"We need to be there for each other, and that mans considering all women so that no one is excluded! All we want is real equality and an end to sexism! And that requires tools! Like for example - The super power of reading between the lines!! And lots of other ones we'll learn about together in this book!"-- cover page 4. The League of Super Feminists is an energetic and fierce comic for tweens and younger teens. Cartoonist Mirion Malle guides readers through some of the central tenets of feminism and media literacy including consent, intersectionality, privilege, body image, inclusivity and more; all demystified in the form of a witty, down-to-earth dialogue that encourages questioning the stories we're told about identity. Malles insightful and humorous comics transport lofty concepts from the ivory tower to the eternally safer space of open discussion. Making reference to the Bechdel test in film and Peggy McIntoshs dissection of white privilege through the metaphor of the invisible knapsack,
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