Below is a list of resources and stories that have opened my mind in one way or another. This list is in no way exhaustive - no doubt there are more than a few I've missed. But there's some really good stuff in there, some really challenging stuff and illuminating stuff. So I hope you enjoy.
And if you've got any recommendations of your own - send them my way!
Fiction:
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood Margaret Atwood
How to Build A Girl Caitlin Moran
The Parcel Anosh Irani
Poetry:
Power Politics: Poems Margaret Atwood
The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur
Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur
Non-Fiction:
Spark Joy Marie Kondo
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Omnivore’s Dilemma Michael Pollan
Pleasure Activism adrienne marie brown
Ways of Seeing John Berger
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind Siri Hustvedt
Sex Object: A Memoir Jessica Valenti
Everyday Sexism Laura Bates
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference Cordelia Fine
Becoming Cliterate Laurie Mintz
The Art of Asking Amanda Palmer
Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert
The Gifts of Imperfection Brené Brown
Daring Greatly Brené Brown
Braving the Wilderness Brené Brown
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ Giulia Enders
The Year of Living Biblically A.J. Jacobs
Podcasts:
The Art of Asking Everything (S1E13 in particular)
Guys We F****d : The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast (early episodes in particular)
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown
The Multiamory Podcast
TV, Movies, & Film:
White Right: Meeting the Enemy Deeyah Khan
Websites & Other Sources:
OMGyes.com