Book Recs for Difficult Times
Women wake up enraged every day about the horrific headlines about the Cornell 7. 🤬 From the way the university handled the case — or didn’t handle it — to the reminder that every one of us has been impacted by SA personally or through a friend, there’s a part of us that wants to burn everything to the ground. 🔥
As readers, we process life through stories. 📚 And stories are the best way I can think of to help process the emotions we’re all feeling right now.
Books to help fuel your rage
Here are five books you can get today that will help you deal with the rage coursing through your veins. Psychological fiction, fantasy, crime, these novels will give you a place to put your anger and frustration and feel a little more empowered when you get to The End. 💪🏻💥
Books to empower you and make you smile
Sometimes we want to rage against the machine, and other times we want a more light-hearted approach to help us smile through the pain. These books will make you laugh while also satisfying your need to process the world around you right now.
Books to help process pain and reclaim your power
These books will help us learn more about why our systems fail us, how to discuss the truth of SA, what it’s like to live as women today, and finally to help us find a way to reclaim some of our power and move forward after trauma of any kind. ❤️🩹
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” — Maya Angelou