Moxie
as seen on Netflix
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4.7 • 29 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
'Moxie is sweet, funny and fierce. Read this and then join the fight.' Amy Poehler
Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with her high school teachers who think the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment and gross comments from guys during class. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules.
Viv's mum 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 Moxie, a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She's just blowing off steam, but other girls respond and spread the Moxie message. As Viv forges friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, she realises that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution.
TIME TO FIGHT LIKE A GIRL
A page-turning read with a feminist message, for anyone who has ever had to deal with #everydaysexism
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At Viv's Texas high school, no one stops the boys from wearing T-shirts that degrade women, while girls get sent home for minor dress code violations. Boys mainly football jocks harass girls in classes and corridors without consequence. Viv, a junior, is used to it, but one day she decides that enough is enough. Inspired by her mother's days as a rebellious Riot Grrrl, Viv creates and circulates issues of Moxie, a girl-power zine, at school. More girls take Moxie-endorsed action with each issue, and because Viv hasn't owned up to being behind it, other girls get into the act and things snowball. Mathieu (Afterward) isn't going for nuance: the jocks are total jerks, the all-male administration is unfailingly sexist, and the Moxie spirit crosses cliques and racial boundaries with an intersectional ease that can be elusive in real life. But seeing the girls changing their definitions of what's acceptable as they become radicalized is satisfying and moving, both for Viv and for readers. If it's depressing that Viv has to reach back to the '90s for models, perhaps this unapologetically feminist book will help change that. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Love this book
I first read this book when I was 13 and I still love it at 17. It's an important and inspiring message told through entertaining revenge schemes and strong willed heroines who refuse to back down. A true YA classic.
And TBH, it was worth waiting three or four years for the film. Whilst not perfect, it should statisfy those who hold Moxie close to their heart.
Every girl should read!
This is a book I think every girl aged 13/14 and up should read. The main focus is so relevant to today's society and I feel it is so so so important! The characters were great, a little bit of romance which is always lovely. Would 100% recommend!