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Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China by Leta Hong Fincher

Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China

Leta Hong Fincher

7 hours, 31 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

5.0independent_wombat's review
nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative fast-paced
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee, David John

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story

Hyeonseo Lee, David John

missing duration info • first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

5.0independent_wombat's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

8 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
nonfiction essays health lgbtqia+ sociology emotional reflective slow-paced
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

Where the Wild Ladies Are

Aoko Matsuda

284 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
fiction contemporary fantasy literary short stories funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq by James Ridgeway, Alia Mamdouh, Riverbend

Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq

James Ridgeway, Alia Mamdouh, Riverbend

304 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body

Rebekah Taussig

7 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Born Into This by Adam Thompson

Born Into This

Adam Thompson

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
fiction literary short stories adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

12 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
fiction fantasy historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Know My Name

Chanel Miller

15 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0independent_wombat's review
nonfiction feminism memoir sociology true crime emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced