![]() I was thrilled to see Moxie was taking the internet by storm, and it took me back to my college days where I took several Women’s Studies classes and, like Viv in the book, truly understood what feminism was for the first time and learned about its importance with all of the biases and stereotypes stripped away. The punchy hot pink and black cover screamed feminism! in a way that I haven’t seen a YA book do in such a headstrong way before. ![]() It seems like no matter what social media platform I was on at the beginning of fall this year, Moxie was everywhere- Instagram, Twitter, news articles, etc. Pretty soon Viv is forging friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, and she realizes that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution. She’s just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. Viv’s mom was a punk rock Riot Grrrl in the ’90s, so now Viv takes a page from her mother’s past and creates a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. ![]() But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules. Fed up with sexist dress codes and hallway harassment. ![]() Fed up with her small-town Texas high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Published by Roaring Brook Press on September 19th 2017 ![]() Also by this author: The Truth About Alice: A Novel, Devoted, Afterward ![]()
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