![]() ![]() But her empathic spirit makes her open-minded to learning about feminist activists as well as intersectional feminism. At first, she doesn’t know much about the concept. Vivian is a nearly ideal main character to introduce feminism to young readers. Moxie has all those characteristics in abundance. While I enjoyed the latter of those novels, both left something to be desired: memorable characters, a unifying community, hope for change in the future. This is partially due to my previous experiences with books about sexism, such as Speakand Some Boys. Trigger warnings for overt and microaggressive sexism, mentions and brief descriptions of attempted rape and sexual assault, and brief homophobic comments.īefore the adaptation’s release on Netflix, I had minor reservations about Moxie. 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. ![]()
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