Radiating Feminism

Radiating Feminism: Resilience Practices to Transform Our Inner and Outer Lives is a practical guide to embodying feminist principles not just in our politics, but also in our very ways of being. Bringing together intersectional feminism with mindful reflection and embodied practice, this book offers practical wisdom for living by feminist principles in our daily lives. Each chapter includes practices and interactive activities to help navigate common challenges along feminist journeys. The book also draws on wisdom from feminist leaders and contemporary conversations from social justice movements. Both inspiring and guiding, the book will provide readers with the skills to cultivate resilience to face the many barriers to feminist social transformation. Radiating Feminism will be of use to students of Gender Studies, Social Work, Psychology, Community Health, and the Social Sciences, as well as anyone with a longstanding or fresh commitment to feminism and social justice.

Beth Berila is the Director of the Gender and Women's Studies Program, Professor in the Ethnic, Gender, and Women's Studies Department at St. Cloud State University, and author of Integrating Mindfulness into Anti-Oppression Pedagogy: Social Justice in Higher Education.

1. Introduction: Creating a More Just World 2. Embodying Our Feminism 3. Oppression, Trauma, and Embodied Healing 4. Unlearning Our Toxic Inner Voice 5. Navigating the In-Between 6. Recognizing and Dismantling Embodied Privilege 7. What Is an Ally and Is It Enough? 8. How to Have Difficult Conversations about Social Justice 9. On Anger and Love 10. Feminist Burnout and Sustainability 11. Filling Our Well When Change Is Slow 12. Conclusion: Riding the Cycles of Change