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A review by kriss_knows_all
Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America by Ellen Hopkins, Nina LaCour, Tracy Deonn, Amy Reed, Maurene Goo, Martha Brockenbrough, Anna-Marie McLemore, Julie Murphy, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Sandhya Menon, Alexandra Duncan, Sona Charaipotra, Tracy Deonn Walker, Amber Smith, Aisha Saeed, Stephanie Kuehnert, Hannah Moskowitz, I.W. Gregorio, Jaye Robin Brown, Brandy Colbert, Christine Day, Somaiya Daud
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
This book is really wonderfully written. There are so many voices, stories, so much intersectionality, and different types of empowerment stories in this collection.
I loved seeing some of my favorite authors (Ellen, Nina, and Amber) plus seeing that when this was published, some amazing authors hadn’t been published yet (Tracy and Christine).
I think a lot of cis women will find this empowering and they will feel very seen. I think a lot of trans women will feel like their voices weren’t in this collection but the editor’s note does point out they were lacking trans voices.
Overall, good read.
I loved seeing some of my favorite authors (Ellen, Nina, and Amber) plus seeing that when this was published, some amazing authors hadn’t been published yet (Tracy and Christine).
I think a lot of cis women will find this empowering and they will feel very seen. I think a lot of trans women will feel like their voices weren’t in this collection but the editor’s note does point out they were lacking trans voices.
Overall, good read.