Synopses & Reviews
Review
Girldrive provides a wide-angle snapshot of contemporary feminism, and raises provocative questions about our responsibilities to the movement.”
— Elle.com
Girldrive is gutsy in its endeavor and gives agency to emerging feminist voices
This works very publication shows how far you can go if you only have the drive.”
— Bust magazine
A fascinating tour-de-force
[Nona and Emma's] voices struck me as distinctly young and alive and unapologetic.”
— Courtney Martin of Feministing
Nona and Emma have done what I suspect many women, young and old, have always dreamed of doing: Hit the open road with nothing more than a partner in crime, a full tank of gas, a playlist of good music, a pad of paper, a camera, and an unyielding curiosity. Girldrive is part travel diary, part social document, part art exhibit, and, sadly, part eulogy. Not only do I highly recommend Girldrive, I have to admit that Im insanely jealous I didnt think of it first.”
— Anna Holmes, Founder/Editor, Jezebel.com
Girldrive is a fascinating, fiery, dramatic whirlwind tour through modern-day womens lives. Its likely to make you excited, impassioned, and at times infuriatedand thats a good thing. It lets its diversity of opinion speak to you rather than for you.”
— Rachel Kramer Bussel, Editor, Dirty Girls: Erotica for Women; Host, In The Flesh Reading Series
Synopsis
How do you "experience" feminism? How do you "do" your feminism? Do you even "realize" you're a feminist? These are just some of the questions Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein seek to answer in "Girldrive."
In October 2007, Nona and Emma embarked on a cross-country road trip, meeting with nearly 200 women from different walks of life to discuss their thoughts and feelings about feminism. The result of these interviews, "Girldrive" is a look at what feminism means to each of these profiled women. Examining the regional and individual differences of feminism, the authors offer up their interviews, photographs, profiles, and analyses from these meetings, portraying a broad picture of what it means to be a feminist. Featuring a range of women, from little-knowns to feminist icons, "Girldrive" offers a broad perspective from women about women, inspiring the young women of today to look toward the future of feminism.
Synopsis
What do young women care about? What are their hopes, worries, and ambitions? Have they heard of feminism, and do they relate to it?
These are just a few of the questions journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz and photographer Emma Bee Bernstein set out to answer in Girldrive. In October 2007, Aronowitz and Bernstein took a cross-country road trip to meet with the 127 women profiled in this book, ranging from well-known feminists like Kathleen Hanna, Laura Kipnis, Erica Jong, and Michele Wallace, to women who dont relate to feminism at all. The result of these interviews, Girldrive is a regional chronicle of the struggles, concerns, successes, and insights of young women who are grapplingjust as hard as their mothers and grandmothers didto find, define, and fight for gender equity.