LibGuides: English Language Arts Grade 7: Sexism

Websites and articles about sexism

The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes
From The Guardian 23 February 2019
Data can Be Sexist
This article was written by Melinda Gates February 24, 2019.

Priya graphic novel series

The idea to create “Priya’s Shakti” comic book series came after the horrible gang rape that happened on a bus in New Delhi in 2012. There was an enormous outcry in particular from young adults and teenagers —both women and men. Many people felt a cultural shift has to happen especially views towards the role of women in modern society. Deep-rooted patriarchal views needed to be challenged. As a result, we created a new Indian “superhero” – Priya, who is a rape survivor and through the power of persuasion she is able to motivate people to change.

Priya's Shakti (Chapter 1)

Priya's Mirror (Chapter 2)

Priya and the Lost Girls (Chapter 3)
Priya and the Lost Girls is based on the life of Ruchira Gupta and her journey from making the documentary The Selling of Innocents to building Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an NGO that works to end sex trafficking, while simultaneously working with the United Nations to devise better policies for the poor and young often neglected by society. The story highlights crucial moments in the lives of Apne Aap women and children; trafficking survivors that freed themselves from a system of inter-generational prostitution in India. Through the lens of both Ruchira’s and the survivors’ experiences, Apne Aap has designed a campaign called The Last Girl to draw worldwide attention to the plights of the 13-year olds in brothels and the 15-year olds standing on street corners. View videos about Apne Aap through the augmented reality app Artivive.

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Recent Fiction Books in MS/HS Library: Sexism

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Call Number: F Horror LIGGETT
ISBN: 1250145449
Publication Date: 2019-10-08
Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Call Number: F Romance LEE
Publication Date: 2018
Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor--even if she has to scheme her way across Europe to do it
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Call Number: F Realistic MATHIEU
Publication Date: 2017
In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines
Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff ; translated by A.A. Prime.
Call Number: F Fantasy TURTSCHANINOFF
Publication Date: 2016
Only women and girls are allowed in the Red Abbey, a haven from abuse and oppression. Maresi arrived at the Abbey four years ago, during the hunger winter, and now lives a happy life under the protection of the Mother.

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Recent Non-Fiction Books in MS/HS Library: Sexism

Confronting Sexism by Laura La Bella
Call Number: 305.42 LA
Publication Date: 2018
This ... resource will help young people recognize sexism and sexist language, learn how to respond when they find themselves on the receiving end of sexist comments, and where they can go to report sexist behaviors or to get help
Feminism by Jill Dearman; Alexis Cornell (Illustrator)
Call Number: 305.4 DEA
Publication Date: 2019
Examine[s] the different stages of the feminist movement, from early mentions in history through the suffragettes' fight for the vote to today's evidence of feminism in the struggle for equal pay and equal rights around the world
I Am a Feminist by Monique Polak
Call Number: 305.42 POL
Publication Date: 2019
Examines the history of feminism and then addresses the issues girls and women continue to face today.
The Women's Rights Movement by Don Nardo
Call Number: 305.42 NAR
Publication Date: 2019
Beginning in the nineteenth century, women in the United States and some other Western countries began to demand equal rights with men.
History vs Women: the Defiant Lives That They Don't Want You to Know by Anita Sarkeesian; Ebony Adams
Call Number: 305.42 SAR
Publication Date: 2018
Discusses the accomplishments of a number of women throughout history.
Let her fly : a father's journey and the fight for equality by Ziauddin Yousafzai with Louise Carpenter ; foreword by Malala Yousafzai.
Call Number: B YOUSAFZAI
Publication Date: 2018
A moving and inspirational story with a deeply personal look into the Yousafzai family, "Let her fly" traces Ziauddin Yousafzai's life journey. From an unconfident, stammering little boy living in a mud house in a mountainous region of Pakistan to a man who....