The people in these books are funny, brave, strong, resilient, clever, and kind: Just like you.

A great selection of Girl Power books from Burnside’s Rose Room.

“She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless she persisted.”

Maybe you’ve never picked up a book on feminism. Maybe you have bookcases devoted to the subject. Either way, we wanted to share with you some of our favorite titles by contemporary feminists.

“All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small, we think, That’s terrible, but we do nothing. We say nothing. We let other people fight their own battles. We remain silent because silence is easier. Qui tacet consentire videtur is Latin for ‘Silence gives consent.’ When we say nothing, when we do nothing, we are consenting to these trespasses against us.” — Roxane Gay

See her at Powell’s on Thursday, January 19!

Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis

“There are some things about Susan B. Anthony they never told you abou tin school…A powerful eye opener about how racism and classism have been issues in feminism since its earliest days. Required intersectional reading for all feminists.”