Dahlia Lithwick

I cannot recommend this book enough. If you are concerned about the course our nation is on, this book is a map to creating real and lasting change; change that improves the lives of marginalized groups, specifically the most vulnerable amongst us. If you REALLY are a follower of Christ, this is how you follow the command “as you do unto the least of these, you have done unto me”. Woman can and should be at the forefront of effecting the needed changes and the women highlighted in this book, these women of color, are the leaders we need to emulate.… (més)

TW/CW: Sexual assault, sexual harassment, racism, homophobia, misogyny

RATING: 4/5

REVIEW: Lady Justice is the story of women lawyers during the Trump years who fought and defeated some of Trump’s most disgusting policies. From the ‘Muslim ban’ in 2017 to the attempt to add racist and xenophobic questions to the 2020 census, this book documents the women who gave their all to try to keep the country from backsliding as far as it could have.

Although looking back at a fraught and traumatic time, this book manages to be hopeful. The women who fought and succeeded not only give the reader something to hold onto but ways in which the reader themselves can attempt to make things better. Lithwick’s story telling is excellent, and her own involvement with many of these issues brings it closer to home. At the intersection of feminism and politics, this book is powerful, and important.

I have read many depressing books about the Trump era, and this is one that didn’t have me feeling lost and hopeless by the end. I recommend this book to all interested in politics and feminism.… (més)