Author Archives: Carissa W Tomas

A provocative story of racial inequities in the deep south in the 1950s ” ‘But there are differences. The social studies I’ve read…’ ‘They don’t deal with any basic difference in human nature between black and white,’ I said, ‘They only study the effects of environment on human nature. You place the white man inContinue reading “Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin”

The notorious RBG compiles some of her most notable and influential decisions and writings organized from the start of her career to the very end. RIP. “Women who seek to break out of the traditional pattern face all of the prejudice and hostility encountered by members of a minority group. Worse than being ‘discrete andContinue reading “My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg”

I’m not usually one for self-help books, but this one was highly motivating with direct take-aways. “Many women wait until they feel different to become different. After all, women are more inclined to feel first, rather than act first. But sometimes, changing your behavior first is the key to feeling differently about your self. YouContinue reading “13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do by Amy Morin”

A heart-wrenching and captivating story of race and a young girl’s pursuit of beauty. “So it was. A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfillment…. All of our beauty, which was hersContinue reading “Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison”

Though at times preach-y and hyper-idealistic, a memorable anthem for women everywhere breaking barriers and taking names. “Mona Lisa is the patron saint of honest, resolute, fully human women- women who feel and who know. She is saying for us: Don’t tell me to smile. I will not be pleasant. Even trapped here, inside twoContinue reading “Untamed by Glennon Doyle”

An engaging best-selling novel about race and society, love and destiny. “‘We’re friends,’ she said again. ‘I don’t know why you can’t see that.’ ‘I don’t know why you can’t see that you’re not…..I don’t know why you’re fighting it neither. What could be better than being eighteen and in love? Oh, you don’t evenContinue reading “The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett”