Moxie
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Publisher Description
Vivian Carter tiene 16 años y está aburrida. Pero también está harta. Harta de que en su escuela secundaria de una pequeña ciudad de Texas el equipo de fútbol americano tenga todo permitido. Harta de los códigos de vestimenta sexistas y del acoso en el pasillo. Y, sobre todo, harta de seguir siempre las reglas. Pero algo empieza a cambiar. El pasado audaz, atrevido y feminista de su mamá siempre le ha fascinado y, ahora, se convierte en la inspiración que necesita para idear su propia manera de desafiar lo establecido. ¿Seguir aceptando las agresiones de un grupo de alumnos y las arbitrariedades de los profesores o presentar resistencia?, ¿continuar siendo Vivian la obediente o dar batalla? Algo que comienza con pequeños
desafíos se convertirá en Moxie, un movimiento que unirá a las chicas en la lucha. Ya nada las detendrá. Ya no aceptarán las reglas establecidas.
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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.
