The Feminist Press

06/26/2025

Looking for a signed copy of THE NEW LE***AN PULP, edited by Sarah Fonseca and Octavia Saenz? We’ve partnered with our friends at The Ripped Bodice on a very special pre-order campaign. Place your order before August 1 to receive a signed copy. Visit our bio link for the details.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Le***an pulp fiction thrived in the oppressive 1950s, telling subversive stories of lonely sapphic women who find connection, passion, and revenge. In THE NEW LE***AN PULP, editors Sarah Fonseca and Octavia Saenz revive the genre for today, layering nuance into classic tropes while dialing up the melodrama, romantic peril, and collateral damage.

ABOUT THE RIPPED BODICE: is an independent brick-and-mortar bookstore with locations in Brooklyn, NY and Culver City, CA, devoted to the celebration of romance novels. Proudly woman and q***r owned!

05/22/2025

✨ GIVEAWAY ✨ If you loved Rax King’s TACKY, you’re in luck! King is back with SLOPPY: OR: DOING IT ALL WRONG, a new book about sobriety, begrudging self-improvement, and the habits we cling to with clenched fists. With irreverent humor and heartfelt honesty, Rax King takes us on a warts-and-all tour of the bad habits that make her who she is. To celebrate the book’s publication, we’ve partnered with our friends at Vintage Books on a very special giveaway. To be entered to win:

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Rules: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. U.S. RESIDENTS 18+ ONLY. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. ENDS May 29, 2025.

11/05/2024

“I Voted” stickers make great bookmarks

09/24/2024

Happy publication day to Margaret Killjoy’s THE SAPLING CAGE 💀 ⚔️ 🔮 ✨ In this gripping first novel in the Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy, Margaret Killjoy spins a tale of earth magic, power struggle, and self-invention in a powerful story of trans witchcraft. Now available wherever you get your books!

“Whimsical and infused with q***r representation… this is an exploration of relationships of all kinds and the belonging one can find in sisterhood.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Engaging… [Killjoy] builds an intriguing and multifaceted world.” —Booklist

“The book’s complex characterizations and in-depth worldbuilding are distinguishing… [Lorel] learns about the many types of power, including friendship, in her quest for discovery and acceptance.” —Foreword Reviews, starred review

“Killjoy gender-bends an old-fashioned fantasy of witches, knights, and brigands in first book of her Daughters of the Empty Throne trilogy.” —Publishers Weekly

“This book is a delight for anyone with a love of magical stories and high fantasy, from young adults onward.” —Independent Book Review, starred review

06/17/2024

sick burn

12/18/2023

The San Diego library is fighting back against the censorship of book bans

The battle for reading continues.

12/16/2023

Read this essay, then go outside with some friends!

In the summer darkness of the Massachusetts Berkshires, my friends and I build a fire. These are not just any friends—they’re dear friends from high school, friends I rarely see anymore because of …

12/15/2023

In case you're still shopping for holiday gifts

Hip-hop history, real-world wishes and the forgotten watercolourist in Turner’s shadow are among the subjects of this year’s finest comics

12/15/2023

"The world of learning has become a battleground between the opposed forces of democratization and commercialization." - Robert Darnton for The New York Review

In 1991 the World Wide Web seemed to provide a path to a dazzling future: everyone in the world would be able to communicate, at a minimal cost, with

12/13/2023

More Than Meets the Eye: On the Ancient Origins and Diverse Uses of Eyeliner

Despite its ubiquity, there’s more to eyeliner than meets the eye. This seldom-examined object frames the eyes of women on the New York City subway and nomads in the savannahs of Chad. Instagram in…

12/12/2023

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Atlanta-based Paste magazine has purchased the site.

12/11/2023

Thanks to Damion Searls for shouting out HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY (available here: https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/happy-stories-mostly)

As a translator, I write books I’ve also read, so in a way you’d have to say that the books at the center of my year in reading were the...