5 Books to Unlock Your Feminine Power (& Maybe Rage)

Maybe my favorite book of poetry I’ve ever read, Brute made me internally scream in envy at every line. Skaja’s command of language is a battering ram, destroying everything you think you know about poetry. The peak of “god, I wish I wrote this” for me.

I tend to appreciate nature more from afar, but this novel dives into the thick of our feral and wild roots. With striking poetry in prose, McConaghy grips you by the throat and demands you appreciate how incredible our world and womanhood truly are.

Feminist poetry doesn’t get better than Olivia Gatwood, whose lyrics are by turns haunting and hopeful. Through raw poems about girlhood and womanhood, Gatwood touches on something universal in the most gut-wrenching specifics—the art of the best poetry.

I’m a sucker for a coming-of-age story, and Brunt’s novel is a wildly unique one that made me cry. Teenage girls are not quite adults but so far from children, and this book captures that beautifully—the mingled hope and disappointment of growing up.

I quoted a line from this book in my own for a reason. Mythology retellings may seem like a dime a dozen, but Circe is something special. Miller’s story is more than an update or a feminist facelift—it’s a tale of rebuilding yourself after loss, of standing against the powers that be.