School teachers and administrators look the other way despite troubling behavior and first-hand complaints of mistreatment. As the school's females gather together to raise their voices and stand up to school traditions/culture, they show the value of teamwork. She demonstrates courage in doing so, even though she remains anonymous at first. There should be more books like this one.Vivian is inspired to take a stand against sexism at her school. It could have had more dept also, but it’s a very good feminist YA novel. While Vivian grows a lot, throughout the novel-she gain courage, strength and determination-there still seems to be stereotypical thinking she condones that she isn’t aware of, for instance, waiting for the guy to kiss the girl first (isn’t feminism about empowering women?) and wanting to go out with a guy taller than she is (come on, we must get rid of this thinking that men should always be taller!). Just like THE HATE U GIVE, another fiction story full of powerful, revolutionary themes that feels all too real, it is important, revealing, poignant and extremely touching. His question proves that there is much he doesn’t understand about the hundred ways in which men can be sexist towards women. My teacher was not sexist, but he was not a woman. ‘‘Well, we’re girls, so of course we’re affected by sexism,’’ she said and I could have applauded her for it. The girls of our class (there were only two boys), myself included, were speechless for a second, and then a girl spoke up. He looked at me and said, ‘‘This is how every oral presentation should go.’’ But then immediately after, as if really thinking about the issues I presented, he asked, ‘‘But are you girls, at your age, really affected by unfeminist behaviours?’’ The response was overwhelmingly positive and sparked different discussions. Not long ago, I wrote an essay on the importance of feminism to various groups of people today and presented it to the class. As Viv forges friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, 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 tough-as-nails, punk rock Riot Grrrl in the ’90s, and 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, hallway harassment, and gross comments from guys during class. Fed up with a school administration at her small-town Texas high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Feminism, Contemporary, High School
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