#Brazen: Rebel Women Who Rocked the World

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💛Smoshblr December Asks Day 23💙

What are your top 3 favourite books (/comics/manga/poems/etc...) and/or top 3 you would recommend to others?

Oh, here we go, we're in my house now! (Obligatory "I could never choose just three" disclaimer here)

Microserfs by Douglas Coupland - I love the way Coupland writes, and this is my favorite of his fiction novels. It follows a group of programmers who leave their safe jobs at Microsoft to risk at all for their own start-up. It's funny, sweet, and very nerdy. (Other gems by this author: Generation X; JPOD; The Gum Thief)

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - I'm obsessed with the story of Achilles and Patrocles, and this retelling still far exceeded my expectations. It's beautiful, epic, and impossibly tender. It's the first and only book that's ever made me audibly sob.

Nimona by ND Stevenson - Stevenson started Nimona right here on tumblr, when they were an art student! The comic follows Nimona who wishes to become a villain's henchman, and Ballister Blackheart, the "villain" in question. This comic is full of heart, it's hilarious, and I'm forever in love with Stevenson's art style.

And now, I hope you're warmed up, because I'm about to rec you. (I'm sorry, that's very sexual; forget that part.)

I put recommendations under the cut, please check them out!

ALSO, if you like quizzes, I have a uquiz where I recommend you books based on your answers! You can find it here; and my ask is open if you wanna talk about your result :)

Thank you for asking!

I obviously recommend my three favorites listed in this ask, but I also recognize that they're not for everyone, so here are three others:

If you like comic books and feminist history, I recommend "Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World" by Pénélope Bagieu A collection of short comics about iconic women who have left their mark on the world throughout history. Gorgeous art style, factual history, and a lot of humor. (Translated into over a dozen languages, in case English is not your favorite; I read it in Danish myself)

If you like classics, but not the 'fancy ladies talking about marriage while needlepointing' kind of classic, I recommend "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas You're probably at least somewhat familiar, but just in case: The young d'Artagnan goes to Paris to become a musketeer, joining forces with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis in their efforts to take down the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu. The writing style is surprisingly modern, making it more readable than many classics of the time; and it's dramatic, swashbuckler-y, and fun.

If you think horror and comedy go hand in hand, I recommend "John Dies at the End" by Jason Pargin/David Wong John and Dave are slackers all but sleepwalking through life in their small town; until they do a mysterious drug at a house party and gain the ability to see the supernatural. Turns out their sleepy town is chockful of horrific creatures, and now that John and Dave can see them, they're putting up a fight. It's a genuinely funny read, but it also scares the shit out of me. And it's a series! There are 4 books in total, so far; in my opinion, each one is scarier than the one before.

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Books Read in 2022

1. A Court of Silver Flames- Sarah J. Maas

2. Told After Supper- Jerome K. Jerome

3. The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street- Trevanian

4. To Kill a Kingdom- Alexandra Christo

5. The Father Christmas Letter- J.R.R. Tolkien

6. The Book of Doing and Being- Barnett Bain

7. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August- Claire North

8. Northern Lights (Golden Compass)- Philip Pullman

9. The Subtle Knife- Phillip Pullman

10. The Amber Spyglass-Phillip Pullman

11. The Skincare Bible- Anjali Mahto

12. The Popular Culture Reader- John L. Nachbar Wright Jack, & Deborah Weiser

13. Another Roadside Attraction- Tom Robbins

14. Angels and Demons- Dan Brown

15. The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown

16. The Vintage Tea Cup Club- Vanessa Greene

17. A Woman of Independent Means- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

18. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart- Holly Ringland

19. Humankind: A Hopeful History- Rutger Bergman

20. Goddess- Kelly Gardi

21. Wild Animals I Have Known- Ernest Thompson Seton

22. Femme Fatale: Cinema’s Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies- Dominique Manon and James Ursini

23. Crazy for the Storm- Norman Ollestad

24. The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter- Tonya Reiman

25. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken

26. Coffee, Tea, or Me? - "Trudy Baker" aka Donald Bain

27. Fifth Avenue, 5 AM: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman- Sam Wasson

28. Audrey: Her Story- Alexander Walker

29. The Complete Films of Audrey Hepburn - Jerry Vermiyle

30. Audrey Hepburn: An Elegant Spirit, a Son Remembers- Sean Hepburn Ferrer

31. Gigi- Collette

32. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes- Anita Loos

33. Chalice- Robin McKinley

34. Dragon's Bane - Patricia Wrede

35. The Golem and the Jinni- Helene Wecker

36. The Prince and the Dressmaker- Jen Wang

37. The Path Made Clear- Oprah Winfrey

38. Lumberjanes- Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson

39. The Hidden Palace - Helene Wecker

40. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World- Penelope Bagieu

41. Strange Practice- Vivian Shaw

42. Dreadful Company- Vivian Shaw

43. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories Of Queer Teens Throughout The Ages- edited by Saundra Mitchell

44. The Library at Mount Char- Scott Hawkins

45. Grave Importance- Vivian Shaw

46. Verity- Colleen Hoover

47. Bravely- Maggie Stiefvater

48. 1602- Neil Gaiman

49. She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs- Sarah Smarsh

50. Gallant- V.E. Schwab

51. Lore Olympus Vol. 1- Rachel Smythe

52. I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting- Rebecca Harrington

53. Lore Olympus Vol. 2- Rachel Smythe

54. Moon Cakes- Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu

55. The Tea Dragon Society- Katie O'Neill

56. The Tea Dragon Festival- Katie O'Neill

57. Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia- Foxfire Fund Inc.

58. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

59. Seance Tea Party- Reimenga Yee

60. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics- Dolly Parton and Robert K. Oermann

61. Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian

62. Tidesong- Wendy Xu

63. Name of the Wind- Patrick Rothfuss

64. The Girl from the Sea- Molly Knox Ostertag

65. Lightfall: The Shadow of the Bird

66. Neon Gods- Katee Robert

67. The Lighthouse Witches- C. J. Cooke

68. Six Crimson Cranes- Elizabeth Lim

69. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life- Anne Bogel

70. The Secret History- Donna Tartt

71. The Near Witch- V. E. Schwab

72. The Good Demon- Jimmy Cajole

73. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury

74. Nettle & Bone- T. Kingfisher

75. Dracula- Bram Stoker

76. My Best Friend's Exorcism- Grady Hendrix

77. Batman: The Ultimate Evil- Andrew Vachss

78. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments- Aimee Nezhukumatathil

79. Odd and the Frost Giants- Neil Gaiman

80. How to Hygge: The Nordic Secrets to a Happy Life- Signe Johansen

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 Throughout history and across the globe, one characteristic connects the daring women of Brazen: their indomitable spirit. With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist P?n?lope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison, from Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.

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Brazen: Rebel Women Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu

French artist Pénélope Bagieu created the comic series Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font ce qu'elles veulent in 2016 which in short installments presents 30 biographies of women from across the globe, ranging from the 4th century BCE to several ladies who are still living today. A fairly diverse collection in more than a few ways by ethnicity, nationality, class, career, age, sexuality, etcetera it is though rather cotemporary with only three of the women covered born before the 1800s. Popular it has now been licensed in many languages, translated in English by Montana Kane titled Brazen: Rebel Women Who Rocked the World published by First Second. If you’re curious the full list of the women:

Clémentine Delait

Queen Nzingha

Margaret Brainard Hamilton

The Mirabal Sisters

Lady Josephina Caroline Petronella Huberina van Aefferden

Lozen

Annette Kellermann

Delia J. Akeley

Joséphine Baker

Tove Jansson

Agnodice

Leymah Gbowee

Giorgina Reid

Christine Jorgensen

Empress Wu

Mary Temple Grandin

Sonita Alizadeh

Cheryl Bridges

Thérèse Clerc

Betty Davis

Nellie Bly

The Shaggs

Katia Krafft

Jesselyn Radack

Hedy Lamarr    

Naziq al-Abid

Frances Glessner Lee

Mae Jemison

Peggy Guggenheim

  And the English version ends with a bio of Bagieu herself. Though, the original French edition (two separate volumes btw) has a different installment. Turns out every edition is a little different because there can be some challenges in bringing comics across the globe.

The profile English readers won’t see is Phoolan Devi.

An Indian woman born in 1963 who would become an outlaw renowned as a “Bandit Queen” and later who took up politics and eventually was assassinated a few weeks short of her 38th birthday. Because hers is a history steeped in violence, particularly sexual violence. Too much for the New York publisher. And Bagieu feeling the entry on Phoolan Devi couldn’t really be changed in presentation and still remain understood therefore it’s omitted completely. So, here is where I’ll plug Phoolan’s autobiography The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legend, compiled by two writers with her as she was illiterate.

There are also a few other bios that managed with some alteration to still be included.

There’s something ironic in that entertainer Joséphine Baker, who found a place in her adopted country of France, is in cartoon form once more restricted when this book traveled over the ocean back to America. I’m not sure how the art redrawn in a few panels to cover or omit her topless is fitting the aim of the publisher. (But many of the splash pages like above sure are pretty.)

Same for singer/songwriter Betty Davis, can’t have a nipple in a funky splash page with her bio huh. (Above image French edition.)

Or panels depicting actress and inventor (what the splash page above stresses) Hedy Lamarr nude that were redrawn. Howard Dietz in his autobiography Dancing in the Dark wrote she once stated to him “You Americans are terrible, you have no artistic appreciation.” in relation to how the US press treated her regarding one of her earliest and most (in)famous roles. To also note here, the book Ecstasy and Me that was mentioned in the comic is not a great title to get if Lamarr’s life interests. It was a ghostwritten (auto)biography that Lamarr was more than critical of and sued over its publication, the likes of Variety doing an article about the controversy in 1966.

Which also brings up a point that no edition of Bagieu’s comic I’ve seen has reference page(s) at the end for where Bagieu drew information from and some details for the bios may not be on the money. At least I noticed a couple things. Drawing broad strokes is an unsuitable defense. It’s understandable when the webcomic was created at a rapid pace, but any collected edition offers a chance to revisit or receive more feedback with a greater number of eyes involved.

And to the differences between English and French editions, these are in part that First Second apparently marketed Bagieu’s comic younger. Citing common core connections appeal to schools too, which are the second place after public libraries where challenges to books occur in the US. In fact, since I first wrote this review Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World has still been targeted as not appropriate for K-12 schools and challenged. Though, I’ve yet to see a recommendation for an age under that of teens, unless it’s from kids whom the comic has made its way into their hands (as many things can). But also, when it comes to promotion is it fair to ask if these kind of changes for the English edition go against the words in its title?

brazen: Bold and without shame.

rebel: A person who resists authority, control, or convention.

rocked: Cause great shock or distress to (someone or something), especially so as to weaken or destabilize, be exciting or full of social activity, very good or pleasing.

Even the cover redesign making use of an emblem of the raised fist in a Venus symbol could cause discussion. Most will trace this symbol back to the 1960s but, it’s a little unclear exactly and nowadays used across the world with association and meaning a bit different to people, not always positive or, some protective of it for cultural or anti-commodification reasons.   

Honestly somebodies somewhere are going to say the book is all wrong due by its very nature that the women featured in this comic have personal/professional/public aspects of their lives that made them stand apart. Many of their histories contain all sorts of adversities life offers too. Take your pick of what’s unsuitable. Abortion? Child brides? Childhood sexual abuse? Divorce? Domestic violence? Gender identity? Health education? Murder? Racism? Rape? Sexuality? Torture? War? Quite a world out there ain’t it.

The distinction Bagieu has spoken of when it comes to content challenges and sensitives regarding the ideological or cultural seems very difficult to me. Whether and how detailed the nude form can be depicted (around motherhood apparently passed), certain types of work eschewed, or the spaces and manner (dis)allowed when it comes to the subject of abuse and sexual violence or its effects, especially when founded in lived experience are to me sociopolitical. Yes, this is tough stuff to sort but, in any event, I at least find it disgraceful a censored edition would receive the Eisner for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2019. Can do better than that, no?

Something best accompanied by more books (as it is the hope of its creator that readers would search and explore more), overall Pénélope Bagieu has created an interesting comic, an educational comic, an entertaining comic. Dare I say contributing its own good to sit on bookshelves across the globe as it is increasingly doing. I just wish it could do that without having to go change itself in these ways to fit there.

  The original French edition Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font ce qu'elles veulent by Pénélope Bagieu is available in print and digital, in two volumes ISBN#: 9782070601387, 9782075079846

Brazen: Rebel Women Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu is available in English translated by Montana Kane, print and digital, published by First Second

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Credits to French cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu. I only translated it because I like translating stuff.

EDIT: @all the horrible transphobes who apparently love reblogging this: the original book also has a comic like this about a great trans woman (Christine Jorgensen). Your hatred is disgusting, and you will not make all the hard work that went into this comic a vessel of it. PISS OFF.

Please note that these strips are part of Pénélope Bagieu’s comic book series “Les Culottées” (an untranslatable pun meaning both “The Bold Ones” and “The Panty-wearers”), which is about awesome women of every era, color, origin, sex and more. If you speak French, I encourage you to read them, there are two as of now! 

I was also notified that an official English translation now exists under the name “Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World” - technically rendering my own translations useless but I like doing them and it’s always good to spread word of a good read.

Order the book in French here.

Order the English translation “Brazen” here.

Take a look at the comics about:

Wu Zetian

Mae Jemison

N’Zinga

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Mammoth List of Feminist/Girl Power Books (200 + Books)

Lists of Real, Amazing Women Throughout History

Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed the World by Elena Favilli & Francesca Cavallo

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu, Montana Kane (Translator)

Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics by Jason Porath

Tough Mothers: Amazing Stories of History’s Mightiest Matriarchs by Jason Porath

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee

Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs

The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont

Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Kate Schatz

Warrior Women: 3000 Years of Courage and Heroism by Robin Cross & Rosalind Miles

Women Who Dared: 52 Stories of Fearless Daredevils, Adventurers, and Rebels by Linda Skeers & Livi Gosling 

100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell

The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser

Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World by Jane Yolen

The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton 

Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World by Laura Barcella

Samurai Women 1184–1877 by Stephen Turnbull

A Black Woman Did That by Malaika Adero

Tales from Behind the Window by Edanur Kuntman

Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall

Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100 by Max Dashu

Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency by Bea Koch

Modern HERstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani

Individual and Group Portraits of Real, Amazing Women Throughout History

Alice Paul and the Fight for Women's Rights: From the Vote to the Equal Rights Amendment by Deborah Kops

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by Jane Sherron De Hart

The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by Patricia Bell-Scott

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox

Native Country of the Heart: A Memoir by Cherríe L. Moraga

The Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants: The Female Gang That Terrorised London by Brian McDonald

Women Against the Raj: The Rani of Jhansi Regiment by Joyce Chapman Lebra

Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor

Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt

The Women of WWII (Non-Fiction)

Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance, and Rescue by Kathryn J. Atwood

Skyward: The Story of Female Pilots in WWII by Sally Deng

The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear (Translation), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translation)

Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation by Anne Sebba

To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American Wacs Stationed Overseas During World War II by Brenda L. Moore

Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII by Mary Cronk Farrell

Sisters and Spies: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne by Susan Ottaway

A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell

The White Mouse by Nancy Wake

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II by Liza Mundy

Tomorrow to be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion by Susan Travers & Wendy Holden

Pure Grit: How WWII Nurses in the Pacific Survived Combat and Prison Camp by Mary Cronk Farrell

Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P. McIntosh

Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan by Shrabani Basu

Women in the Holocaust by Dalia Ofer

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion

Night Witches: The Untold Story of Soviet Women in Combat by Bruce Myles

The Soviet Night Witches: Brave Women Bomber Pilots of World War II by Pamela Jain Dell

A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein

A Dance with Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War II by Anne Noggle

Avenging Angels: The Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps by Lyuba Vinogradova

The Women of WWII (Fiction)

Among the Red Stars by Gwen C. Katz

Night Witches by Kathryn Lasky

Night Witches by Mirren Hogan

Night Witch by S.J. McCormack

Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

Daughters of the Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan

The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff

Code Name Verity series by Elizabeth Wein

Front Lines trilogy by Michael Grant

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

All-Girl Teams (Fiction)

The Seafire trilogy by Natalie C. Parker

Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost

The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis

The Effigies trilogy by Sarah Raughley

Guardians of the Dawn series by S. Jae-Jones

Wolf-Light by Yaba Badoe

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Burned and Buried by Nino Cipri

This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

The Wild Ones: A Broken Anthem for a Girl Nation by Nafiza Azad

We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman

Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

The Secret Life of Prince Charming by Deb Caletti

Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto, Akemi Wegmüller (Translator)

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry

The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke

Sisters in Sanity by Gayle Forman

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl

Hell's Belles series by Sarah MacLean

Jackdaws by Ken Follett

The Farmerettes by Gisela Tobien Sherman

A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions by Sheena Boekweg

Feminist Retellings

Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh

Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins by Emma Donoghue

Doomed by Laura Pohl

The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke

Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke

The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston

Kate Crackernuts by Katharine M. Briggs

Legendborn series by Tracy Deonn

One for All by Lillie Lainoff

Feminist Dystopian and Horror Fiction

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Godshot by Chelsea Bieker

Women and Girls in Comedy 

Crying Laughing by Lance Rubin

Stand Up, Yumi Chung by Jessica Kim

This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry

Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer

Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliot

Bossypants by Tina Fey

We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen

The Girl in the Show: Three Generations of Comedy, Culture, and Feminism by Anna Fields

Trans Women

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Nemesis series by April Daniels

American Transgirl by Faith DaBrooke

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace

A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett

Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt

George by Alex Gino

The Witch Boy series by Molly Ostertag

Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

An Anthology of Fiction by Trans Women of Color by Ellyn Peña

Wandering Son by Takako Shimura

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

Feminist Poetry

Women Are Some Kind of Magic trilogy by Amanda Lovelace

Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty by Nikita Gill

Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul by Nikita Gill

Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill

The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill

Feminist Philosophy and Facts

The Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda Lerner

The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-Seventy by Gerda Lerner

Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism by Bushra Rehman

Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World by Kelly Jensen

The Equality Illusion by Kat Banyard

White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck

Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates

I Have the Right To by Chessy Prout & Jenn Abelson

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World by Kumari Jayawardena

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea Ritchie

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment by Patricia Hill Collins

But Some of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women's Studies by Akasha Gloria Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe L. Moraga, Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDinn

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria Anzaldúa

Power Shift: The Longest Revolution by Sally Armstrong

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? by Robyn Doolittle

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story that Helped Ignite a Movement by Jody Kantor & Megan Twohey

#Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy

Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by Tanya Lee Stone

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Sady Doyle

Sisterhood is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement by Robin Morgan (Editor)

Girls Make Media by Mary Celeste Kearney

Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop, and Rap by Evelyn McDonnell (Editor)

You Play the Girl: And Other Vexing Stories That Tell Women Who They Are by Carina Chocano

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco

The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor), Hollis Robbins (Editor)

Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World by Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman Bread Out of Stone: Recollections, Sex, Recognitions, Race, Dreaming, Politics by Dionne Brand

Other General Girl Power/Feminist Awesomeness

The Edge of Anything by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

Kat and Meg Conquer the World by Anna Priemaza

Talk Before Sleep by Elizabeth Berg

The Female of the Species by Mandy McGinnis

Pulp by Robin Talley

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

That Summer by Sarah Dessen

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

Honey, Baby, Sweetheart by Deb Caletti

The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

American Girls by Alison Umminger

Don't Think Twice by Ruth Pennebaker

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women by Alice Walker

You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories by Alice Walker

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

Sula by Toni Morrison

Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castellucci

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell & Katie Cotugno

None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Everything Must Go by Jenny Fran Davis

The House on Olive Street by Robyn Carr

Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

Lady Luck's Map of Vegas by Barbara Samuel 

Fan the Fame by Anna Priemaza

Puddin' by Julie Murphy

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti

Gravity Brings Me Down by Natale Ghent

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

The Summer of Impossibilities by Rachael Allen

The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender

Don't Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller

After the Ink Dries by Cassie Gustafson Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti

We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire by Joy McCullough 

Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

The Prettiest by Brigit Young

Don't Judge Me by Lisa Schroeder

The Roommate by Rosie Danan

Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince

Surpassing the Love of Men: Romantic Friendship and Love Between Women from the Renaissance to the Present by Lillian Faderman

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

Paper Girls comic series by Brian K. Vaughan

Heavy Vinyl comic series by Carly Usdin

Please feel free to reblog with more!

#book list #feminism #girl power

[nevinslibrary]

Comic Book Saturday

This was a fun graphic novel. It’s profiles of a bunch of different women. Some, are super well known, like,. Nellie Bly, Mae Jemison, Hedy Lamarr, but, others who are lesser known in the US, like, Naziq al-Abid, or Nzinga.

All the profiles were chock full of info, but also done with amazing art. It was awesome.

You may like this book If you Liked: Fight Like a Girl by Laura Barcella, Rad Girls Can by Kate Schatz, or Galaxy Girls by Libby Jackson

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu

#comicbooksaturday #nmlRA #nevins memorial library #brazen #brazen rebel ladies who rocked the world #penelope bagieu

[ginazmemeoir]

I don't get why you've emphasized 'books' in 'feminist books' in your bio. You could've just said books either way.

i think i meant feminist, and then books. guess i forgot to put the full stop between them.

but then again there IS a difference between books and feminist books. Feminist books are centered around women and explore their rather unexplored lives and document their forgotten achievements. Some examples include Daughters of the Sun (Ira Mukhoty), Empress : The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan (Ruby Lal) and Brazen : Rebel Ladies who rocked the World (Penelope Bagieu).

[ssfpubliclibrary]

Book Review 

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu

Review by Alex 

Penelope Bagieu’s Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World is a collection of abbreviated biographies of women who made an impact on the world, both long ago and in more recent memory. As we celebrate Women’s History Month in March, we are reminded through this graphic novel’s stories, from the Chinese Empress, Wu Zetian, to the astronaut Mae Jemison, that the lessons they teach still hold true today.  Theirs are exemplary moments of integrity, dignity, and perseverance, virtues that are timeless that make the stories equally so.

The Native American warrior and shaman, Lozen, was denied the opportunity to hunt and fight like the men. She didn’t like this gender-dictated lot in her life so she made an opportunity for herself. She kept working on her hunting and fighting despite the naysayers, and eventually became a respected warrior within her tribe. The lesson to persevere is as important today as it ever was. We may not always get the opportunities we need or want, so we need to speak up to advocate for ourselves and others, and build alliances to support the same to ensure a systematic change rather than an individual one.

This book is also a good reminder of why we continue to celebrate Women’s History Month, with recollections convincingly suggesting that the world is far from perfect, and that we still need to make an effort to change it. One of the women in this book is an attorney named Jesselyn Radack. During the events of 9/11, she worked in the Department of Justice’s Responsibility Advisory Office. One day, Radack was contacted by the US Counterterrorism Department and told that they’d detained an Afghanistan-American who was working with the group responsible for the events of 9/11, the Taliban. They ask Radack if it is alright to interrogate the man, and she says it is not because as an American citizen, he is entitled to certain rights. They shrug off Radack’s response and let her know that they have already done so. She becomes angry with them and tells them to only use this interrogation to find out information about the Taliban.

The US Attorney General starts a press conference, and they show pictures of the Afghanistan-American man harmed, both physically and mentally. The Attorney General lies about the information they have, rocking Radack to her core. She is told to forget about what happened, and her emails regarding the incident are erased behind the scenes. Radack gets a friend to recover the erased emails and tries printing out the information, but those “go missing”. She prints them once again, sending them to a magazine, and the story is printed on the front page. As a result,  Radack not only gets fired, but also becomes the subject of a criminal investigation.

Jesselyn Radack knew that the US Counterterrorism Department had broken the Afghanistan-American man’s constitutional rights and that the US Attorney General had obstructed justice by changing the narrative of the information received. She did something about both wrongs. Despite knowing she could lose her job and knowing she would be subjected to a criminal investigation, Radack did what she knew was right, both by her own moral compass and as defined by the law. Jesselyn Radack did what she hoped would help better this flawed world.

I believe Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World will prove relatable to most anyone who reads. The graphic novel covers the stories of women from many different racial, cultural, and social-economic backgrounds, giving every reader a chance to identify with one, if not more, of the heroines profiled in the book. The art also pairs nicely with the fantastic writing, giving you a better sense of emotion. That said, this book truly is a graphic novel, not only in its pictorial accompaniment, but also in its explicit storytelling. As such, I would recommend that this book be read by those in 7th grade or higher.

I would give this book five out of five stars. It was engaging, challenging me with stories that I had not heard anywhere else. I would very much recommend Brazen, as well as Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, as both books offer eye-opening reflections of systematic diversity inequalities at various periods of world history and thus, various perspectives championing the continued need to not only celebrate Women’s History in March, but to recognize the same throughout the year.

[athenenoctua9]

JANUARY Week 2

Which feminist books do you recommend? Culottées ( Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World) by Pénélope Bagieu. 

The books tell the stories of women who, during their life, defied prohibitions or social norms of sexism or patriarchy.

Do you have a favorite book series?

Probably the one I’m currently reading: Les Rois Maudits (The Accursed Kings) by Maurice Druon. 

“Set in the 14th century during the reigns of the last five kings of the direct Capetian dynasty and the first two kings of the House of Valois, the series begins as the French King Philip the Fair, already surrounded by scandal and intrigue, brings a curse upon his family when he persecutes the Knights Templar. The succession of monarchs that follows leads France and England to the Hundred Years' War”

If you like historical fictions and conspiracies I it totally recommand it! Apparently G.R.R. Martin found inspiration in those books for his own series. I’m really enjoying this sttory, it also reminds me of my constitutional history class when I was in college.

#2021readingchallenge

[teencenterspl]

Brie’s March Staff Picks:

Brazen : Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu (YA 920 BAG)

Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley (Historical – YA F TAL)

She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World by Michael Elsohn Ross (YA 320.082 ROS)

Whitney’s March Staff Picks:

Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb by Roseanne Montillo (YA 355.825 MON)

Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII by Mary Cronk Farrell (YA 940.541 FAR)

A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein (YA 940.544 WEI)

#Smith Public Library #Wylie TX #books #reading #ya non-fiction #history #staff picks #march staff picks #ya books #need to read #your next great read

[just0nemorepage]

July Just One More Page BPC 📚 // Day 4 ➜ #Resist.

↳ I don’t own nearly enough books that would make up a good photo for this prompt... so I made a nice, long recommendation post for my fellow dissenters out of the highest rated books on my Goodreads list.

Happy reading, and stay pissed off my friends. ✊

(P.S. If there’s anything I should add, let me know! And alternatively - if there’s anything I should REMOVE, PLEASE let me know!)

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu

Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates

Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard

Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion edited by Karen E. Bender & Nina de Gramont

Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future by Barbara J. Berg

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman

The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health by Paul Campos

Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon 

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly 

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti

Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited by Roxane Gay

Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death by Erin Gibson

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero 

Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding 

Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by Mackenzi Lee

How Not to Get Shot: And Other Advice From White People by D.L. Hughley & Doug Moe

Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World by The Women's March Organizers 

Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen

What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America edited by Dennis Johnson & Valerie Merians

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele

Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body by Kate Harding & Marianne Kirby

They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips

Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America edited by Amy Reed 

Nasty Women edited by 404 Ink

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson 

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity by Julia Serano 

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly 

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder 

The Trump Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Living Through What You Hoped Would Never Happen by Gene Stone 

The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti 

He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti 

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf 

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #day 4 #book photo challenge #resist #recommendations #fuck trump #and fuck you if you voted for him #non fiction #feminism #jomp edits #jomp original

[redgoldsparks]

March Reading and Reviews by Maia Kobabe

Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence

This series continues to be a great story, somewhat held back by it's occasionally clumsy writing. There are flashbacks and flash forwards in places that don't need them, and a certain laziness in descriptions of things (especially colors, clothes, and the bodies of teenagers). Despite these flaws, Lawrence is willing to throw his characters into a creative and intriguing situations. I am genuinely very engaged with Nona's education and growth. I admire her fierce loyalty and commitment to friendship, even when it betrays her. I look forward to the undoubtedly bloody conclusion in book three!

Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

This is a wonderful, beautifully drawn memoir. Robin is the daughter of a single mother who struggled against South Korea's conservative society to create a happy life for their small family. The summer after 8th grade, Robin travels with her mother to Alabama on what she believes will be a two week trip at most. Shockingly, Robin's mother tells her that they will be moving permanently to America and that she is marrying a man Robin has never met. Robin is devastated- she didn't even get to say goodbye to her friends, and she didn't pack her art supplies or her extensive comic collection. She is thrown into an American high school even though she speaks very little English. Robin struggles to keep up in classes, finding comfort in one friendly teacher and the slow trickle of letters from South Korea. Eventually she is enrolled in an after school comics class and she makes her friend new friend. The last chapter follows Robin into young adulthood, when new realizations help her to finally understand why her mother made the decision that felt at the time like the end of her world.

Go With The Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann

This is a sweet, information-rich graphic novel about friendship, menstrual health, and student activism. Christine is a lanky goofball crushing on her best friend. Abby is an art student who burns to make the world a better place. Brit is a Jane Austen fan and a good student who keeps having to miss school due to horrible cramps. She worries there's something seriously wrong with her, but hasn't been diagnosed. Sasha is a new student who might never live down bleeding through her pants in her first week of school. These four have different dreams and different goals, but they will always have each other's backs.

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu

I've been hearing this book was good for at least a year, but I was put off by the title and cover, which didn't really give me any idea of what to expect inside. Finally got it from the library to discover a series of short, witty, beautifully drawn comic biographies of women from all shorts of professions, backgrounds and eras. I think I had already read a couple of them online at one point or another. Some of the ones that really stood out to me where Margaret Hamilton, the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West; Las Mariposas, political rebels from the Dominican Republic; Josephone Baker, dancer and french resistance fighter; Tove Jansson, creator of The Moomintrolls; Wu Zetian, Empress of China in the 700s; Sonita Alizadeh, rapper; Nellie Bly, journalist; and astronaut Mae Jemison. Definitely worth a read; I still wish it had a different cover.

Amateur: A True Story About What Makes A Man by Thomas Page McBee

This slim text is unbelievably rich. I read it in just a few days but it really deserves to be lingered over- I have a library copy that I can't return because of the Covid-virus closed library system, so I might wait a few weeks and just read it again. McBee is a trans man, a survivor of childhood sexual assault and a journalist who became interested in the question of why men fight. He pitched a story on the topic to Quartz magazine, and then spent the next five months training for a charity boxing match in Madison Square Garden to investigate the subject. This book traces that five month journey, and also dips into other glimpses of his life- the death of his mother; meeting his future wife; the birth of his brother's first child; encountering his abuser as an adult. McBee finds the world of charity boxers a space of camaraderie and tenderness, where men face fears and joyfully celebrate violence. He weaves many quotes and pieces of research throughout the text, studies of marriage, gender, race, boyhood, homophobia, identity, masculinity, and male friendships.

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor

I think this might be the QUEEREST book I have ever read!! At some point in the first chapter I thought to myself "A straight person could never have written this," and I was delighted. Set in 1993, it starts in Iowa City where Paul is half-heartedly working on a film degree. Most though he is bartending, dressing up, flirting, and constantly on the prowl for potential conquests. One day he decides he want to try lesbian sex and so grows breasts, transforms his dick into a vagina, and goes to see a touring girl band from Seattle playing at a local club. It turns out Paul has had the ability to transform himself since childhood- in fact, for a while he thought all queer people could do it. He doesn't know why he has this ability or if he is the only one who has it. But he isn't greatly concerned. Lesbian sex is good; he decides to try his luck at the Michigan Women's Music festival, which he road trips to with his best friend Jane. Thus begins a wandering, whimsical journey into various queer subcultures from Provincetown to Chicago to San Francisco. The book is deeply rooted it it's time period; the specter of AIDs haunting the edged of every community, and constant references to the music of the era on a mix of CDs and cassette mix tapes. This book was a strange delight, I definitely recommend it.

Spellbound by Bishakh Som

Bishakh Som discovers the power and potential in creating an alter-ego who both is, and is not, the self in this gorgeously drawn almost-memoir. Using the character of Anjali, Som writes about an international childhood spent in Ethiopia, India, and New York City. She writes of the death of her parents and the gutsy decision to quit a dull, safe job to pursue an uncertain creative dream. We, the readers, are the benefactors of this leap into the unknown. Along the way she also begins to further explore her own queerness and gender identity. How fortunate that Anjuli, and Som, chose comics! (Thank you to the publisher, Street Noise Books, for letting me read an advanced reader copy of this book.)

Seattle Walk Report by Susanna Ryan

This is such a charming nonfiction book written by a Seattle librarian reporting on the mundane but delightful sights that can be seen in an normal city on any normal day. It outlines specific walks you can take in various Seattle neighborhoods, but the author encourages the reader to wander off the map and make your own routes. I love the things that author highlights: a dog in a scarf, the shape of signposts and gates, a historic building facade, a majestic tree. The world is full of little joys, and it's well worth the time to go outside and find them!

#books #reading #comic book reviews #book reviews #book recommendations

[wildspringday]

2020 reading list

hello lovelies! my goal is to read 52 books next year, written by authors that are women/poc/lgbt+. i would love some input for books to read, so if you have any recommendations, please send me an ask! here are the books i have on my list so far:

white teeth - zadie smith

the house of mirth - edith wharton

if beale street could talk - james baldwin

slouching towards bethlehem - joan didion

norwegian wood -  haruki murakami

the awakening - kate chopin

mrs. dalloway - virginia woolf

the brief wondrous life of oscar wao - junot díaz

exit west - mohsin hamid

americanah - chimamanda ngozi adichie

to the lighthouse - virginia woolf

the wind-up bird chronicle - haruki murakami

never let me go - kazuo ishiguro

pride and prejudice - jane austen

little women - louisa may alcott

jane eyre - charlotte bronte 

the handmaid’s tale - margaret atwood 

wuthering heights - emily bronte 

one hundred years of solitude - gabriel garcí­a márquez 

beloved - toni morrison

one day we’ll all be dead and none of this will matter: essays - scaachi koul

the feminine mystique - betty friedan

bad feminist - roxanne gay 

trying to float: coming of age in the chelsea hotel - nicolaia rips

what is not yours is not yours - helen oyeyemi 

boy, snow, bird - helen oyeyemi

on beauty - zadie smith 

her body and other parties - carmen maria machado

the paper menagerie - ken liu

homegoing - yaa gyasi

the mothers - brit bennett 

little weirds - jenny slate

the sympathizer - viet thanh nguyen 

between the world and me - ta-nehisi coates

the farm - joanne ramos 

long live the tribe of fatherless girls - t kira madden

good talk - mira jacob

women talking - miriam toews

the new me - halle butler

the affairs of the falcóns - melissa rivero

gingerbread - helen oyeyemi

queenie - candice carty-williams

normal people - sally rooney 

trick mirror: reflections on self-delusion - jia tolentino

severence - ling ma

with the fire on high - elizabeth acevedo

frankly in love - david yoon

emergency contact - mary h.k. choi

the library of lost things - laura taylor namey 

the remains of the day - kazuo ishiguro

barracoon: the story of the last “black cargo” - zora neale hurston

heart berries - terese marie mailhot

if they come for us - fatimah asghar

the poet x - elizabeth acevedo

the girls - emma cline

the fire next time - james baldwin

the female persuasion: a novel - meg wolitzer

circe - madeline miller

when katie met cassidy - camille perri

laura & emma - kate greathead

the great believers - rebecca makkai

so far so good - ursula k. le guin

play as it lays - joan didion

manhattan beach - jennifer egan

modern lovers - emma straub

if not, winter: fragments of sappho - sappho

i might regret this: essays, drawings, vulnerabilities, and other stuff - abbi jacobson 

paperback crush: the totally radical history of ‘80′s and ‘90s teen fiction - gabrielle moss

conversations with friends - sally rooney 

julie the maniac: a novel - juliet escoria 

brazen: rebel ladies who rocked the world - pénélope bagieu

choose your own disaster - dana schwartz

passing - nella larsen

awayland: stories - ramona ausubel

wide sargasso sea - jean rhys

if, then: a novel - kate hope day 

the mandarins - simone de beauvoir 

the dreamers: a novel - karen thompson walker

pulp - robin talley 

the care and feeding of ravenously hungry girls - anissa gray 

the murmur of bees - sofía segovia

blue nights - joan didion

autobiography of red - anne carson

swing time - zadie smith 

the source of self-regard: selected essays, speeches, and meditations- toni morrison

i’ll give you the sun - jandy nelson

the ninth hour - alice mcdermott

girls burn brighter: a novel - shobha rao

red at the bone - jacqueline woodson

costalegre - courtney maum

#thank you! ily!! 💛 #katie talks #2020 goals

[smashpages]

Winners announced for the 2019 Eisner Awards

The winners were announced last night for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards.

Tom King and Mitch Gerads, partners on the Mister Miracle series from DC, took home five awards between them. John Allison’s Giant Days and The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang also took home multiple awards.

The Eisner Awards also inducted 10 people into the Hall of Fame last night: the judges chose Jim Aparo, June Tarpé Mills, Dave Stevens and Morrie Turner, while voters chose José Luis García-López, Jenette Kahn, Paul Levitz, Wendy and Richard Pini, and Bill Sienkiewicz to join the class of 2019.

Other awards given out last night included the The Bill Finger Excellence In Comic Book Writing Award, which was presented to Mike Friedrich and the late E. Nelson Bridwell, and the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award, which went to Lorena Alvarez.

The 2019 recipients of the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award were Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, for his work on Ricanstruction: Reminiscing & Rebuilding Puerto Rico, and comic artist Tula Lotay, AKA Lisa Wood, for creating the UK-based Thought Bubble Festival. And La Revisteria Comics in Argentina won the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award.

You can see all the Eisner winners below, in bold.

Best Short Story

“Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell, in Get Naked (Image)

“The Ghastlygun Tinies,” by Matt Cohen and Marc Palm, in MAD magazine #4 (DC)

“Here I Am,” by Shaun Tan, in I Feel Machine (SelfMadeHero)

“Life During Interesting Times,” by Mike Dawson (The Nib), https://thenib.com/greatest-generation-interesting-times

“Supply Chains,” by Peter and Maria Hoey, in Coin-Op #7 (Coin-Op Books)

“The Talk of the Saints,” by Tom King and Jason Fabok, in Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)

Best Single Issue/One-Shot

Beneath the Dead Oak Tree, by Emily Carroll (ShortBox)

Black Hammer: Cthu-Louise, by Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox (Dark Horse)

No Better Words, by Carolyn Nowak (Silver Sprocket)

Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310, by Chip Zdarsky (Marvel)

The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils In Suits, by Arabson, translated by James Robinson (IHQ Studio/ Image)

Best Continuing Series

Batman, by Tom King et al. (DC)

Black Hammer: Age of Doom, by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Rich Tommaso (Dark Horse)

Gasolina, by Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter (Skybound/Image)

Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julaa Madrigal (BOOM! Box)

The Immortal Hulk, by Al Ewing, Joe Bennett, and Ruy José (Marvel)

Runaways, by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka (Marvel)

Best Limited Series

Batman: White Knight, by Sean Murphy (DC)

Eternity Girl, by Magdalene Visaggio and Sonny Liew (Vertigo/DC)

Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, by Mark Russell, Mike Feehan, and Mark Morales (DC)

Mister Miracle, by Tom King and Mitch Gerads (DC)

X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis, by Ed Piskor (Marvel)

Best New Series

Bitter Root, by David Walker, Chuck Brown, and Sanford Green (Image)

Crowded, by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, and Ted Brandt (Image)

Gideon Falls, by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino (Image)

Isola, by Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl (Image)

Man-Eaters, by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk (Image)

Skyward, by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett (Image)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

Johnny Boo and the Ice Cream Computer, by James Kochalka (Top Shelf/IDW)

Petals, by Gustavo Borges (KaBOOM!)

Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths, by Graham Annable (First Second)

This Is a Taco! By Andrew Cangelose and Josh Shipley (CubHouse/Lion Forge)

Tiger Vs. Nightmare, by Emily Tetri (First Second)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9–12)

Aquicorn Cove, by Katie O’Neill (Oni)

Be Prepared, by Vera Brosgol (First Second)

The Cardboard Kingdom, by Chad Sell (Knopf/Random House Children’s Books)

Crush, by Svetlana Chmakova (JY/Yen Press)

The Divided Earth, by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13–17)

All Summer Long, by Hope Larson (Farrar Straus Giroux)

Gumballs, by Erin Nations (Top Shelf/IDW)

Middlewest, by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona (Image)

Norroway, Book 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, by Cat Seaton and Kit Seaton (Image)

The Prince and the Dressmaker, by Jen Wang (First Second)

Watersnakes, by Tony Sandoval, translated by Lucas Marangon (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Best Humor Publication

Get Naked, by Steven T. Seagle et al. (Image)

Giant Days, by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Julia Madrigal (BOOM! Box)

MAD magazine, edited by Bill Morrison (DC)

A Perfect Failure: Fanta Bukowski 3, by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)

Woman World, by Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Anthology

Femme Magnifique: 50 Magnificent Women Who Changed the World, edited by Shelly Bond (Black Crown/IDW)

Puerto Rico Strong, edited by Marco Lopez, Desiree Rodriguez, Hazel Newlevant, Derek Ruiz, and Neil Schwartz (Lion Forge)

Twisted Romance, edited by Alex de Campi (Image)

Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas, edited by Will Dennis, curated by J. H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-Williams (Image)

Best Reality-Based Work

All the Answers: A Graphic Memoir, by Michael Kupperman (Gallery 13)

All the Sad Songs, by Summer Pierre (Retrofit/Big Planet)

Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman, by Box Brown (First Second)

Monk! by Youssef Daoudi (First Second)

One Dirty Tree, by Noah Van Sciver (Uncivilized Books)

Best Graphic Album—New

Bad Girls, by Alex de Campi and Victor Santos (Gallery 13)

Come Again, by Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)

Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1, by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman (DC)

Homunculus, by Joe Sparrow (ShortBox)

My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)

Sabrina, by Nick Drnaso (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

Berlin, by Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)

Girl Town, by Carolyn Nowak (Top Shelf/IDW)

Upgrade Soul, by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Lion Forge)

The Vision hardcover, by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Michael Walsh (Marvel)

Young Frances, by Hartley Lin (AdHouse Books)

Best Adaptation from Another Medium

Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, adapted by Ari Folman and David Polonsky (Pantheon)

“Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, adapted by Junji Ito, translated by Jocelyne Allen (VIZ Media)

Out in the Open by Jesús Carraso, adapted by Javi Rey, translated by Lawrence Schimel (SelfMadeHero)

Speak: The Graphic Novel, by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll (Farrar Straus Giroux)

To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London’s Classic Story, by Chabouté (Gallery 13)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

About Betty’s Boob, by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau, translated by Edward Gauvin (Archaia/BOOM!)

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World, by Pénélope Bagieu (First Second)

Herakles Book 1, by Edouard Cour, translated by Jeremy Melloul (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Niourk, by Stefan Wul and Olivier Vatine, translated by Brandon Kander and Diana Schutz (Dark Horse)

A Sea of Love, by Wilfrid Lupano and Grégory Panaccione (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

Abara: Complete Deluxe Edition, by Tsutomu Nihei, translated by Sheldon Drzka (VIZ Media)

Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, by Inio Asano, translated by John Werry (VIZ Media)

Laid-Back Camp, by Afro, translated by Amber Tamosaitis (Yen Press)

My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder, by Nie Jun, translated by Edward Gauvin (Graphic Universe/Lerner)

Tokyo Tarareba Girls, by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips

Pogo, vol. 5: Out of This World At Home, by Walt Kelly, edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds (Fantagraphics)

Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Strips in Color (1959–1960), by Jack Kirby, Wally Wood et al., edited by Ferran Delgado (Amigo Comics)

Star Wars: Classic Newspaper Strips, vol. 3, by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, edited by Dean Mullaney (Library of American Comics/IDW)

The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Words and Worlds of Herbert Crowley, by Justin Duerr (Beehive Books

Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E. C. Segar, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books

Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman Deluxe Edition, edited by Paul Levitz (DC)

Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… And Assassins… Artifact Edition, edited by Scott Dunbier (IDW)

Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet (Drawn & Quarterly)

Madman Quarter Century Shindig, by Mike Allred, edited by Chris Ryall (IDW)

Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, edited by Joseph Melchior and Bob Chapman (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)

Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, edited by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Writer

Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)

Tom King, Batman, Mister Miracle, Heroes in Crisis, Swamp Thing Winter Special (DC)

Jeff Lemire, Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Doctor Star & the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows, Quantum Age (Dark Horse); Descender, Gideon Falls, Royal City (Image)

Mark Russell, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound, Lex Luthor/Porky Pig (DC); Lone Ranger (Dynamite)

Kelly Thompson, Nancy Drew (Dynamite); Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Mr. & Mrs. X, Rogue & Gambit, Uncanny X-Men, West Coast Avengers (Marvel)

Chip Zdarsky, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel Two-in-One (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist

Sophie Campbell, Wet Moon (Oni)

Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Drawn & Quarterly)

David Lapham, Lodger (Black Crown/IDW); Stray Bullets (Image)

Nate Powell, Come Again (Top Shelf/IDW)

Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Jen Wang, The Prince and the Dressmaker (First Second)

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Matías Bergara, Coda (BOOM!)

Mitch Gerads, Mister Miracle (DC)

Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)

Sonny Liew, Eternity Girl (Vertigo/DC)

Sean Phillips, Kill or Be Killed, My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image)

Yanick Paquette, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Lee Bermejo, Batman: Damned (DC)

Carita Lupatelli, Izuna Book 2 (Humanoids)

Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)

Gregory Panaccione, A Sea of Love (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Tony Sandoval, Watersnakes (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

Best Cover Artist (for multiple covers)

Jen Bartel, Blackbird (Image); Submerged (Vault)

Nick Derington, Mister Miracle (DC)

Karl Kerschl, Isola (Image)

Joshua Middleton, Batgirl and Aquaman variants (DC)

Julian Tedesco, Hawkeye, Life of Captain Marvel (Marvel)

Best Coloring

Jordie Bellaire, Batgirl, Batman (DC); The Divided Earth (First Second); Days of Hate, Dead Hand, Head Lopper, Redlands (Image); Shuri, Doctor Strange (Marvel)

Tamra Bonvillain, Alien 3 (Dark Horse); Batman, Doom Patrol (DC); Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Multiple Man (Marvel)

Nathan Fairbairn, Batman, Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman Earth One, vol. 2 (DC); Die!Die!Die! (Image)

Matt Hollingsworth, Batman: White Knight (DC): Seven to Eternity, Wytches (Image)

Matt Wilson, Black Cloud, Paper Girls, The Wicked + The Divine (Image); The Mighty Thor, Runaways (Marvel)

Best Lettering

David Aja, Seeds (Berger Books/Dark Horse)

Jim Campbell, Breathless, Calexit, Gravetrancers, Snap Flash Hustle, Survival Fetish, The Wilds (Black Mask); Abbott, Alice: Dream to Dream, Black Badge, Clueless, Coda, Fence, Firefly, Giant Days, Grass Kings, Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, Low Road West, Sparrowhawk (BOOM); Angelic (Image); Wasted Space (Vault)

Alex de Campi, Bad Girls (Gallery 13); Twisted Romance (Image)

Jared Fletcher, Batman: Damned (DC); The Gravediggers Union, Moonshine, Paper Girls, Southern Bastards (Image)

Todd Klein— Black Hammer: Age of Doom, Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald (Dark Horse); Batman: White Night (DC); Eternity Girl, Books of Magic (Vertigo/DC); The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/ Journalism

Note: There was a tie in this category

Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)

The Columbus Scribbler, edited by Brian Canini, columbusscribbler.com

Comicosity, edited by Aaron Long and Matt Santori,  www.comicosity.com

LAAB Magazine #0: Dark Matter, edited by Ronald Wimberley and Josh O’Neill (Beehive Books)

PanelxPanel magazine, edited by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, panelxpanel.com

Best Comics-Related Book

Comic Book Implosion: An Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978, by Keith Dallas and John Wells (TwoMorrows)

Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists, by Martha H. Kennedy (University Press of Mississippi)

The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, by Jon Morris (Quirk Books)

Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without an Eraser, by Dewey Cassell with Jeff Messer (TwoMorrows)

Yoshitaka Amano: The Illustrated Biography—Beyond the Fantasy, by Florent Gorges, translated by Laure Dupont and Annie Gullion (Dark Horse)

Best Academic/Scholarly Work

Between Pen and Pixel: Comics, Materiality, and the Book of the Future, by Aaron Kashtan (Ohio State University Press)

Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies, by Marc Singer (University of Texas Press)

The Goat-Getters: Jack Johnson, the Fight of the Century, and How a Bunch of Raucous Cartoonists Reinvented Comics, by Eddie Campbell (Library of American Comics/IDW/Ohio State University Press)

Incorrigibles and Innocents, by Lara Saguisag (Rutgers Univeristy Press)

Sweet Little C*nt: The Graphic Work of Julie Doucet, by Anne Elizabeth Moore (Uncivilized Books)

Best Publication Design

A Sea of Love, designed by Wilfrid Lupano, Grégory Panaccione, and Mike Kennedy (Magnetic/Lion Forge)

The Stan Lee Story Collector’s Edition, designed by Josh Baker (Taschen)

The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Worlds of Herbert Crowley, designed by Paul Kepple and Max Vandenberg (Beehive Books)

Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise Gallery Edition, designed by Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios/NYC (Abstract Studio/Graphitti Designs)

Will Eisner’s A Contract with God: Curator’s Collection, designed by John Lind (Kitchen Sink/Dark Horse)

Best Digital Comic

Aztec Empire, by Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, and David Hahn, www.bigredhair.com/books/Aztec-empire/

The Führer and the Tramp, by Sean McArdle, Jon Judy, and Dexter Wee, http://thefuhrerandthetramp.com/

The Journey, by Pablo Leon (Rewire), https://rewire.news/article/2018/01/08/rewire-exclusive-comic-journey/

The Stone King, by Kel McDonald and Tyler Crook (comiXology Originals)  https://cmxl.gy/Stone-King

Umami, by Ken Niimura (Panel Syndicate), http://panelsyndicate.com/comics/umami

Best Webcomic

The Contradictions, by Sophie Yanow, www.thecontradictions.com

Lavender Jack, by Dan Schkade (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/lavender-jack/list?title_no=1410&page=1

Let’s Play, by Mongie (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/letsplay/list?title_no=1218&page=1

Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe, (WEBTOON), https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=1

Tiger, Tiger, by Petra Erika Nordlund, (Hiveworks) http://www.tigertigercomic.com/

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