I love this book. All the mantras and affirmations were important to me. This is a book I would rather have as a physical copy though. Love it!

I'll give it four stars.

It wasn't what I was expecting, definitely. I went into this book thinking it would help me reflect a little bit more on my views on feminism and it turned out to be a tad more simplistic than what I was expecting.

What the title says is what you get, that's why I'm rating it 4 stars, it delivers.

Thank you to Andrews Mcmeel and Amelia Johruby for my copy of Fifty Feminist Mantras🥰.

Arranged by weeks and seasons, I’m excited to work through each mantra with the provided writing prompts. I used to bullet journal for work purposes, but recently I’ve been keeping a journal throughout our quarantine. Sometimes I find myself struggling to write down things other than “what we did for the day” so I’m hoping Amelia’s prompts (and fun illustrations) will assist really getting my feelings down on the page.

Feminist/Feminine Self-Help and Self-Exploration

As someone who has happily considered herself to be a feminist for decades, I was curious what this book of supposedly 50 feminist mantras was going to be about. It was certainly different from what I thought it would be, but in a good way. It's actually hard to describe this book in just a few words. I wouldn't call all of it necessarily feminist, just a well-done self-help book. Some of the short mantras themselves, as well as the author's brief discussion of them, do take a feminist slant. This is certainly a book that will help you better understand, appreciate, and cultivate your feminine/feminist power and consciousness. Surprisingly, it is mostly a journal, with a lot of writing prompts and activities to do. Not every one will appeal to everybody, but I found myself surprisingly drawn to explore most of them. Interestingly, the author divides the book by seasons, starting with winter. She states the year has a natural ebb and flow—which I agree with as I'm currently desperately wanting to hibernate during the cold winter months—and so our self-reflection and inner and outer work should reflect that. A book with surprising insights that will give you much to consider on your own personal journey. Highly recommended.

Wasn't expecting a workbook of sorts, but I could see how daily practice with this book could be a powerful practice.

This is a very thought provoking book of mantra's for women that I highly recommend. Every women's studies course should include this book. This is a journal format with wonderful empowering feminist mantra's to study, absorb and live by. For every women that is empowering themselves through reading feminist literature this is a must read. It has room to write your thoughts in. I absolutely loved this and will be giving it for Christmas gifts. Very well done to the author. It would be a great gift for young women to learn from.

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity. My review opinions are my own .

2 Stars (I received an e-arc from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review)

I didn’t realize that this book was more of a journal/workbook, and it was just weird to read as an e-book. I had hoped this would have been just a bunch of quotes with illustrations. While I am sure this a great journal it is just a bit awkward to consume electronically.

Fifty Feminist Mantras by Amelia Hruby is a must read this year. Not only because of everything that's been going on all over the world these past few months, but also because it is of extremely important to society. This book contains pages to answer questions, write your own thoughts, as well as precious information and advice. It is honestly one of the best books I've read so far this year. Rating: 5/5 stars.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers Andrews McMeel.

50 feminist mantras is a journal type book dedicated to help women incorporate feminism and empowerment into their lives through daily practices within the book over the course of a year (beautifully broken up over the four seasons). Obviously I didn't have a year to read this book so I tried a few of the pages out for each season. I found this to be an almost meditative experience that helped me practice wellbeing too.
I liked the simplistic but beautiful illustrations throughout the book and think that if I was to practice each page throughout a whole year it would make a fantastic impression in my life.

This book would make a fantastic gift for women!

EMPOWERMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFLECTION

When I picked up this book, I was expecting something very different from what I got. I think Hruby and I have different understandings of feminist mantras - but I was totally on board for her definition! Though I at times had trouble seeing the feminist aspect, I still felt the empowerment of these mantras.

👍 What I Liked 👍

Reflection: For each of these 50 mantras, Hruby encourages you to reflect on the central aspects of the mantras and how it can affect your life. The book even includes writing spaces and blank pages for you to write, draw or doodle to help you make the most of each mantra.

Empowerment: So many of these mantras were cleared designed to empower the reader in more ways than one and I was so here for it!

👎 What I Disliked 👎

Feminisme?: Like I said, for some of the mantras I had a hard time seeing the actual feminist touch. In many mantras, Hruby has included a note about how it pertains to feminism and why that particular mantra is important for a woman to practice. For the mantras where this was not included, I had a hard time figuring out, why they were decidedly feminist.

Alternative: Honestly, some of the mantras were a bit too... alternative for my taste. I would feel silly actually trying to practice them. But that's just my personal taste and opinion, others might be more receptive of them than me.

I love to read books about feminism or that help exploring and reinforcing our feminist convictions. This book is exactly that, but it got something more!

Fifty Feminist Mantras is more of a workbook than a standard book: each week, the author gives the reader a mantra followed by a "text" about it and questions to answer to go further.
As I had to review this book, I had to read it in a short period of time, which is not how it must be read: it is, as the subtitle suggests, a "yearlong practice" book and must be read a mantra a week to get the most out of it. This way, this book becomes a guide, something to follow each week to get a new healthy habit.

It is both relaxing and empowering, food for thought and strenghtening our feminist beliefs, moving and understanding. It "spoke" to me sometimes, touched on a raw nerve, broached a thorny topic. And, as a bonus, I quite liked the illustrations!

This book was not published with any foreknowledge about RBG but I was reminded of her nonetheless. RBG was a fierce voice for women. Women who want their voices to be heard and to think about what they want to say and how they want to be may well enjoy this book.

Following an introduction, the book is organized by the seasons, beginning with January and its symbolism of birth and beginnings. Included are prompts and spaces for writing, making this a personal title. There are entries for each week of the year.

Those who journal and want to explore their thoughts, feelings and beliefs, get a pencil and start!

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title. All opinions are my own

Definitely a helpful book of lists to make you sit and consider things. This is a great book to help process things and get in touch with yourself. Definitely a good guided journal for self discovery for any womxn.

A jornal that didn't discover anything new to this reader. I expected inspiration from the texts and this felt more like a do-it-yourself exercise than anything else.

I love the general message of this book. I thought this book will be full of mantras only, but throughout the whole reading experience I felt like I am answering a worksheet from university and that's just not appealing to me. Other people might love the journal aspect of this more than I did.

This is a really neat book. It is interactive and has space for you to write in it and answer prompts and questions. I really enjoyed looking through the mantras and quotes that Amelia included in the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing an ARC!

I HIGHLY recommend getting a physical copy of this book. It’s more like a workbook/journal, where you’re given a bunch of questions and then lined space to enter your answers.

The reason why I’m only giving this two stars is because the mantras themselves aren’t inherently feminist. Examples include: Begin, Refresh, Dwell, and Nest. After each mantra, there’s a couple sentences or paragraphs that explain the mantra and the relationship to feminism. But I was really hoping for some unique feminist mantras that didn’t require an explanation.

Overall, this book just didn’t resonate with me.

I received a copy of this book to review from Netgalley. Thank you for the opportunity.
This book was an interesting take on a Feminist journal. I liked the mantras. There were written tasks to complete for those who enjoy doing so. I found that the word Feminist was overused making it feel slightly repetitive.
The book was well laid out and looked pleasing to the eye. It would appeal to many people. I think the title may be misleading though as it gives the impression of being composed of solely mantras as opposed to a journal with mindfulness exercises.
Overall, a nice book.

This book was totally unexpected in that I didn't realise it would be in the format of a family journal. I thought it would be a collection of mantras etc. Nevertheless, I think this is a fantastic way of engaging individuals, especially those new to feminist ideals, in self-reflection and feminism.

I'm not sure this has been packaged correctly, but it's still worth a read for some of the great ideas.

I really want to purchase this now!!

It’s more of a workbook, which I didn’t get the vibe of when I requested it. But I’m happy that I did! I loved the cover, the mantras and the guided journaling/mantra writing was genuinely helpful.

Thank you NetGalley for the chance to review it before it’s publication.