Introduction
In honor of March being Women's History Month, the Community-Driven Archives Initiative, with assistance from the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, has created a physical book display in Hayden Library (2nd floor) as well as a digital library guide accompanying the display.
We dedicate this Women's History Month book display and library guide to women around the world facing unique, ever-changing forms of patriarchy and antagonism in their daily lives. This collection was created to include voices from different groups of women, specifically focusing on texts that discuss womanhood and feminism in unique contexts across the world. Though we have included materials from LGBTQ, BIPOC, third world, disabled, and religious minority women, we recognize that no collection can be all-encompassing and encourage visitors to seek these materials as a jumping-off point to learn more about each respective topic.
While we may not necessarily agree with all of the views expressed by these content creators, we think it is crucial to share diverse stances on social issues to foster productive conversations and have different women speak for themselves in a way that they deem authentic in order to continue the fight for global women's rights. Our hope is that at least one of these materials is able to inspire strength, hope, and curiosity in our visitors.
We also encourage visitors to explore the Women’s HERstory Library Guide and Event Calendar for more information and the 2021 NEA Big Read Library Guide for Indigenous-specific resources.
Selected woman-focused publications
Feminist Giant
Featured article:
“When Football Goes Home” by Mona Eltahawy
https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-when-football-goes-home
Tasteful Rude
Featured article:
"Don’t Call Me Resilient" by Myriam Gurba
https://tastefulrude.com/dont-call-me-resilient/
Gay Mag
Featured article:
"Hysterical! The Body That Bleeds" by Samantha Irby
https://gay.medium.com/the-body-that-bleeds-ce3cbaa6903a
Ms. Magazine
Featured article:
“Women’s Rights Are Not Just ‘Western Values': A Warning Not to Learn the Wrong Lessons From Afghanistan" by Sima Samar
https://msmagazine.com/2021/09/22/womens-rights-western-values-afghanistan-feminism/
I Weigh
Featured article:
"Understanding My Destiny" by Karen Dutko
https://iweighcommunity.com/understanding-my-destiny/
Selected informational videos on women’s issues
Barbie Explains Feminist Theories | Radical, Liberal, Black, etc
Riot Grrrl: The '90s Movement that Redefined Punk
Tik Talk: Hair artist embraces Black beauty, self-love
Inuk woman shares the meaning behind her traditional tattoos
The price of shame | Monica Lewinsky (TED Talk)
Why we have too few women leaders | Sheryl Sandberg (TED Talk)
Selected current events and women’s issues
List of Taliban Policies Violating Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/09/29/list-taliban-policies-violating-womens-rights-afghanistan
“We Have Had Abortions” Petition Relaunches 50 Years Later—With Support From Original Signatories
https://msmagazine.com/2022/01/20/we-have-had-abortions-petition-ms-magazine/
Activision Blizzard Sued Over ‘Frat Boy’ Culture, Harassment
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/activision-blizzard-sued-by-california-over-frat-boy-culture
Meet Justice Ayesha Malik, Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/25/1075556977/ayesha-malik-pakistan-supreme-court
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez from 'Pose' is the 1st trans actress to win a Golden Globe
https://www.npr.org/2022/01/10/1071828269/michaela-jae-rodriguez-golden-globes-pose
The South Korean Election’s Gender Conflict and the Future of Women Voters
https://www.cfr.org/blog/south-korean-elections-gender-conflict-and-future-women-voters
FGM victim urges others to seek help and support
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-60085476
On Ukraine’s front lines, women endure the war alone
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/2/6/photos-near-ukraines-front-lines-women-endure-the-war-alone
Navajo Nation’s leaders bring awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives
https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/feb/08/navajo-nations-leaders-bring-awareness-missing-and/
Mexican abortion advocates look to help women in U.S.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/mexican-abortion-advocates-look-to-help-women-in-u-s
China Moves to Overhaul Protections for Women’s Rights, Sort Of
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/world/asia/china-womens-rights.html
Women’s march in Bolivia against justice after the release of femicides and rapists
https://www.pressenza.com/2022/02/womens-march-in-bolivia-against-justice-after-the-release-of-femicides-and-rapists/
Playlist
Books on display
| Everybody (Else) Is Perfect: How I Survived Hypocrisy, Beauty, Clicks, and Likes | Gabrielle Korn |
| The Pearl That Broke Its Shell | Nadia Hashimi |
| Embroideries | Marjane Satrapi |
| Reading Lolita in Tehran | Azar Nafisi |
| Reviving Ophelia | Mary Pipher |
| Mean | Myriam Gurba |
| A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star | Sanam Maher |
| It’s Not About the Burka | Mariam Khan |
| My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness | Kabi Nagata |
| This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color | Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa |
| Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza | Gloria Anzaldúa |
| Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories | Sandra Cisneros |
| Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution | Mona Eltahawy |
| I’ll Scream Later | Marlee Matlin |
| History vs Women: The Defiant Lives That They Don't Want You to Know |
Anita Sarkeesian and Ebony Adams |
| Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology | Barbara Smith |
| Sister Outsider | Audre Lorde |
| Juliet Takes a Breath | Gabby Rivera |
| All About Love: New Visions | bell hooks |
| The Good Women of China | Xue Xinran |
| So Long a Letter | Mariama Bâ |
| Siren Song: Understanding Pakistan Through Its Women Singers | Fawzia Afzal-Khan |
| Revenge of the She-Punks: A Feminist Music History from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot | Vivien Goldman |
| The Women's Movement against Sexual Harassment | Carrie N. Baker |
| A Romani Women's Anthology: Spectrum of the Blue Water | Hedina Tahirović-Sijerčić |
| Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism | Natasha Walter |
| Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol | Holly Whitaker |
| Scream from the Shadows: The Women’s Liberation Movement in Japan | Setsu Shigematsu |
| Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism | Nadya Tolokonnikova |
| How We Survived Communism & Even Laughed | Slavenka Drakulic |
| Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Roxane Gay |
| Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back | Harilyn Rousso |
| Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie |
| Hood Feminism | Mikki Kendall |
| Performing Sex: The Making and Unmaking of Women's Erotic Lives | Breanne Fahs |
| Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower | Brittney Cooper |
| Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto | Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser |
| Play like a Feminist | Shira Chess |
| Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? | Linda Nochlin |
| In Her Own Image: Women's Self-Representation in 20th Century Art | Danielle Knafo |
| Pornography: Men Possessing Women | Andrea Dworkin |
| Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More | Janet Mock |
| Sultana's Dream | Begum Rokeya |
| Pakistan for Women | Maliha Abidi |
| The Favored Daughter: One Woman's Fight to Lead Afghanistan into the Future | Fawzia Koofi |
| Tomorrow Will Be Different | Sarah McBride |
| I'm Afraid of Men | Vivek Shraya |
| Our Wife and Other Stories | Karen King-Aribisala |
| The Shadow King: A Novel | Maaza Mengiste |
| The Sex Lives of African Women | Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah |
| Mapping Dalit Feminism: Towards an Intersectional Standpoint | Anandita Pan |
| Well-Behaved Indian Women | Saumya Dave |
| Bingo Love | Tee Franklin |
| DC Comics: Bombshells (Volume 1) Enlisted | Marguerite Bennett |
| Convenience Store Woman |
Sayaka Murata (translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori) |
| Apple and Knife | Intan Paramaditha |
| The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds | Selina Siak Chin Yoke |
| Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies | Joanne Barker |
| Making Space for Indigenous Feminism | Joyce Green |
| Keetsahnak: Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters |
Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell, and Christi Belcourt |
| Indigenous Women and Violence: Feminist Activist Research in Heightened States of Injustice |
Lynn Stephen and Shannon Speed |
| Living on the Land: Indigenous Women's Understanding of Place |
Nathalie Kermoal, Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez, Nathalie, Kahente Horn-Miller |
| Violence Against Indigenous Women: Literature, Activism, Resistance | Allison Hargreaves |
| Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls | Jessica McDiarmid |
| Invisible Victims: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women | Katherine McCarthy |
| Deer Woman: An Anthology |
Elizabeth LaPensée, Weshoyot Alvitre, Patty Stonefish |
| Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country |
Marianne Nielsen and Karen Jarratt-Snider |
| Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature |
Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda |
| From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaiʻi | Haunani-Kay Trask |
Women's history archival repositories
Women's History Month National Archives
https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/womens-history
Smithsonian Because Her Story archives
https://womenshistory.si.edu/herstory
ASU Library Bj Bud Memorial archives
https://exhibits.lib.asu.edu/s/BjBud/page/welcome
Smith College Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History
https://libraries.smith.edu/special-collections/about/sophia-smith-collection-womens-history
National Women's History Alliance
Questions? Comments?
We want to hear from you! Whether you want to learn more about one of the topics mentioned here or have feedback for our team, please contact Myra Khan at makhan21@asu.edu.
