Along the history, many women have dedicated themselves to the pen. But they have done it in a different way, giving the place that corresponds to women. For this reason, we feminist writers can find ourselves not only current, but also looking back.
Do you want to know some names of feminist writers and what they did? Well, then we make a compilation of some of them (in reality there are many more).
Feminist writers you should know and read
To name each and every one of the feminist writers here would be too much, because there are so many. But we have focused on some of them that we can consider more representative. If you have any more names, do not hesitate to leave it in the comments.
Simone de Beauvoir
This writer, born in 1908 and died in 1986, was one of those who She dedicated her life to the feminist movement. For her, claiming the rights of women was very important, and this is reflected in her book "The Second Sex".
In it you can find an allegation in favor of the equality of human beings, regardless of the sex they have. In addition, it analyzes women in Western societies.
Isabel Allende
Allende is a bit more modern, but she has been writing for many years. In almost all of his works the female character is the one who takes center stage and it is that, under those novels, there is a feminist allegation.
Some examples? The house of the spirits or Inés of my soul.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
With her book, We Should All Be Feminists, this Nigerian writer talks about why machismo is harmful to women, and even for the men themselves.
She advocates for a better world where people work without gender discrimination.
Virginia Woolf
We go back in time to bring back Virginia Woolf, who lived from 1882 to 1941. She is one of the great writers of the XNUMXth century and in one of her books, A Room of One's Own, she made it very clear position he had on women, who had always lived in the background in front of men.
However, in the book she narrates the struggle of women to get out of that background. Above all, she focuses on both financial and personal independence.
Margaret Atwood
Your name may not tell you anything. But if we talk about The Handmaid's Tale, things change. She is the author, a Canadian writer who, through that book, sees how women are relegated to the background, to the point of being considered more things or cattle than people. But there is also a revolution that makes things change.
Núria Valera
Nuria is a journalist and academic, and one of her books, Feminism for Beginners, allows us to have a guide to solve the doubts generated by this movement and the reason why the feminist struggle is taking place.
Virgin Despentes
She is the creator of the King Kong theory, which appears in her book I don't want my mouth shut.
It is actually a essay where, using his experience, he talks about controversial issues such as pornography, prostitution or motherhood.
Siri Hustvedt
This American author has written striking and curious works, such as Summer without Men or A Dazzling World.
She is a feminist and in her works there is a vindication of the role of women over that of men.
Alix Kates Shulman
This activist has known talk about very important issues for women, but controversial at the same time: workplace bullying, rape, inequality at work... All of them he deals with in his book Memoirs of a former dance queen, where he talks about a young woman who has just turned 18 and who is discovering life, both the good, like the bad
Veronica Zumalacarregui
This author, in her book Around the World in 15 Women, invites us to reflect and see, in the eyes of 15 protagonists, how society is understood.
It is inspired by the women he met throughout his career as a journalist and presenter.
Sandra Sabatés
Surely you know her from the section that this journalist has in El Intermedio, where she interviews great women and personalities related to feminism.
What you may not know is that she also has a book, Fight Like a Girl, in which tells the testimonies of women who had to fight for women to have what they now have.
Amarna Miller
This author managed to attract a lot of attention with her book Virgins, wives, lovers and whores. It tells what women are like and their femininity throughout history. But also How does society view women? what is expected and how we should break with labels to show ourselves as we really are.
A plus point is that it deals with more modern issues such as the fact of the "feminist man" or the "new masculinity".
Isabel Touton
Among the feminist writers, we recommend Isabel Touton for her book Intrusas, in which she manages to collect the opinions of 20 writers so that they can tell how they feel, if they see equality in their union, etc.
Names like Marta Sanz, Remedios Zafra, Sara Mesa or Natalia Carrero are some of the writers that you will find.
Arlie R Hochschild
This writer talks about the working woman. But not only at work, but also at home. Her book, The Double Journey, shows how women not only have to work and perform in the labor market, which is for them a liberation for being free to work, but they also have to combine it with another job, that of «slave» as they are the ones who take care of the house, food, housework, children... To the point of considering a new concept, that of «chacha» woman.
Ada Castells
Even if we don't want to, over the years we copy some aspects of our mothers, whether they are habits, beliefs, hobbies... and that when you were little you could criticize them. However, those patterns have a reason for being.
And that is what the author deals with in her book Mother. As a novel, she tries to bring the most unknown figure of a woman “mother” to her daughters so that they understand that she was the same as they are at that moment.
Do you know more feminist writers that you recommend?