Overall I just was not happy with this book and could not finish reading it

Woah woah woah. I am in love with this book! Such an important topic for teen girls. Every one of the characters was great, the content was timely and Viv was a little bit of every girl. A must read for every single person.

Oh my gooooooosh! This book wrecked me. I think it should be required reading for every high school. The characters are real and relatable, the dialogue and writing is clever and on point, and the issues addressed are relevant and difficult, but it comes across in a smooth and intriguing way. Feminism should not be a dirty word, and this book reveals the misconception of the word. I ate this book up over the course of about two days because I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. There were healthy family relationships, healthy romantic relationships, and healthy female friendships. There was diversity and real discussions about the treatment of women, sexism, and overall gender equality. This book had it all...and more! I'm trying to think of more praise for this book but I'm at a loss because it was just SO GOOD and I'm still absolutely gutted by its impact. I'm so thankful I was approved for this ARC because now I can hype it up at work at Barnes & Noble in the fall!

'Moxie' is exactly the type of books we should be recommending to young girls! Its take on overt feminist issues is fresh on pointed, but it's subtler moments of confronting "benign" everyday sexism is really where the book shines. The characters are likable and vibrant. Overall a really enjoyable really important book.

This is an amazing book, one that everyone should read. I couldn't put it down once I started it. I was very lucky in school and never went through anything like this, but it made me so sad and angry that things like this really happen in the world. I got to the end and tried to decide if I would have been brave enough to walkout, if this had happened in my school. It's something I'll have to think about! And although the walkout was amazing, my favourite rebel activity was the stickers. :D
I wish I was better at analysis, because this title really deserves it; it deserves to be read and studied and discussed in classes and groups all around the country. Sadly, I'm not, so I can only say I really, really loved it, and I hope others do too.
Thank you so much for the chance to read this title.

Is there a bandwagon for Moxie? Because I'd to get on it. I spent the entire novel nodding along and thinking 'yes, this' and 'exactly this', and 'this too'. It reminded me a little of the way I felt about Exit, Pursued by a Bear last year in the way that I want to give it to everyone I know to read, and particularly to shove it into the hands of men I know (particularly some of the men I work with who have young daughters and appear to be willfully blind to the challenges that are going to face them).

Jennifer Mathieu managed to hit the exact note of being frustrated by the gender status-quo, while also feeling like nothing you do is going to change it - and then the growing sense of finding a voice, and finding solidarity and realizing that you aren't alone - but that being the first person to stand up and say something is incredibly difficult.

She also managed to demonstrate the frustration of trying to explain inherent gender bias to a guy who sees himself (and genuinely is) one of the good guys without making that good guy into a villain. This was the part of the novel where I started gesticulating wildly to myself on the train home because this is the exact frustration I have with a lot of well meaning, well informed men. They don't see themselves as part of the problem, and that both is and isn't true.

Jennifer Mathieu also manages to depict nuanced and realistic friendships between women - and created characters that I either felt like I already knew, or I knew who they were going to grow up to become.

Anyway, bandwagon - I'm on it. Everyone should read this, and shove it into the hands of as many people as they can get to listen to them.

Swoon. I devoured this in one big read, caught up in my love for this book. Seriously, read it, and then give it to every teenage girl you know.

Vivian Carter is a good girl in small town Texas. She studies , hangs with her friends, plays by the rules, and stays out of trouble. Dutiful, her grandparents call her, not like her mother, who went through a Riot Grrrl stage in high school before leaving town to follow her heart. That stage ended after Viv was born and her father died in an accident, sending them back to East Rockport, where nothing, it seems, has changed at all.

The town is still centered around high school football (think Friday Night Lights) and the boys - led by the football team - can do no wrong. Until one day Viv gets fed up with it all - with the pep rallies, with the boys who make catcalls and snap bras under the blind eyes of the teachers. Inspired by her mother's memory box of zines and cassettes, Viv prints up her own manifesto: Moxie. And Moxie Girls Fight Back.

The writing feels so true - you see Viv and her friends struggle as they try to deal with new situations and emotions, trying to decide what that think and feel politically. There's one scene where Viv is trying to explain how she's angry about something and notices that all her strong thoughts keep coming out expressed as questions, that is just so well done. I especially loved the book's portrayal of teenage girl friendships, how no one wants to be the one to cause a fuss or make a scene, how Viv keeps telling herself "be nice, be nice."

There are misses: the book's discussion of race and intersectionality feels like an afterthought, and the principal is almost a comically-evil villain. (The fact that the former Riot Grrl is now the mom of a teenage daughter also makes me feel pathetically old, but that's not the book's fault :) But all in all a highly readable, empowering tale for Moxie girls everywhere.

5+Stars! This is the book I have been waiting for since I was 15! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. This is one of my most favorite books of the last 5years. This book shows how you can be a feminist, yet girly; a feminist who is male; a feminist who is scared to fight for what is right. But most importantly, Moxie teaches us that being a feminist means equality and support - not hate. THIS BOOK should be read by every single teen, no matter who you are. JUST READ THE BOOK. I wanna be a Moxie girl!

Definitely passes the Bechdel test. Highly recommended.

Vivian is the kind of girl who doesn't make waves. Although her mother was a riot grrrl back in the day, Viv is content to move through life in a predictable way. Her small town Texas high school bestows special privileges on the boys of the football team and turns a blind eye to their bad deeds. Finally, Viv snaps, and with inspiration from her mom's box of 90's mementos (labeled "My Misspent Youth"), Viv creates a zine, Moxie, that she anonymously distributes to all the girls bathrooms. She doesn't expect her photocopied zine to start a full-on revolution, but soon, the Moxie spirit catches on and other girls start their own feminist actions under the "Moxie Girls" moniker.

Viv learns a lot about what kind of girl she wants to be and what feminism means to her. Intersectionality comes into play as she realizes that maybe mainstream feminism hasn't addressed the needs of ALL women, and wants Moxie to help ALL the girls in her school. Viv's boyfriend is, for the most part, a great ally, but he has a lot to learn (and un-learn). When, towards the end of the book, he expressed doubt to Viv about another girl's accusation that a football player attempted to rape her, Viv rightfully gets pissed. I think it was handled very well. I do agree that the police should have been involved by the girl who makes the accusation, but since the focus of this book is on how girls can become empowered to change their school environment, I didn't get hung up on that detail.

Overall I thought this was a great introduction to feminism for teens. The message that a group of girls can band together and make an impact is important. I will be recommending this one for sure!

I wanted to read this book long before the Kirkus controversy, and when I noticed the book was available on netgalley, I took the opportunity to read it.

The message of female empowerment that Moxie conveys is sorely needed, especially right now. This book felt true down to the marrow. The friendships between these girls felt real, the strain between old friends when worldviews begin to shift, the jealousy and guilt when making new friends who share those new worldviews and interests come about. The complicated relationships we have with family members we love-especially those with whom we don't always agree-felt true. But most of all I was surprised at how angry this book made me, because I had forgotten being 18 and avoiding the student union my freshman year of college because if heard boys "rated" girls as they walked by. I forgot boys snapping bras in middle school. But when I read this I remembered and it makes me angry that it's still happening. And I wish I had friends like Vivian and Lucy and Kiera, when I was a teen, who worked to make change.

I disagree wholeheartedly with the Kirkus reviewer. I hope this book inspires girls to stand up and speak out. I wish everyone would read this and try to understand what it's like to be a girl in our world. I hope it sparks conversations, but mostly action.