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Books & Flicks

Below are my feeble attempts to make must lists for books and movies. If you’ve got suggestions, I encourage you to send ‘em or post ‘em.

BOOKS

This list is in no particular order. I think the best way to learn about awesome books is through word of mouth!

Books:

  1. The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
  2. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
  3. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
  4. Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
  5. Fast Girls by Emily White
  6. Our Bodies Ourselves
  7. The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
  8. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
  9. A Handmaid’s Tale By Margaret Atwood
  10. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
  11. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
  12. Valencia by Michelle Tea
  13. anything by bell hooks
  14. Wonder Woman: The Complete History by Les Daniels
  15. Girl Culture by Lauren Greenfield
  16. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Dated, yes, but certainly one of the first modern quest stories with a girl as the hero.)
  17. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire (The Wicked Witch is certainly a radical feminist and an animal rights activist.)
  18. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (added by Natalie)

On my bookshelf (waiting):

  1. Catfight by Leora Tanenbaum
  2. Bitch by Elizabeth Wurtzell
  3. Female Chauvanist Pigs by Ariel Levy
  4. Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti
  5. Pink Think by Lynn Peril
  6. Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent
  7. Pin-Up Grrrls by Maria Elena Buszek
  8. The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order
  9. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
  10. Rent Girl by Michelle Tea

MOVIES

This is a list of movies that are either overtly or covertly feminist. This list is by no means comprehensive and it’s not in any kind of order. We need to spread the word about the movies we’ve seen because so many of the good ones are indies.Here goes:

  1. Thelma & Louise
  2. Citizen Ruth (brilliant! if you haven’t seen it, go watch it right now!)
  3. But I’m a Cheerleader
  4. Erin Brokavich
  5. Ever After — A Cinderella Story
  6. Mean Girls
  7. Whale Rider
  8. Bend it Like Beckham
  9. The Wizard of Oz
  10. The Long Kiss Goodnight
  11. La Femme Nikita (and it’s American remake Point of No Return)
  12. Run Lola Run
  13. Lara Croft – Tomb Raider
  14. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
  15. G.I. Jane
  16. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  17. Mona Lisa Smile (debatable, perhaps)
  18. His Girl Friday
  19. Woman of the Year
  20. Adam’s Rib
  21. Norma Rae
  22. Silence of the Lambs
  23. 9-5 (depressingly still relevent 27 years later)
  24. Tank Girl
  25. Contact
  26. V for Vendetta
  27. Frida [added 10/24/07]
  28. Chocolat [added 11/19/07]
  29. Juno [added 2/10/08]
  30. Mulan [added 2/14/08]
  31. Fargo [added 3/9/08] – way to go Coen Bros for giving us pregnant homicide detective Marge Gunderson. Hurray for working through a pregnancy! (added by Natalie)
  32. Shut Up & Sing [added 3/27/08]
  33. Baby Mama [added 5/24/08]
  34. North Country [added 3/26/09]

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