“This fantastic collection gives the world a much-needed window, and teens a much-deserved mirror, into what it means to be a girl.” — Amanda Gorman, youth poet laureate of the United States
This Is 18: Girls’ Lives Through Girls’ Eyes (Abrams, 2019) is an immersive look at what it means to be a teenage girl around the world. As told through interviews, photographs and collage, the book was photographed entirely by other teenage girls, featuring messages from Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton and more.
It was a fight club—but without the fighting and without the men. Every month, the women would gather in a cramped apartment share sexist job frustrations and strategies to combat them. For years, the meetings were secret—but the time has come to talk about the club.
In Feminist Fight Club: A Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace (HarperCollins), Jessica Bennett blends the personal story of her real-life "fight club" with a studied assessment of the gender gap in the American workplace. With equal measures wit and rigor, Bennett provides the tactical strategies—and camaraderie—to fight back.
Feminist Fight Club has been translate into 14 languages, a podcast and is being adapted for television. It appears in syllabi at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and the women’s leadership program at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
"A classic, f*ck you feminist battle guide, full of unapologetic strategies for how to fight patriarchy on the daily.” —Ilana Glazer, Broad City
“With mighty wit, Bennett shows women how to defeat the enemies—and men how to stop being them.” —Adam Grant, Wharton School of Business
"Engaging, hilarious and practical — full of simple tools that every woman should have at her disposal." —Sheryl Sandberg
“Feisty, smart and well-researched." —LA Review of Books
"The work bible every young woman starting her career needs.” —London Observer
“A worthy addition to the library of any young female or male coworker who wants to help.” —Fortune
“Ms. Bennett has performed a huge service not just to [her] target audience but to the businesses they will be joining.” —The New York Times