A Girl's Guide to Joining the Resistance: A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good

by Emma Gray, Eva Hill (Illustrator)

Overview

An illustrated big-sister's guide to activism—the perfect gift for young feminists and long-time observers looking to enter the fray.

Have recent events given you pause? Does Trump’s America make you fearful for the future of women? Do you want to become more involved in helping to preserve women’s rights but aren’t sure how? In A Girl’s Guide to Joining the Resistance, Emma Rose Gray, Executive Editor at The Huffington Post, outlines all that young women need to know on pivotal women’s rights issues and offers a blueprint for those who want to take a stand and participate in the cause.

This groundbreaking book includes:

• Background information on key issues so you can choose where you most want to take a stand.

• A guide for learning about the first Amendment and how to choose good news sources and make sure you’re getting quality information.

• Practical instructions on how to get involved and stay involved, with examples from the author’s own experience organizing the successful “Watch Us Run” conference.

• Instructions for how to talk to your friend who says she’s “just not that political” and your relatives whose beliefs conflict with your own.

• Advice for self-care and how to stay involved without exhausting yourself.

• Extensive back-matter including numbers to call, organizations to email and donate to, and scripts for reaching out to representatives and organizations.

• Interviews with experienced activists including senator Elizabeth Warren, actress Amber Tamblyn, actress Marlo Thomas, Women’s March Co-Chair Carmen Perez, Mother of the Movement Lucy McBath, Black Lives Matter creator Alicia Garza, People for Bernie Founder Winnie Wong, and former assistant to President Obama Tina Tchen.

Featuring original 2-color illustrations throughout by New York Magazine’s Eva Hill, A Girl’s Guide to Joining the Resistance illuminates why the time has never been more important than now to get involved in helping to ensure women’s rights are protected for the current and future generations of women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062748096
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/17/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Emma Gray is the Executive Women's Editor at HuffPost. She is also the co-host of the "Bachelor"-themed podcast, "Here To Make Friends," which was named a "must-listen" by The Daily Dot, and has appeared as an expert on the Today Show, Good Morning America, The Insider, and Entertainment Tonight. Emma is an alum of McGill University in Montreal, which is probably why she has such a soft spot for poutine and St. Viateur bagels.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Part 1 Welcome to the Resistance

Chapter 1 There's No Time Like the Present to give all the F^**KS 3

Chapter 2 Hey Girl(s) Hey: Why Young Women's Voices are so Damn Essential 9

Chapter 3 On Getting Angry: The Power Of Protest 19

Chapter 4 Dear White Ladies: A Note on Intersectionality 27

Chapter 5 Your Story Matters (And Other Things that Sound Trite but are True) 41

Part 2 How to Resist Like a Girl

Chapter 6 How to Stop Watching Netflix, Get off Your Couch, and Get Sh^*T Done Now 51

Chapter 7 A Tech-Savvy Guide to Staying Accountable 63

Chapter 8 Lady Clubs and Covens: Where the Real Work (And Magic) Happens 71

Chapter 9 Fake News, Shmake News: How to Sort Through all the BS 83

Chapter 10 Self-Care, A.K.A. How to Avoid Losing Your Mind While You're Changing the World 89

Chapter 11 Organizations that are Already Doing the Work 111

Acknowledgments 121

Notes 125

Editorial Reviews

Emma Gray’s smart guide came at the perfect time. Told through a series of interviews, first-person anecdots, calls to action, and how to’s, this is an important, inspiring book, but it’s also really f**king fun to read.” — Jennifer Romolini, Chief Content Officer at Shondaland.com

From the Publisher

Emma Gray’s smart guide came at the perfect time. Told through a series of interviews, first-person anecdots, calls to action, and how to’s, this is an important, inspiring book, but it’s also really f**king fun to read.

Jennifer Romolini

In spite of its brevity, this audiobook edition of journalist Emma Gray's primer on the fundamentals of contemporary American feminism drains rather than inspires energy for joining the movement. Narrator Andi Arndt keeps to an even pace that is almost entirely lacking in inflection, rolling along with only rare deviations from a surprisingly uninvolved—and uninvolving—performance. Because much of the text is composed of long series of brief quotes from many activists and other passages are filled with sentences containing lists, this consistent lack of variation becomes numbing. Those who come to the audiobook knowing little about the topic will need to bring their own enthusiasm, and those well versed in activist, intersectionalist feminism and its roots will not be invigorated by this seemingly cold execution. F.M.R.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

In spite of its brevity, this audiobook edition of journalist Emma Gray's primer on the fundamentals of contemporary American feminism drains rather than inspires energy for joining the movement. Narrator Andi Arndt keeps to an even pace that is almost entirely lacking in inflection, rolling along with only rare deviations from a surprisingly uninvolved—and uninvolving—performance. Because much of the text is composed of long series of brief quotes from many activists and other passages are filled with sentences containing lists, this consistent lack of variation becomes numbing. Those who come to the audiobook knowing little about the topic will need to bring their own enthusiasm, and those well versed in activist, intersectionalist feminism and its roots will not be invigorated by this seemingly cold execution. F.M.R.G. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile