BOOKS
Empowering reads
- Beall, Jade (2014) The Bodies of Mothers
- Evans, Kate (2008) The food of love; your formula for successful breastfeeding
- Millar, Fiona (2009) The Secret World of the Working Mother; Juggling work, kids and sanity
- Moran, Caitlin (2012) How to Be a Woman
- Stadlen, Naomi (2005) What Mothers Do; especially when it looks like nothing
- Woolf, Virginia (1929) A Room of One's Own
Gentle books on feminism
- Appignanesi, Orbach & Holmes (2013) Fifty Shades of Feminism
- Walters, Margaret (2005) Feminism: A Very Short Introduction
- Gay, Roxane (2014) Bad Feminist
- Segal, Lynne (2007) Making Trouble: Life and Politics
- Betty Friedan (1963) The Feminine Mystique
Kids' books that challenge traditional stereotypes - most of these were read to my sister and I as children!
- Attic Press (1985) Rapunzel's Revenge: Fairy Tales for Feminists
- Cole, Babette (1996) Princess Smartypants
- Cole, Babette (1997) Prince Cinders
- Coles, Diana (1983) Clever Princess
- Donaldson, Julia (2011) Zog
- Lurie, Alison (2005) Clever Gretchen and other Forgotten Folktales
- Munsch, Robert (2009) The Paperbag Princess
Lovely poems about parenting
- Butcher, Beverley, Before you came
- O'Mara, Peggy, There is time still
- Triplett, Jane, My baby boy and Me
Humorous picture books intended for adults/kids about the realities of life!
- Edwards, K (2011) OMG That's not my child! Prion Books
- Mansbach, A & R Cortes (2011) Go the f**k to sleep, Canongate Books
- Patterson, R (2012) My Big Shouting Day, Jonathan Cape
LINKS
Feminist blogging
Feminist parenting blogs
Blue milk (Australia)
The Feminist Breeder (USA)Attachment Feminism (UK)
The F Word
Laura Bates, Founder of Everyday Sexism campaign
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian Novelist
Jade Beall, Founder of the Beautiful Body Project
GoldieBlox
Toward the Stars
The Feminist Breeder (USA)Attachment Feminism (UK)
Feminist magazines
Feminist Times (UK)Ms Magazine (USA)The F Word
#Bloggingforchange
Blogging for changeFeminist TED Videos
Leah Thorn, Spoken Word Poet and ActivistLaura Bates, Founder of Everyday Sexism campaign
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian Novelist
Jade Beall, Founder of the Beautiful Body Project
Websites aimed at inspiring girls
A Mighty GirlGoldieBlox
Toward the Stars