a girl”, and gave it a positive spin. It does an excellent job of showing some of the women who have made their mark on history as well as inspiring a new…

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Feminist Baby: He’s a Feminist Too! by Loryn Brantz

4 stars Another fun and hilarious installment in the Feminist Baby series. This is such a fun series filled with bright pages, silly illustrations, humor, and lessons. While the text of the book is very simple, there are many lessons incorporated such as it’s okay to cry, turn taking, being yourself, self-love, embracing your interests,…

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Feminist Baby by Loryn Brantz

4 stars A very cute, short-and-sweet book about a baby who makes her own choices. This is a great way to incorporate feminism into young children’s lives. The pictures are hilarious and the things Feminist Baby likes are very relatable (liking pink and blue, liking dolls and cars, liking to make noise). A wonderful book…

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Feminist Baby Finds Her Voice! by Loryn Brantz

4 stars Hilarious and fun! Great for fans of the first book. Feminist Baby is getting older. She’s learning to talk and assert herself. Sometimes that means declaring “No bath” or asking for milk. Other times it’s demanding justice and equality. One page I really enjoyed was the reminder that even though it’s important to…

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If My Body Could Speak by Blythe Baird

5 stars A stunning poetry collection. Baird tackles many hardships in her poems including eating disorders, sexual assault, rape culture, relationships and sexuality, and healing. One thing that really stuck out to me was how well organized this collection was. Each poem flowed so nicely into the next. The themes build as the book goes…

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All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

3 stars An open and compelling memoir as well as a call to action for representation into the intersection between Blackness and queerness, especially within the YA genre. Johnson does a wonderful job crafting a memoir that acts as a place of relatability for those who share his identities as well as a place for…

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The Witches are Coming by Lindy West

5 stars Damn. Another excellently-crafted work from West. I am so thankful Lindy West is on this planet. She has such a way of cutting through all the B.S. to call out what is wrong, doing so in a way that is humorous and entertaining without taking away from her message. Pulling from pop culture,…

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Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition by Julia Kaye

3 stars A collection of comics spanning 2016 that center around Kaye’s gender dysphoria, early stages of transitioning, and coming into herself. This includes many topics such as the awkwardness of gendered bathrooms, the frustration of being misgendered, being okay with one’s appearance, make up, hair removal, and feeling the need to play up one’s…

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