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This should be a must read for students. I would normally never say that. It seems a bit preachy to try to dictate what students read, but this book is so chock full of how to start a revolution for the hearts and minds of your fellow students, that I am seriously feeling ticked that I didn't have this book when I was in school.

I don't want to talk about what this story is about or how much I liked the main the character. Instead I would like to focus on the very real anger and frustration she feels at being a girl in a school that regularly devalues females while simultaneously elevating boys of lackluster talents. I felt some real comparisons to Steubenville were in Moxie in the way the entire town was crazy in love with the High School Football team (they shut down the restaurants on the day of a game!?) and yet couldn't spend money on the winning girls soccer team. Arrgh, isn't this so American High School!

Hello? Title IX calling, we have something to talk about.

But it was the fun and catchy way that she started to talk about and get other students at the school to talk about the way girls and boys were treated and how the standards for everything from dress code (there didn't seem to be one for the guys) and speaking up in class were so very different.

Something else I really appreciate about this story and what was the absolute realest thing ever is that not all the girls agreed with her. They didn't think her speaking up could do anything and they felt she only made things worse. Or even more astounding, they were helping to keep this crazy system going, basically they were cheerleading the oppression in ways I can't fully comprehend.

I so relate to this because I have lost friends, long term ones because of my opinions on the rights of women and I have heard the same damn arguments; 'this doesn't help,' 'don't rock the boat,' 'men don't like opinionated women,' 'you sound angry or aggressive or hysterical or judgmental or lesbian or unwomanly when you speak up about equal rights.'

But this book is just the right thing at the right moment and I love it so much.


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Moxie A Novel Jennifer Mathieu Books Reviews

So, basically...I'm obsessed with this book and think everyone should read it.

The book is narrated by Vivian Carter, a "good girl" who attends high school in a small town in Texas that worships the football team and seems designed to keep its female population oppressed and subjected to sexist behaviors and comments on a daily basis. Inspired by her mother's younger days as member of the punk rock feminist movement called Riot Grrrl in the early 90s, Vivian decides to fight back by publishing an anonymous underground feminist zine, which slowly turns into a quiet--and then much louder--movement at her school. Meanwhile, Vivian also ventures into unfamiliar romance territory with a new boy at her school, struggles to understand her mom's new relationship with a man from her work, and worries over her best friend Claudia's difficulty understanding the Moxie movement and Vivian's new friendship with a new student named Lucy.

Moxie should be required reading for every teenager, both male and female. This beautiful book somehow manages to do it all, in terms of young adult fiction. It features an incredibly dynamic main character and includes a fantastic teenage romance, complex friendships, parents worthy of several eye rolls, and plenty of high school drama; however, Moxie also includes crucial lessons about gender inequality and racial divide. From the very first page, I felt my inner feminist doing cartwheels in my heart, and she jumped, cheered, shook her fists in anger, and wept with pride all the way through the final page. Reading Vivian Carter's thoughts was like reading about myself, if I had attended a high school in Texas and been introduced to the idea of feminism earlier in life. She did everything she was expected to do and never caused trouble. She made good grades, tried to stay out of the limelight, and never let her mother or grandparents down. That was me, in high school. If Vivian was a real person and been a student at my school the year I graduated, she would have been part of my tightly-knit circle of friends, and I found myself identifying with her so closely that I became more invested in her story than I ever anticipated.

Vivian is a highly relatable character, and Jennifer Mathieu made an excellent decision by making her a straight-laced student instead of a born rebel. Had Vivian been the kind of girl who spoke out about issues often or made waves when something bothered her, her decision to begin creating and distributing her zine, Moxie, would not have had the impact on readers that it did. Instead, her decision showed the power in stepping outside our comfort zones to stand up for the things we believe, and the change that Vivian underwent throughout the book was like a rallying cry for all the girls in the world who are tired of being subjected to sexism.

Moxie serves as an incredible introductory guide to feminism for all teenagers. First and foremost, the behavior of the boys at Vivian's school and the lack of response from the administration and teachers highlights the need for feminism in the first place, and the response of some members of the female population of the school also demonstrates the reasons that many girls are hesitant to adopt the cause. Furthermore, Vivian's frustrations with Seth, even though he is not like the other boys at her school, show the difficulty the male population has in understanding the feminist movement, even when they are open to understanding as much as possible, because of the indoctrination of their gender. Finally, Mathieu also does an excellent job highlighting the concept of intersectionality and showing that within females, we divide ourselves because of issues of race, sexuality, and class, and that feminism is truly a movement that encompasses us all, not just middle-class white women.

Some readers may take Moxie to task for the discriminatory nature it seems to take toward football players and Republicans, at times. The behavior of the football players at Vivian's school is extreme, and readers may be left with the idea that Mathieu has a major chip on her shoulder in regard to high school football players because of the intensity with which Vivian and her friends describe their feelings toward them. While I do see this point, I also think that the book makes an important statement about the power of a group mentality like that of the football team at Vivian's school and the overwhelming importance that many schools in our country place on male athletes in comparison to females. In addition, Vivian's comments about her mother's Republican boyfriend might turn some Republican readers away, but those who read the book closely will notice the valuable points made by Vivan's mother about different political views later in the book.

Jennifer Mathieu has crafted a magnificent novel that saw my cheeks covered with tears toward the end and sends a priceless message about girl power. Readers of this spunky book will want to grab the nearest bullhorn and tell EVERYONE that Moxie Girls fight back.
This should be a must read for students. I would normally never say that. It seems a bit preachy to try to dictate what students read, but this book is so chock full of how to start a revolution for the hearts and minds of your fellow students, that I am seriously feeling ticked that I didn't have this book when I was in school.

I don't want to talk about what this story is about or how much I liked the main the character. Instead I would like to focus on the very real anger and frustration she feels at being a girl in a school that regularly devalues females while simultaneously elevating boys of lackluster talents. I felt some real comparisons to Steubenville were in Moxie in the way the entire town was crazy in love with the High School Football team (they shut down the restaurants on the day of a game!?) and yet couldn't spend money on the winning girls soccer team. Arrgh, isn't this so American High School!

Hello? Title IX calling, we have something to talk about.

But it was the fun and catchy way that she started to talk about and get other students at the school to talk about the way girls and boys were treated and how the standards for everything from dress code (there didn't seem to be one for the guys) and speaking up in class were so very different.

Something else I really appreciate about this story and what was the absolute realest thing ever is that not all the girls agreed with her. They didn't think her speaking up could do anything and they felt she only made things worse. Or even more astounding, they were helping to keep this crazy system going, basically they were cheerleading the oppression in ways I can't fully comprehend.

I so relate to this because I have lost friends, long term ones because of my opinions on the rights of women and I have heard the same damn arguments; 'this doesn't help,' 'don't rock the boat,' 'men don't like opinionated women,' 'you sound angry or aggressive or hysterical or judgmental or lesbian or unwomanly when you speak up about equal rights.'

But this book is just the right thing at the right moment and I love it so much.