Hey guys, it's Kirsti. Welcome back to my
channel. Today, I want to present you with
my TBR for Feminist Lit February. For those
of you don't know, Feminist Lit February is being
hosted by Jane from It's Jane Lindsey, and
the whole all idea is that during the month
of February, you read books that feature
feminist characters, that were written by
feminists, etcetera. Obviously the minute I
found out about this, I was like "Uh, yes please!"
So here's what I'm planning on reading
for the five challenges. Challenge number one: read
a book with a fiercely feminist
protagonist. For this one, I'm actually
planning on doing a reread, and that is
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye. You guys know
how much I love this book. But when I
read it for the first time last year, I did
so on my flight from Melbourne to LA
and then I think LA to Chicago I finished
it off? Anyway, I wasn't necessarily at
100% of my faculties to
truly appreciate the writing and the
characterisation and all that kind of stuff.
I know that I loved it, I know that I was
sucked into the story, I know that I was
100% on sold on how much of a badass
Jane Steele is, and I loved every single
reason behind why she murders the people
that she murders. But I really want to
reread this book so that I can
appreciate the writing and the parallels
between Jane Steele and Jane Eyre so much
more. So that's why I have gone with this
one. If you're looking for suggestions
for books to read for this particular
challenge, I can highly highly recommend
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray, which is an
incredibly feminist and also incredibly
intersectional book. And I also really
really REALLY want to recommend the
Spinster Club trilogy by Holly Bourne, in
particular the third book. All three of
these books are incredibly feminist but
the third book, What's a Girl Gotta Do?,
is the most feminist thing I think I
have ever read and it was glorious.
Challenge number 2 is to read a work of
feminist nonfiction. And for this one, I am
planning on picking up We Should All Be
Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
I love Adichie's writing, it is absolutely
beautiful and frankly I can't believe
that I haven't read this before. I know
it's a teeny teeny tiny little book because
it's the transcription of a TED Talk that
she did, but I'm super super excited to
read this because I've heard amazing
things about it. Challenge number three is to
read a diverse book, preferably Own Voices.
For this one, I'm planning on picking up
Fourth World by Lyssa Chiavari. This is a
sci-fi book that is set on Mars, and
basically involves time travel and
archaeology and stuff like that. So the
plot sounds amazing, but it's also a book
with a person of colour protagonist and an
asexual protagonist, and the author
identifies as being on the ace spectrum,
so I'm sold. Challenge number 4 is to read a
book by an author who identifies as
female, non-binary or genderfluid. And for
this one, I'm going with Dreadnought by
April Daniels. This has basically just
been released and it's a young adult novel
that features superheroes, but the
superhero in question is transgender, and
the author is also trans, so Own Voices again.
I'm really really excited to read this
one, I've heard amazing things about it.
And challenge number 5: ask a feminist for
a book recommendation and read that book.
So I asked my best friend Katherine for a
recommendation and she suggested that I
pick up Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, so,
like, obviously I'm doing that.
Obviously this is not my full TBR for
February, I'm planning on reading a bunch
of other stuff as well. It may not all be
feminist - February's also Black History Month.
I desperately want to pick up The
Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, although
it doesn't come out I think until the 27th
and I don't know if it's being released
in Australia on the same day as it is in
the US. So I might not get to that one in
February, but I really really want to. I also
really want to read Beloved by Toni
Morrison and Kindred by Octavia E. Butler.
So between FeministLitFeb and Black
History Month, I am not going to be
reading any books by white men during
the month of February. If you guys are
participating in FeministLitFeb, let me
know down in the comments, and don't
forget to use the hashtag #FeministLitFeb
on, like, any and all social media
platforms. Also, if you're reading
anything for Black History Month, let me
know down in the comments because I'm
always on the lookout for more
suggestions.
Thank you guys so much for watching, I
love all your faces and I'll see you on Friday.
Bye, guys.
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