Feminism is not static, and it never has been. From Malinda Lo's opening piece about her youth and feminist influences, which sets the tone for the rest of the work with this rousing speech:įeminism is about recognizing power and fighting to distribute it equally, regardless of race or class or ability or gender. I feel quite emotional thinking back over all the wonders this book has to offer. Who do I single out in a collection about the importance of a vast array of voices? So I'm going to briefly mention them all. When reviewing collections, I tend to either post a short review for each piece - if the book has only a small number of authors (which this doesn't) - or highlight the standout pieces - if the book has a long list of authors (which this does). It is a truly fantastic work that deserves to be read and celebrated by all. Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World covers a wide range of intersectional feminist topics, featuring authors of all colours, races and religions, gay and trans authors, authors of all shapes and sizes, those with physical and mental disabilities, as well as the able-bodied.

It is perhaps never possible to adequately collect enough perspectives to present all aspects of feminism in its entirety, but this book comes damn close. I am 100% going to get my hands on a finished copy so I can dive back into this book whenever I need it (which is probably a lot). Please note: I don't take review requests via Goodreads and I don't respond to comments on reviews that are more than 6 months old. Her writing has been featured on The Huffington Post, at Rookie Magazine, The Horn Book, BlogHer, and School Library Journal. In her free time, she teaches yoga, writes for her personal blog STACKED (), drinks a lot of tea, and enjoys disappearing for days reading good books. Kelly lives in the Chicago area with her husband, her daughter, her rabbit, and five needy-but-awesome cats. Before becoming a fully-fledged adult-like person, she worked in the swanky Texas Legislative Library entering data into a computer while surrounded by important politicians, scooped gelato for hungry college students, and spent hours reading, annotating, and scanning small-town Texas newspapers into a giant searchable database. Her current position is with Book Riot, the largest independent book website in North America, where she focuses on talking about young adult literature in all of its manifestations. Kelly Jensen is a former teen librarian who worked in several public libraries before pursuing a full-time career in writing and editing.

Here We Are by Kelly Jensen