Published in 1997
240 pages
Karen Green is a writer, graphic designer, and Internet goddess.
Tristan Taormino is a writer and editor of the annual series Best Lesbian Erotica. The live in New York and are publishers of the magazine Pucker Up.
What is this book about?
On the forefront of this cut-and-paste revolution have been those zines made specifically by and for young women. The words and images that have come to define many young women’s lives have long been overlooked and under appreciated. A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World exists because these voices have refused to be silenced.
from a goodreads review by Ellen:
This book is basically a big compilation of zine extracts from the USA in the 1990s. It is set out nicely, some scans, mostly text, peppered with small drawings. The title seems a little cringey and classic RIOT GRRRRL! which has some implications of obliviousness for me (of not being intersectional or inclusive enough), but what I found inside was diverse and wonderful.
from a goodreads review by Kenna:
Uncensored and unapologetically female, this book is now among my all-time favorites.
The stories included are incredibly inspiring, in regards to both fighting for women’s rights and sparking creation in others–and the women who wrote them do convey their desire to work for change.
Covering topics from family to sexuality, politics to everyday experiences, and spanning across divisions of race, class, and more, this is a must-read for girls in their teens and twenties.
